Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD: Harnessing the Healing Power of Relationships

By Candice M. Monson and Steffany J. Fredman

PAPERBACK
Published: July 19, 2012
239 Pages
Size: 8" x 10½"
ISBN 9781462505531

ORDER CODE: 9781462505531

Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance and tools. The therapy is carefully structured to address both PTSD symptoms and associated relationship difficulties in a time-limited framework. It is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about interpersonal aspects of trauma and its treatment. Detailed session outlines and therapist scripts facilitate the entire process of assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 50 reproducible handouts and forms.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Background and Overview of CBCT for PTSD
1. An Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD
2. Initial Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Working with Complex Cases
II. CBCT for PTSD Treatment Manual
Phase 1. Rationale for Treatment and Education about PTSD and Relationships
Session 1. Introduction to Treatment
Session 2. Safety Building
Phase 2. Satisfaction Enhancement and Undermining Avoidance
Session 3. Listening and Approaching
Session 4. Sharing Thoughts and Feelings: Emphasis on Feelings
Session 5. Sharing Thoughts and Feelings: Emphasis on Thoughts
Session 6. Getting U.N.S.T.U.C.K.
Session 7. Problem Solving to Shrink PTSD
Phase 3. Making Meaning of the Trauma(s) and End of Therapy
Session 8. Acceptance
Session 9. Blame
Session10. Trust
Session 11. Control
Session 12. Emotional Closeness
Session 13. Physical Closeness
Session 14. Posttraumatic Growth
Session 15. Review and Reinforcement of Treatment Gains

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Candice M. Monson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is President-Elect of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies and is a Fellow of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Monson is a foremost expert on traumatic stress and the use of individual and conjoint therapies to treat PTSD. She is coauthor of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD and Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD and coeditor of Effective Treatments for PTSD, Third Edition, among other books

Steffany J. Fredman, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Fredman is a recipient of the Martin S. Wallach Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her clinical and research interests focus on the interpersonal context of individual psychopathology, with an emphasis on PTSD. Together, Drs. Monson and Fredman are the codevelopers of cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for PTSD