Therapists and counsellors, in training and practice, will welcome this concise and practical introduction to the TIR approach for helping clients with PTSD and other human traumas. The book is application-based, providing a step-by-step guide from initial assessment to the last counselling session, illustrated with many examples from actual sessions. TIR is a person-centred, structured approach which can
- achieve symptom resolution in a brief course of counselling (often about 20 hours)
- respect and value the client's experience and needs
- work alongside a variety of therapy methods in a holistic way
- minimise the risk of re-traumatization
The authors provide a review of the major theories of stress and trauma, and of other methods of working with clients that are most useful alongside the TIR approach, an approach that is useful for a wide range of 'normal life' traumas, not just PTSD.
Table of Contents:
About the Authors viii
Series Preface x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
How to Use This Book xiv
1 An Overview of Traumatincident Reduction as a Brief Therapy Approach for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1
2 The Nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 19
3 Who Is Suitable 45
4 Engaging the Client 55
5 Choosing Which Incident to Work on First 80
6 Using Unblocking 85
7 Working with Traumatic Incidents 99
8 Use of Additional Questions 127
9 When Things Don't Go as Planned 134
10 Ending the Counselling 154
References 160
Appendix 1 Counselling Assessment Form 163
Appendix 2 Expanded List of Unblocking Concepts 168
Appendix 3 Revised Shock, Impact Resolution Model 169
Index 170
About the Author :
Stephen Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques, published by Wiley.
Lori Beth Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques, published by Wiley.
Review :
"... immensely useful book for therapists... well written and manages to make some difficult concepts accessible to readers." (Profbook.com 21/08/2001)
