Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse : Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life

The Trauma of Childhood Abuse: A Resource Loss Model. Attachment: When Protector and Perpetrator are One. Development in the Context of Deprivation. Treatment Rationale. Building Emotional and Social Resources: Overview of STAIR. Working with Traumatic Memories: Overview of NST. Extending the Narrative: Transforming Shame and Loss. Guidelines for Implementing Treatment. Assessment of Client and Match for Treatment. Phase I: Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR): Building Resources. Session 1: The Resource of Hope: Introducing the Client to Treatment. Session 2: The Resource of Feelings: Emotional Awareness. Session 3: Emotion Regulation. Session 4: Emotionally Engaged Living. Session 5: The Resource of Connection: Understanding Relationship Patterns. Session 6: Changing Relationship Patterns. Session 7: Agency in Relationships. Session 8: Flexibility in Relationships. Phase II: Narrative Story Telling (NST): Facing the Past and Imagining a Future. Moving from Skills Training to Narrative Processing of Trauma: How Do You Know Your Client is Ready? Session 9: Introduction to Narrative Story Telling. Session 10: Narrative of First Memory. Sessions 11-15: Narratives of Fear. Sessions 11-15: Narratives of Shame. Sessions 11-15: Narratives of Loss. The Last Session. Appendix A: Resources. Appendix B: Examples of Assessment Measures by Domain.