Treating Traumatic Stress in Adults: The Practitioner’s Expressive Writing Workbook

Contents

• Part I :
• Introduction Integrating Expressive Writing Into Trauma-Related Treatment Approaches. Trauma and Its Effects. Implications for Treatment.
• Part II : Current Treatments for Trauma . Discussion of a Multidimensional Model. Future Treatment: The Case for Including Expressive Writing. Expressive Writing as a Therapy Technique. Conclusion.
• Part III : Expressive Writing Workbook . General Writing Guidelines. Structuring Client Writing Activities During Session. Beginning Exercises.
• Part III -I: Beginning Exercises.
• Section 1 : Lists and Clusters.
• Section 2 : Sentence Stems.
• Section 3 : Acrostics and Poems.
• Section 4 : Five-Minute "Sprints".
• Part III -II: Intermediate Exercises.
• Section 1 : Letters.
• Section 2 : Obituaries and Eulogies.
• Section 3 : Character Sketches.
• Section 4 : Dialogues.
• Part III -III: Advanced Exercises .
• Section 1 : Narratives.
• Section 2 : Essays and Compositions.
• Part III -IV: Free-Writing Exercises . Exercise 1: Semiautomatic Writing. Exercise 2: Into the Stream.
• Part III -V: Activity-Based Exercises.
• Section 1 : Relaxation Exercises.
• Section 2 : Guided Imagery.
• Section 3 : Multimedia Activities.
• Part IV : Outcome Measures. Rationale. Screen for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. The Revised Helping Alliance Questionnaire. Alternate Measures for the Assessment of Trauma Symptoms. Process. Notes. References. Appendices.