Treating the Trauma of Rape: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD

by Edna B. Foa, Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

In the U.S. alone, approximately 1.5 million adult female survivors of rape are estimated to suffer from chronic PTSD. This invaluable book--informed by the latest research and written by two of the leading authorities in the field--provides a step-by-step guide to proven brief therapy techniques for treating traumatized women. Filling an urgent need of front-line practitioners working within managed care guidelines, the book includes numerous case examples illustrating sensitive and effective information-gathering and intervention, as well as explanations of how to cope with common problems and complications in treatment.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

286 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 1997

About the author

Edna B. Foa, PhD, is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. The treatment program she has developed for PTSD sufferers has received the highest evidence for its efficacy and has been widely disseminated in the US and around the world.

Reviews

[Shana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this book not realizing that it was a bit dated, and so some of my issues with it likely stem from that fact. This book provides is a comprehensive, step-by-step set of directions for how to practice CBT with survivors of rape. It breaks down the process into smaller pieces so that you could quite easily use it as a guide for a set of sessions with survivors. Although I wouldn't personally use it like that, I like that it lays everything out clearly and even has scripts for how to explain various interventions. Some therapy books will explain the concepts without showing what that might look or sound like in an actual therapy room, and this book does exactly that. I wonder what an updated version of this would look like and whether the authors would make any adjustments given the newer research in trauma therapy.