The Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills Workbook for PTSD: Overcome Fear and Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life

by Matthew T. Tull, Kim L. Gratz, Alexander L. Chapman

Written by a team of experts in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this workbook offers powerful, symptom-specific skills from a variety of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatments, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and—for the first time—cognitive processing therapy (CPT). PTSD is a debilitating condition that can leave you feeling numb, irritable, on guard, and distant. You may experience flashbacks and traumatic memories, suffer with sleep difficulties and nightmares, and struggle to manage intense emotions, impulses, and the desire to avoid closeness. But there has been rapid growth in the research and treatment of PTSD. This book combines the very best in proven-effective treatments to address specific symptoms, from the least disruptive to the most severe. Presenting tools drawn from a number of approaches and treatment models—such as ACT, DBT, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), exposure treatment, behavioral activation, imagery rehearsal therapy, and a highly effective, twelve-session cognitive processing therapy (CPT) program, The Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills Workbook for PTSD can help you overcome the most common and most difficult challenges people with PTSD face. This practical guide is loaded with research-based skills from the most effective PTSD treatments available to help you manage your symptoms, reclaim your well-being, and maintain your recovery.

Genres: Mental Health, Self Help, Psychology

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2017

Reviews

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! This workbook is an excellent resource for patients and practitioners alike. It provides easy and practical information. One of the things that I enjoyed about this workbook was that the detailed information regarding understanding PTSD and its effect on a person's life. In other words, it starts from the very beginning and provides a basic overview of PTSD. This workbook provides good strategies for coping with anxiety. Also, there is a section for help with maintaining your recovery from PTSD. Overall, very good workbook with tons for wonderful examples, exercises, and information. I received this product through Goodreads giveaway for my honest review.

[Johanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really fantastic resource, full of easily understandable and actionable strategies for anyone struggling with PTSD and trauma-based anxiety challenges. Being a workbook, it's also filled with interactive questions to discover the nuances and triggers unique to each individual, as well as to track progress as the reader follows through with the listed exercises. The two main focuses for treatment in the book are prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy. Unfortunately, prolonged exposure can trigger some pretty severe flare-ups in individuals with FM pain like myself, making pat statements like "The traumatic event itself may have been damaging, but the memories of it can’t harm you" kind of a laugh 🙄. There are, however, lots of other great and very usable strategies which I hope to implement, and would absolutely recommend this book to others who are interested in this subject.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book through Goodreads. Great book. Very insightful and lots of new ideas to work with. Very helpful.