Description
Being able to monitor and modulate a trauma client's dysregulated nervous system is one of the practitioner's best lines of defence against traumatic hyperarousal going amok-risking consequences such as dissociation and decompensation. This paperback edition of Babette Rothschild's The Body Remembers Volume 2, clarifies and simplifies autonomic nervous system (ANS) understanding and observation. It includes a full-colour table that distinguishes six levels of arousal, which has proven to be an essential clinical tool, presenting a new and useful distinction between trauma-induced hypoarousal and the low arousal that is caused by lethargy or depression.
Multiple therapeutic transcripts illuminate key points in trauma treatment, including stabilising clients who dissociate, identifying and implementing hidden somatic resources, and utilising good memories and somatic markers. With an authoritative yet personal voice, Rothschild's book is essential reading for anyone working with those who have experienced trauma. The full-colour ANS table is also available separately as a laminated desk reference card.
About the Author
Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW is an internationally recognized PTSD specialist and best-selling author of seven books translated into eighteen languages, including her new offerings Help for the Helper Updated + Expanded and the 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery Workbook. Babette is also the creator and Series Editor of W. W. Norton's 8 Keys to Mental Health Series. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Reviews
"This book belongs at the top of a therapist's reference list... I hope you will find [it] as useful, provocative, therapeutically supportive, and enjoyable as I did." -- Antigone Oreopoulou, Volume 20(2) - International Body Psychotherapy Journal (IBPJ)
Book Information
ISBN 9781324016724
Author Babette Rothschild
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 307g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 20mm