Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Young Adults

Treating Complex Trauma In Adolescents And Young Adults Is The First Empirically-validated, Multi-component Manual To Guide Practitioners And Students In The Treatment Of Multi-traumatized Adolescents And Young Adults. Best-selling Author, John Briere, And Renowned Clinician, Cheryl Lanktree, Outline A Hands-on, Culturally-sensitive Approach To The Most Challenging Of Young Clients: Those Suffering From Complex Trauma Histories, Multiple Symptoms, And, In Many Cases, Involvement In A Range Of Problematic Behaviors. This Model, Integrated Treatment Of Complex Trauma For Adolescents (itct-a), Integrates A Series Of Approaches And Techniques, Which Are Adapted According To The Youth's Specific Symptoms, Culture, And Age. Components Include Relationship-building, Psychoeducation, Affect Regulation Training, Trigger Identification, Cognitive Processing, Titrated Emotional Processing, Mindfulness Training, Collateral Treatments With Parents And Families, Group Therapy, And System-level Advocacy.