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The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms Third Edition, Revised Edition
Author(s): Mary Beth Williams PhD LCSW CTS (Author), Soili Poijula PhD (Author)
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
- Publication Date: May 1, 2016
- Edition: Third Edition, Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1626253706
- ISBN-13: 9781626253704
Book Description
Struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? You can heal―and reclaim your life.
If you’re living with PTSD, trauma symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive memories, anxiety, emotional numbness, or insomnia may feel overwhelming. Whether your trauma stems from military combat, domestic or sexual violence, a car accident, workplace injury, natural disaster, or another terrifying event, the impact can interfere with relationships, work, sleep, and daily life.
You are not broken―and you are not alone.
In The PTSD Workbook, Third Edition, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula provide a comprehensive, evidence-based program grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most effective treatments for PTSD. This fully revised and updated edition offers practical tools used by trauma specialists worldwide to help you reduce symptoms and build emotional resilience.
In this workbook, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand how trauma affects the brain and body
- Manage flashbacks, intrusive memories, and trauma triggers
- Reduce anxiety, insomnia, and emotional reactivity
- Address avoidance, numbing, and hypervigilance
- Strengthen coping skills and regain a sense of safety
- Build resilience after combat trauma, violence, accidents, or disaster
This updated edition includes expanded content for veterans with PTSD, new research on the role of cortisol and adrenaline in trauma response, guidance on the mind-body connection in PTSD recovery, and important updates aligned with the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
Designed for both trauma survivors and clinicians, this accessible workbook delivers structured, step-by-step exercises to help you process trauma, reduce distress, and move toward lasting recovery.
Healing is possible―and this workbook offers a clear path forward.
Editorial Reviews
Review
—Terence M. Keane, PhD, associate chief of staff for research and development at the VA Boston Healthcare System, director of the behavioral science division of the National Center for PTSD, and professor of psychiatry and assistant dean of research at the Boston University School of Medicine
“This is a treasure trove of a book filled with up-to-date information on trauma, with the best collection of self-help methods in the field. It is easy to understand, and will be a resource for all individuals who are suffering from the effects of traumatic events, as well as for professionals.”
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“This update of
The PTSD Workbook nicely reflects the authors’ sensitive understanding of psychological trauma and resilience. It provides individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their professional helpers with an impressive compendium of self-help and therapeutic techniques. Each of its twelve chapters is full of easy-to-use exercises that allow readers to decide which techniques are most suited to their individual situation. Anyone with a personal experience of, or exposure to, traumatic events will learn something useful from an encounter with this excellent work.”—Joseph H. Albeck, MD, clinical associate in the department of psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA; Chairman (Emeritus) for the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Resilience Special Interest Group of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS); and cofounder of the New England Holocaust Memorial
“This is an extremely helpful book for trauma victims and facilitators, but also for you and me, to own and look into it daily.”
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About the Author
Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS, is an author, researcher, lecturer, and trainer in the area of trauma. In addition, she treats trauma survivors in private practice at the Trauma Recovery Education and Counseling Center in Warrenton, VA. Williams is former president of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. She is a trainer for US Customs and Border Protection, cofounder of the proposed 501(c)(3) US Vet Source, and author of many articles, chapters, and books about trauma disorders.
Soili Poijula, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, and director at Oy Synolon Ltd., a center for trauma psychology in Finland, where she has done pioneering work as a developer of post-trauma psychotherapy.
