Dream Therapy for PTSD: The Proven System for Ending Your Nightmares and Recovering from Trauma
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1440837406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 145 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this series of clinical vignettes, a board-certified psychiatrist and life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association illustrates the effectiveness of dream therapy in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).• Shares techniques to end PTSD nightmares and flashbacks• Lessens the exposure to trauma, making the treatment more benign than most other methods• Offers strategies for treating individual patients as well as groups of patients• Features complete descriptions of 140 dreams along with approaches for lessening their detrimental effects • Provides a comparison between common stress and PTSD
Practical and also fascinating book on an effective therapy for nightmares So, I must say up front that I am biased, as Bruce Dow is my dad! However, I am also a clinical psychologist who works with PTSD (among other things) and a discerning reader and must also say that this is an excellent and very useful book. "Dream Therapy" is not only very helpful clinically, detailing a whole new way . Chris Edelson said This is a sensitively observed book that offers practical solutions. This is a sensitively observed book that offers practical solutions to a current national problem that doesn't get enough attention. It's common to hear the slogan "support our troops", but less often to hear about real ways we can do this. This book offers real support for veterans and others with PTSD. This therapy . "another form of support" according to debthebrush1. LOVE this idea of dream therapy!
Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers." - Choice. "A must-read for anyone interested in PTSD--including therapists and counselors--the book is well written and concise
Bruce Dow, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who practices clinical psychiatry.