{"product_id":"the-haunted-self-structural-dissociation-and-the-treatment-of-chronic-traumatization-9780393704013","title":"The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization","description":"They typically have a wide array of symptoms, often classified under different combinations of comorbidity, which can make assessment and treatment complicated and confusing for the therapist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Many patients have substantial problems with daily living and relationships, including serious intrapsychic conflicts and maladaptive coping strategies. Their suffering essentially relates to a terrifying and painful past that haunts them. Even when survivors attempt to hide their distress beneath a facade of normality--a common strategy--therapists often feel besieged by their many symptoms and serious pain. Small wonder that many survivors of chronic traumatization have seen several therapists with little if any gains, and that quite a few have been labeled as untreatable or resistant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this book, three leading researchers and clinicians share what they have learned from treating and studying chronically traumatized individuals across more than 65 years of collective experience. Based on the theory of structural dissociation of the personality in combination with a Janetian psychology of action, the authors have developed a model of phase-oriented treatment that focuses on the identification and treatment of structural dissociation and related maladaptive mental and behavioral actions. The foundation of this approach is to support patients in learning more effective mental and behavioral actions that will enable them to become more adaptive in life and to resolve their structural dissociation. This principle implies an overall therapeutic goal of raising the integrative capacity, in order to cope with the demands of daily life and deal with the haunting remnants of the past, with the \"unfinished business\" of traumatic memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of interest to clinicians, students of clinical psychology and psychiatry, as well as to researchers, all those interested in adult survivors of chronic child abuse and neglect will find helpful insights and tools that may make the treatment more effective and efficient, and more tolerable for the suffering patient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Onno Van Der Hart,Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis,Kathy Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.64w x 1.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393704013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNijenhuis, Ellert R. S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEllert R. S. Nijenhuis, Ph.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher. He is affiliated with Mental Health Care Drenthe, The Netherlands and collaborates with various Universities. He is a former director of the Executive Council of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteele, Kathy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKathy Steele, MN, CS\u003c\/strong\u003e, is in private practice with Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a former President of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHart, Onno Van Der:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eOnno van der Hart, Ph.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Psychopathology of Chronic Traumatization, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, and a psychologist. Until 2017 he was also a psychotherapist in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. He is a Past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Onno Van Der Hart \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231360856221,"sku":"9780393704013","price":89.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_726a7c06-17f7-4dca-a6eb-824f285f0bba.jpg?v=1778577802","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-haunted-self-structural-dissociation-and-the-treatment-of-chronic-traumatization-9780393704013","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}