Treating complex traumatic stress disorders : an evidence-based guide / edited by Christine A. Courtois, Julian D. Ford ; foreword by Judith L. Herman ; afterword by Bessel A. van der Kolk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining and understanding complex trauma and complex traumatic stress disorders / Julian D. Ford and Christine A. Courtois -- Neurobiological and developmental research : clinical implications / Julian D. Ford -- Best practices in psychotherapy for children and adolescents / Julian D. Ford and Marylene Cloitre -- Best practices in psychotherapy for adults / Christine A. Courtois, Julian D. Ford, and Marylene Cloitre -- Assessment of the sequelae of complex trauma : evidence-based measures / John Briere and Joseph Spinazzola -- Assessment of attachment and abuse history, and adult attachment style / Daniel Brown --

Treating dissociation / Kathy Steele and Onno van der Hart -- Cultural competence / Laura S. Brown -- Therapeutic alliance and risk management / Philip J. Kinsler, Christine A. Courtois, and A. Steven Frankel -- Living and working self-reflectively to address vicarious trauma / Laurie Anne Pearlman and James Caringi --

Contextual therapy / Steven N. Gold -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy / Christie Jackson, Kore Nissenson, and Marylene Cloitre -- Contextual behavior trauma therapy / Victoria M. Follette, Katherine M. Iverson, and Julian D. Ford -- Experiential and emotion-focused therapy / Diana Fosha ... [et al.] -- Sensorimotor psychotherapy / Janina Fisher and Pat Ogden -- Pharmacotherapy / Lewis A. Opler, Michele S. Grennan, and Julian D. Ford -- Internal family systems therapy / Richard C. Schwartz, Mark F. Schwartz, and Lori Galperin -- Couple therapy / Susan M. Johnson and Christine A. Courtois -- Family systems therapy / Julian D. Ford and William Saltzman -- Group therapy / Julian D. Ford, Roger D. Fallot, and Maxine Harris.