Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy Beyond Evidence-Based Practice

Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator?in other words, how to be rather than what to do. Trauma survivors need wise therapists who practice with the union of intellect, knowledge, and intuition. Through self-work, therapists can learn to embody healing qualities that foster an appropriate, corrective, and loving experience in treatment that transcends any technique. This book shows how Eastern wisdom teachings and Western psychotherapeutic modalities combine with modern theory to support a knowledgeable, compassionate, and wise therapist who is equipped to help even the most traumatized person heal.

Chapters: Chapters 2 and 3 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Foreword Preface Part I: Wisdom 1. What Makes a Great Therapist?2. Neuroscience and Trauma-Informed Practice3. Ego Development and Traumatic Defenses Part II: Attachment 4. Fostering Attachment in Psychotherapy5. Preventing Relationship Rupture: Countertransference and Thresholds6. Repairing Relationship Ruptures7. Qualities of the Advanced Trauma TherapistPart III: Love 8. Superhuman Empathy and Trauma Work 9. Self-Care for the Trauma Therapist10. Awakening to Wisdom, Love and Compassion

Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, is a social worker and psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of severe trauma and PTSD. She has worked in the field of mental health for more than four decades in diverse settings and teaches classes on healing from trauma in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out.