Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse

by Christiane Sanderson

This is a skills-based manual filled with practical and applied approaches for counsellors and professionals working with complex trauma. Written in an accessible and hands-on style, the book begins by giving an introduction to trauma, then moves on to issues such as how to manage trauma symptoms, through to post traumatic growth and self-care. The issues collated in the book covers a broad child abuse, neglect, sexual violence, CSA, sexual trafficking, religious sexual abuse and torture. The format of the book is designed to be dipped into, which will be an essential guide for counsellors with its interactive icons that highlight top tips, warnings and exercises that will prove to be invaluable in facilitating recovery while treating their clients. This book is primarily aimed at therapists and other professionals looking for a comprehensive and accessible explanation of co

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Social Work

328 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Daniyal Zia · Rating 1 out of 5]

More woke, dishonest feminist trash that thinks only sexual abuse and women's domestic abuse is "trauma". In the intro it tries to claim this group has a dearth of recovery resources, when in reality this is the only group that has lots of resources and attention already allocated to them, and this book ironically isba further example of that.
Someone experiences CSA a few times and has their experience held above those who experience 100x other forms of abuse, thanks to authors and "professionals" like this. An adult woman who experiences domestic abuse is placed above children who experience various forms of abuse, in this woke hierarchy, despite the research showing the adult experience to typically be less damaging or life-limiting. The reason for this is obvious - because it's the abuse that most often affects women. I feel for anyone who has the misfortune of anyone with other trauma having this woman as a therapist, or for everyone living in societies where these myths are perpetuated by these woke psychiatry and psychology practitioners (ie all of us, in Western societies at least).

[Harriet Shearsmith · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s taken me an age to read but so pleased I did. I felt like the first 1/3 of the book was teaching me to suck eggs - I don’t need to be reminded about respecting autonomy or ethics, it reminded me a lot of the very basic counselling skills manuals which annoyed me. I wanted trauma skills and a deeper understanding of dissociative behaviours. The rest of the book I found really helpful - some great exercises that I will and have employed with clients!

[RocioST · Rating 2 out of 5]

Though informative and well structured personally I found it lacked nuance and at times was outdated.

[Zoe Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The practice info on this was excellent. The only addition I would have asked for was more around structural elements of trauma and how these can be addressed within the counselling context.

[Olwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent reference for working with trauma in counselling. Going to add this one to my clinical library.