Main description:

*The gold-standard trauma treatment, now available directly to consumers.
*A self-help version of the approach in the bestselling professional manual, Cognitive Processing Therapy for PSTD (9781462528646; over 50,000 in print).
*This straightforward, encouraging, self-paced program brings science-based relief to those "stuck" in painful emotions and memories.
*Worksheets (also available to download), progress-monitoring tools, and additional resources make this a comprehensive, valuable package.
*From renowned, award-winning clinician-researchers.

Contents:

I. Introduction: How People Get Stuck in PTSD and How to Get Unstuck
1. Overview of This Book
2. How PTSD Keeps You Stuck
3. Making a Plan to Get Unstuck from PTSD
II. Identifying Where You Are Stuck
4. Introduction to PTSD and Trauma Recovery
5. Processing the Meaning of Your Trauma and Building a Stuck Point Log
6. Identifying Thoughts and Feelings
III. Getting Unstuck from Beliefs about the Trauma
7. Beginning to Examine Your Worst Traumatic Event
8. The Exploring Questions Worksheet
9. Introducing Thinking Patterns
10. Using the Alternative Thoughts Worksheet to Balance Your Thinking
IV. Getting Unstuck from Trauma-Related Beliefs about the Present and Future
11. Safety
12. Trust
13. Power and Control
14. Esteem
15. Intimacy
V. Moving Forward
16. Finishing Cognitive Processing Therapy
17. Conclusion
Appendix
Resources
Index