Mary Beth Williams is a private practitioner in the Trauma Recovery Education and Counseling Center in Warrento, Virginia, and a school social worker in Falls Church, Virginia. She has conducted research with sexual abuse survivors, and received her PhD in human and organizational systems development from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Her recent publications include Violence Hits Home: A Sourcebook on Treatment of Family Violence (1990) and many professional journal articles on post-traumatic stress disorders.John F. Sommer, Jr. is executive director of the Washington, D.C. Office of The American Legion. He has co-authored articles and facilitated research projects dealing with Agent Orange effects on Vietnam Veterans. He has been involved in ongoing POW/MIA investigations, has testified before Congressional Committees, and has made three recent trips to Vietnam and other areas of Southeast Asia. He is a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is co-chair of the Ethics Task Force/Committee of ISTSS. He has presented nationally on a variety of trauma-related topics. Mr. Sommer served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a combat medic, and Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of a Battalion Station. He currently chairs the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War Veterans.

"[An] excellent handbook that provides a comprehensive and in-depth look at PTSD. Williams and Sommer create a conceptual framework for diagnosing, treating, and assessing post-traumative stress in survivors of violence, abuse, war, political torture, and disaster. Chapters are devoted to creative therapies, group interventions, and several new trends." - Choice

• Preface Theoretical, Diagnostic, and Practical Approaches The Need for an Integrative Theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by John P. Wilson The Diagnosis and Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults by Brett T. Litz and Frank W. Weathers Integrating Structured and Unstructured Approaches to Taking a Trauma History by Laurie Anne Pearlman and I. Lisa McCann Treatment of Children and Families Long-Term Treatment for Children with Severe Trauma History by Beverly James Intervention with Child Victims of Trauma in the School Setting by Mary Beth Williams Dual, Triple, and Quadruple Trauma Couples: Dynamics and Treatment Issues by Aphrodite Matsakis Treatment Itimacy Issues of Traumatized People by Patricia L. Sheehan Intergenerational Consequences of Trauma: Reframing Traps in Treatment Theory--A Second Generation Perspective by Joseph H. Albeck Treatment of Survivors of Violence and Abuse Clinical Treatment of Survivors of Homicide Victims by MaryDale Salston Post-Traumatic Therapy with Domestic Violence Survivors by Mary Ann Dutton Establishing Safety in Survivors of Severe Sexual Abuse by Mary Beth Williams Treatment of Victims of War Treatment of War-Related Trauma: An Integrative Experiential, Cognitive, and Spiritual Approach by Raymond Monsour Scurfield War-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Chemical Addictions and Non-chemical Habituating Behaviors by Lori R. Daniels and Raymond Monsour Scurfield Treatment of Victims of Ethnocultural and Political Problems Post-Traumatic Ethnotherapy (P-TET): Processes in Assessment and Intervention in Aspects of Global Psychic Trauma by Erwin Randolph Parson "That Which Does Not Destroy Me": Treating Survivors of Political Torture by Barbara Chester Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Arab-American Community by Nuha Abudabbeh Treatment of Disaster Victims Immediate Post-Disaster Treatment of Trauma by William C. Foreman Responding to Community Crisis by Marlene A. Young and John Stein Relocation: Treatment of a Family Crisis by Judith Halpern The Association of Flight Attendants Employee Assistance Program Responds to Workplace Trauma: A Dynamic Model by Barbara Feuer Treatment of Work-Related Trauma in Police Officers: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Decline by Berthold P. R. Gersons and Ingrid V. E. Carlier Creative Therapeutic Approaches Art Therapy as a Visual Dialogue by Dee Spring Creative Arts Therapies on a Sanctuary Voluntary Inpatient Unit for Men and Women Who Have Experienced Abuse and Psychological Trauma in Childhood by Jean Vogel The Use of Writing in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Susan C. Feldman, David Read Johnson and Marilyn Ollayos Action-Based Therapy for PTSD by Cynthia M. Stuhlmiller Hypnotic Approaches in Treating PTSD: An Ericksonian Framework by Robert A. Schwarz Special Group Interventions for Trauma Survivors A Twelve-Theme Psycho-Educational Program for Victims and Survivors by Joel Osler Brende Group Therapy and Self-Help Groups for Adult Survivors of Childhood Incest by Jeremy Herman and Lana R. Lawrence The Development of Groups for Partners of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Wendi R. Kaplan Developing An Inpatient Dissociative Disorder Unit by Christine A. Courtois, Barry M. Cohen, and Joan A. Turkus The Sanctuary Model: Developing Generic Inpatient Programs for the Treatment of Psychological Trauma by Sandra L. Bloom New Trends and Developments Biological and Pharmacological Aspects of the Treatment of PTSD by Matthew J. Friedman Traumatology: Implications for Training, Education, and Development Programs by David P. Niles Ethical Considerations in Trauma Treatment, Research, Publication, and Training by Mary Beth Williams, John F. Sommer, Jr., B. Hudnall-Stamm, and C. J. Harris Countertransference and Trauma: Self-Healing and Training Issues by Yael Danieli Toward the Development of a Generic Model of PTSD Treatment by Mary Beth Williams and John F. Sommer, Jr. References Index