Anna Baranowsky

This observational naturalistic study examined depression symptom change over the course of trauma-focused therapy. Understanding the impact of depression on trauma treatment and recovery as well as how to integrate therapeutic techniques for the treatment of concurrent depression and trauma, can assist with recovery from both conditions. Using nat...

New edition of this effective toolbox for treating trauma survivors is even more comprehensive Provides a 3-phase approach to trauma treatment, plus a new preparatory phase for therapists Details step-by-step guidance on nearly 70 cognitive behavioral and somatic techniques Introduces a new preparatory phase for practitioners Explores therapist se...

Meta-analytic studies have extracted 4 common elements among effective posttraumatic stress disorder treatments: cognitive restructuring and psychoeducation, a deliberate and continually improving therapeutic relationship, relaxation and self-regulation, and exposure via narrative of traumatic experiences. The authors present a clinical treatment s...

In this chapter we reflect on the role of physicians, the pressures they endure, potential negative outcomes, and a promising treatment for encouraging self-awareness and selfcare. We conceptualize this process of exhaustion as compassion fatigue, which incorporates burnout and the silencing response, which may lead to negative behaviors such as su...

This book is written for the trained clinician and the novice-in-training as a means of enhancing skilled application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) trauma therapy. The term "Trauma Practice" has been conceptualized after many years of reflection of the trauma work and training experiences that the authors have encountered. It has become cle...

Mental health and other service professionals who work with trauma survivors often experience the debilitating effects of compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. Leaders within the field have called for effective, empirically supported interventions for professionals who experience these negative effects. In response to the call, this study examin...

A theoretical model of well-being identifies 6 key components that have been examined primarily in older adults (e.g., C. D. Ryff, 1989c, 1991): self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth (C. D. Ryff, 1995; C. D. Ryff & C. L. M. Keyes, 1995; C. D. Ryff & B. Singer, 1996). T...

Approaches to the treatment of posttraumatic sequelae are reviewed in terms of criteria for evaluating inferential validity with case studies, and where applicable, effect sizes are provided where there are data from group comparisons. The approaches covered in this paper include the Trauma Recovery Institute (TRI) Method, Traumatic Incident Reduct...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) provides a common language for diagnoses and assessment of trauma victims, including Holocaust survivors. Many of these survivors established post-war families and it is here that we began to witness the possibility of trauma transmission. Parental communication regarding the Holocaust, often characterized by ob...