Doing Psychotherapy: A Trauma and Attachment-Informed Approach

by Robin Shapiro

Overview

How to start, do, and complete psychotherapy that is trauma-and attachment-based as well as culturally informed.

Most books about doing psychotherapy are tied to particular psychotherapeutic practices. Here, seasoned clinical author Robin Shapiro teaches readers the ins and outs of a trauma- and attachment- informed approach that is not tied to any one model or method.

This book teaches assessment, treatment plans, enhancing the therapeutic relationship, and ethics and boundary issues, all within a general framework of attachment theory and trauma. Practical chapters talk about working with attachment problems, grief, depression, cultural differences, affect tolerance, anxiety, addiction, trauma, skill- building, suicidal ideation, psychosis, and the beginning and end of therapy. Filled with examples, suggestions for dialogue, and questions for a variety of therapeutic situation, Shapiro’s conversational tone makes the book very relatable. Early- career therapists will refer to it for years to come, and veteran practitioners looking for a refresher (or introduction) to the latest in trauma and attachment work will find it especially useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393713336
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/25/2020
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	368,299
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Robin Shapiro, LICSW, is known for her clear, accessible, and practical style in writing, teaching and clinical consultation. She edited and contributed to EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing (Norton, 2005) and EMDR Solutions II: Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance & More (2009) and wrote Trauma Treatments Handbook (2010), and Easy Ego State Interventions (2016). She loves her work: writing, presenting about ego states, EMDR topics, and suicide prevention, doing clinical consultation, and thirty-eight years of psychotherapy practice, especially around issues of trauma, anxiety, and attachment.

Table of Contents

Foreword 13

Acknowledgments 15

Prologue 17

1 What is Therapy? 21

2 Therapy Modalities 24

3 How to Start 33

4 Assessment, Diagnoses, and Treatment Plans 46

5 Sessions 63

6 Ethics, Boundaries, and Transference Issues 67

7 Dealing with Differences 77

8 Building Affect Tolerance 83

9 Healing Attachment Wounds 92

10 Building Skills 102

11 Treating Trauma 112

12 Suicidal Clients 128

13 Treating Anxiety 144

14 Treating Addiction 159

15 Treating Depression 175

16 Sexual Issues 195

17 Final Stages 200

18 Self-Care for Therapists 204

Further Resources 207

References 211

Index 217

Editorial Reviews

"A compendium from a highly skilled therapist and accessible author. Books are wrestled into creation, wrought out of lived-experience and wisdom. The word therapist is from the Greek, Θερα′πων?—Therapón. In peace-time the Therapón was a King's most-trusted advisor; in war, his personal guard who fought alongside him. This is a brilliant metaphor that fits Robin Shapiro perfectly. Doing Psychotherapy will equip and empower you; I will be adding it to my students' required reading. "

Paul Miller

"This is one of those books that every aspiring psychotherapist should be reading. Why? Because it's the clearest, most thorough, most compassionate look inside the work of psychotherapy that I've ever encountered. It's also a book that we seasoned folks might want to consider as a reminder of why we're doing this challenging, rewarding work. This book is like a consult session with one of the best. "

Laura S. Brown