This authoritative reference on complex traumatic stress disorders (CTSDs) and their assessment and treatment has now been significantly revised with more than 75% new material reflecting a decade of advances in the field. Leading experts delve into ways to understand, engage, assess, and treat adults with complex trauma histories, whose symptoms often include but may go well beyond those of posttraumatic stress disorder. The volume presents cutting-edge theory and research on CTSDs, considers diagnostic controversies, and identifies core elements of effective, culturally responsive treatment. Established and emerging therapies specifically tailored to this population are described and illustrated with vivid case examples. Other highlights are chapters on transtheoretical treatment, the crucial role of professionalism and training, and recognizing and managing vicarious traumatization.
 
New to This Edition
*Incorporates major advances in research and clinical practice.
*Chapters on additional evidence-based individual treatments: prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, cognitive processing therapy, brief eclectic psychotherapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, narrative exposure therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, emotion-focused therapy, and the TARGET recovery model.
*Chapters on additional evidence-based group and conjoint family therapy models: attachment-based couple therapy and integrated treatment of co-occurring CTSDs and substance use disorders.
*Chapters on promising treatments: treatment for structural dissociation, experiential/somatotherapy approaches, mindfulness approaches, and complementary healing therapies.

See also Drs. Ford and Courtois's authored bookTreatment of Complex Trauma, which presents their own therapeutic approach for adult clients in depth, and their edited volumeTreating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents.

Foreword, Judith Lewis Herman
I. Overview
1. Defining and Understanding Complex Trauma and Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders, Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois
2. Developmental Neurobiology, Julian D. Ford
3. Best Practices in Psychotherapy for Adults, Christine A. Courtois, Julian D. Ford, Marylene Cloitre, & Ulrich Schnyder
4. Therapeutic Alliance and Risk Management, Christine A. Courtois
5. Evidence-Based Psychological Assessment of the Sequelae of Complex Trauma, Joseph Spinazzola & John Briere
6. Assessing and Treating Complex Dissociative Disorders, Kathy Steele & Onno van der Hart
7. Cultural Humility and Spiritual Awareness, Laura S. Brown
8. New Perspectives on Vicarious Traumatization and Complex Trauma, Laurie Anne Pearlman, James Caringi, & Ashley R. Trautman
II. Evidence-Supported Individual Treatment Modalities and Models
9. Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Elizabeth Hembree & Edna B. Foa
10. Cognitive Therapy, Anke Ehlers & Hannah Murray
11. Cognitive Processing Therapy, Kathleen M. Chard, Ellen T. Healy, & Colleen E. Martin
12. Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy, Berthold Gersons, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Geert E. Smid, & Ulrich Schnyder
13. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Deborah L. Korn & Francine Shapiro
14. Narrative Exposure Therapy, Maggie Schauer, Katy Robjant, Thomas Elbert, & Frank Neuner
15. Emotion-Focused Therapy, Sandra C. Paivio & Lynne E. Angus
16. Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Ari Lowell, Andrea Lopez-Yianilos, & John C. Markowitz
17. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Christie Jackson, Kore Nissenson, & Marylene Cloitre
18. Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy, Julian D. Ford
III. Group/Conjoint Therapy Models
19. Group Therapy, Julian D. Ford
20. Dual-Trauma Attachment-Based Couple Therapy, Pamela C. Alexander
21. Family Systems Therapy, Julian D. Ford
22. Complex Trauma and Addiction Treatment, Denise Hien, Lisa Caren Litt, Teresa López-Castro, & Lesia M. Ruglass
IV. Emerging Psychotherapy Models
23. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Pat Ogden
24. Experiential Approaches, Janina Fisher
25. Mindfulness Approaches, Barbara L. Niles, Sarah Krill Williston, & DeAnna L. Mori
26. Complementary Healing Therapies, Stefanie F. Smith & Julian D. Ford
Epilogue: Overview and Future Directions in Treatment for Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders, Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois
Afterword, Bessel A. van der Kolk
Author Index
Subject Index