Trauma Counseling, Second Edition: Theories and Interventions for Managing Trauma, Stress, Crisis, and Disaster

by Lisa López Levers

The only comprehensive text to focus on trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster counseling from a clinical practice perspective This overarching text, intended both for mental health practitioners-in-training and for practicing clinicians, focuses on the impact of stress, crisis, trauma, and disaster on diverse populations across the lifespan as well as on effective treatment strategies. The second edition is newly grounded in a "trauma scaffold," providing foundational information that therapists can build upon, step-by-step, to treat individuals affected by more complex trauma events. This resource newly addresses the mental health implications of COVID-19, which has had an enormous impact on multitudes of people since the beginning of the pandemic, its repercussions likely to continue for some time into the future. The text also is updated to provide the most recent diagnostic information regarding trauma in the DSM-5. Two new chapters address the confluence of crises related to anthropogenic climate change and the effects of mass violence. This unrivalled resource emphasizes stress management and crisis intervention skills as important building blocks for working with more complex issues of trauma and disaster. It underscores the idea that trauma must be approached from multiple perspectives and in multiple dimensions encompassing individual, community, societal, and systemic implications along with multicultural and diversity frames of reference. The text integrates the latest findings from neuropsychology and psychopharmacology with an emphasis on Polyvagal Theory. Additionally, the text highlights the importance of clinical supervision in trauma care and examines ethical dimensions and the need for self-care among trauma counselors. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers. New to the Second Key

Genres: Counselling

578 pages, Paperback

Published March 21, 2022

About the author

Lisa López Levers, PhD, LPCC-S, LPC, CRC, NCC, is Professor Emeritus of Counselor Education and Human Development in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Reviews

[Mya · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading this book for my trauma informed counseling course, I have to say that I am much more enlighten on what trauma is and the components that encompass it.

[Brian David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorough discussion of trauma as a construct on all levels. I love the anthology style of the textbook and hope that counseling texts continue to move towards this type of format. The book isn’t without current trends and bias, especially in a few chapters. Still, it’s the best textbook I’ve had in our program.

[Rachel]

Why dosnt book challenge be converted to pages read challenge 🥲