Table of Contents

About the Authors viii

Series Preface x

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xiii

How to Use This Book xiv

1 An Overview of Traumatincident Reduction as a Brief Therapy Approach for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1

2 The Nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 19

3 Who Is Suitable 45

4 Engaging the Client 55

5 Choosing Which Incident to Work on First 80

6 Using Unblocking 85

7 Working with Traumatic Incidents 99

8 Use of Additional Questions 127

9 When Things Don't Go as Planned 134

10 Ending the Counselling 154

References 160

Appendix 1 Counselling Assessment Form 163

Appendix 2 Expanded List of Unblocking Concepts 168

Appendix 3 Revised Shock, Impact Resolution Model 169

Index 170

About the Author

Stephen Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques, published by Wiley.

Lori Beth Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques, published by Wiley.

Reviews

."immensely useful book for therapists..well written and manages to make some difficult concepts accessible to readers" (Profbook.com 21/08/2001)