{ "item_title" : "Not Trauma Alone", "item_author" : [" Steven Gold "], "item_description" : "How is an individual to lead a comfortable, productive existence when he or she was never taught the skills necessary for effective living? Adult survivors of child abuse often face this dilemma. Instead of being nurtured, abused children are subject to a daily regimen of coercive control, contempt, rejection, and emotional unresponsiveness. It is not surprising, therefore, that many survivors encounter dificulty adjusting from this type of damaging childhood atmosphere to one in which they have autonomy.Until now, psychotherapy for child abuse survivors often centered on the trauma of their abuse experiences. However, survivors frequently reveal a history suggesting it was not abuse trauma alone that created their difficulties, but growing up essentially alone. — without the consistent emotional support and guidance needed for development of effective functioning. This book presents an alternative to trauma-focused treatment which, though effective for treatment of other forms of trauma, induces deteriorated rather than improved functioning in survivors of prolonged childhood maltreatment. The contextual therapy presented in Not Trauma Alone delineates a psychotherapeutic approach for resolving the effects of childhood maltreatment that does not require extensive focusing on specific incidents of abuse. Detailed descriptions of the methods and interventions comprising contextual therapy are included in this critical book for all mental health professionals, clinicians, academics, and students in the field.Reviews:Child abuse constitutes a form of traumatic stress that holds an inordinately high potential to impact and to traumatize both the child victim in its immediate aftermath and the adult survivor across the life span....Not Trauma Alone is an important book and a brave clinical contribution…[Gold's] carefully thought-through and articulated family contextual model broadens our treatment armamentarium considerably. —Christine A. Courtois, PhD, Co-founder The CENTER: Posttraumatic Disorders Program, The Psychiatric Institute of Washington, Washington DC (From the Foreword)This book is about post-modern psychotherapy for people abused as children—a systems sensitive, transgenerational, goal-oriented, respectful approach to helping people of all ages confront, manage, and draw strength from overcoming a legacy of maltreatment. From the first moment I understood Professor Gold's thesis, I knew that this gentle and wise approach had great promise for a wide group of traumatized people. —Charles R. Figley, PhD, Florida State UniversityContents Foreword PrefacePart I: Abuse in Context: The Conceptual Framework n Abuse: The Trauma ModelFamily: Beyond the Trauma ModelAlone: Growing Up in an Ineffective FamilyUnprepared: The Legacy of an Ineffective Family BackgroundImpact: Intersecting Varieties of Abuse and Deficient Family ContextSociety: Beyond Family ContextPart II: Treatment in Context: Foundations of the Therapeutic Model", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/58/391/027/1583910271_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "89.99", "online_price" : "89.99", "our_price" : "89.99", "club_price" : "89.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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