Trauma Model Therapy: A Treatment Approach for Trauma Dissociation and Complex Comorbidity

by Colin A. Ross

Trauma Model Therapy is a treatment manual for therapists and professionals but it can also be read by survivors and their family members. The book contains practical, hands-on techniques and strategies for therapy, and many vignettes of therapy sessions that illustrate the principles of the therapy.

Trauma Model Therapy is suitable for a wide range of mental health problems and addictions. It is especially useful for the client with many different symptoms and diagnoses, and a history of severe psychological trauma.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Mental Health, Nonfiction

306 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy reading this book. I started off on chapter 9 in section 3. Chapter 9 starts off with General Principles of the Trauma Model and then goes into chapter 10-22 from Mood disorders (10), Schizophrenia (11), Anxiety Disorders (12), all the way down the list and yes, Borderline Personality Disorder is found in chapter 21.

I am anti-psychiatry and while Dr. Colin a Ross is NOT anti-psychiatry and has offers nice balance between nature AND nurture. . .and I like his take on how the trauma model can explain comorbidity in mental illness. . . he explains how real biology works within the realm of mental illness.

My next book to read is by Peter R. Breggin called Toxic Psychiatry. He is a little more anti-psychiatry.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource for helping clients with Dissociative Disorders. Dr. Ross's concept of the victim-rescuer-perpetrator is particularly helpful. I love the scripts--wish my sessions sounded that good. I highly recommend this for therapists working with victims of trauma.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is some very original thinking going on here. Ross is plowing new ground in the areas of disassociation,co-morbidity, and trauma.

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was looking for trauma treatment and surprised by the DID content. But I feel better prepared for DID- type encounters in the future. Some info can directly apply to a client I’m currently working with. Some of this book/treatment feels dated (2009).

[Savannah Dalgaard]

Læste: Traumer i psykiatrien af Sofie Folke og Cæcilie Buhman (men den er ikke på Goodreads, så bruger denne som erstatning) - 4/5 stjerner.

[Ross Flynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful model for me as a therapist