Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents: A Modular Approach to Treating Traumatized and Bereaved Youth

Saltzman, William,Layne, Christopher,Pynoos, Robert,Olafson, Erna,Kaplow, Julie,Boat, Barbara

ISBN 10: 110757904X / ISBN 13: 9781107579040

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018

Seller Inventory # mon0004013902

Synopsis:

A guide for treating trauma and bereavement that can be flexibly implemented in group and individual settings to empower adolescents.

About the Authors: William Saltzman, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and holds a primary appointment as Professor of Counseling at California State University, Long Beach. Dr Saltzman also serves as Associate Director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Nathanson Family Resilience Center. For the past twenty years, Dr Saltzman has developed, disseminated, and evaluated programs for youth and families impacted by trauma, violence, illness and loss. He and the other authors regularly train and certify practitioners in how to implement TGCTA.

Christopher Layne is Program Director of Education in Evidence-Based Practice at the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, and a research psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional interests include adolescent traumatic stress and bereavement, developmental psychopathology, evidence-based assessment and practice, test construction, community violence, and political violence. Dr Layne is the lead developer of multidimensional grief theory, the Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Checklist, and the Multidimensional Grief Reactions Scale.

Robert S. Pynoos, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine, Director of the UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program and Co-Director of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, which helps coordinate the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He has pioneered a scientific developmental framework, including a continuum of assessments and interventions. He is a past recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Erna Olafson, Ph.D., Psy.D., a clinical psychologist, is associate professor of clinical psychiatry and pediatrics emerita at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She has co-directed the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and chaired the Justice Consortium of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. With her team, she has implemented Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for justice-involved youth since 2009.

Julie Kaplow, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She holds a primary appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr Kaplow also serves as Director of the Trauma and Grief Center for Youth where she oversees evidence-based trauma- and bereavement-informed assessment and treatment, and conducts research with bereaved youth and families.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: paperback
Condition: Fine