May/June 2014

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Editor's Note

Rich Simon

No other single condition tests the therapeutic relationship quite so stringently, demands so much from the clinician, or combines so many disparate treatment challenges in one messy package as the traumatized client.

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Outside the Box

Bringing Families into Trauma Treatment

Mary Jo Barrett

If we don’t open up the one-on-one therapeutic cloister, trauma sufferers may never learn how to engage in the give and take of real-life relationships. By failing to include their families, we too often fail to help them weave change into their daily lives. Read More
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When Victims Victimize Others

Some Clients Challenge our Capacity for Compassion

Noel Larson

Most therapists find it relatively easy to feel empathy for the usual hyperaroused, vulnerable trauma client. But it can be a lot tougher to remain nonjudgmental and receptive with dissociative clients who’ve done horrible things to traumatize others. Read More
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Putting the Pieces Together

25 Years of Learning Trauma Treatment

Janina Fisher

25 years ago, we believed that helping trauma survivors dig into dark and unspeakable horrors would set them free. But in this new age of trauma treatment, we aim to help our clients find the light. Read More
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Symposium Highlight

Engaging the Emotional Brain

Highlights from Symposium 2014

Rich Simon

To get through to clients in our increasingly ADD culture, therapists must learn to evoke a deeper, more visceral engagement with them. At this year’s Networker Symposium, a lineup of innovators shared their wisdom about how to do just that. Read More

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