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Katz, Jennifer – Professional Counselor, 2019
Abortion is common, yet stigmatized. In some cases, abortion patients may experience feelings of sadness, guilt, anger, and other signs of emotional distress after their pregnancy is terminated. This article offers guidance for counselors seeking to provide nonjudgmental support to promote adaptation and recovery among abortion patients…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Coping, Stress Variables
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Marburger, Kathryn; Pickover, Sheri – Professional Counselor, 2020
Providing treatment to survivors of human trafficking requires mental health professionals to understand complex layers of multiple traumas. These layers include an understanding of how trafficking occurs; what gender, ages, sexual orientations, life circumstances, and ethnicities are most at risk to be trafficked; the lasting impact of…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Mental Health, Crime, Gender Differences
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Salloum, Alison; Scheeringa, Michael S.; Cohen, Judith A.; Storch, Eric A. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: In order to develop Stepped Care trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), a definition of early response/non-response is needed to guide decisions about the need for subsequent treatment. Objective: The purpose of this article is to (1) establish criterion for defining an early indicator of response/non-response to the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Young Children, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Dutton, Mary Ann; Bermudez, Diana; Matas, Armely; Majid, Haseeb; Myers, Neely L. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2013
In this article, we consider the use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; Kabat-Zinn, 1991) as a community-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among low-income, predominantly African American women with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV). The results of a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of MBSR as an…
Descriptors: Females, Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Low Income
Rush-Ossenbeck, Marilyn; West-Olatunji, Cirecie – Online Submission, 2014
The authors propose a CBT-based Therapeutic Community (TC) program designed to facilitate healthy relationships between military veterans and their families. In many military veteran families, there is a struggle to maintain a healthy and balanced life both outside and inside the household. This struggle affects both spouses and children and is…
Descriptors: Veterans, Family Relationship, At Risk Persons, Counseling Techniques
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Felmingham, Kim L.; Bryant, Richard A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To examine potential differential responses in men and women to cognitive behavior therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: Fifty-two men and 56 women diagnosed with PTSD participated in randomized controlled trials of cognitive behavior therapy for PTSD. Participants were randomly allocated to either (a) exposure-only…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Cognitive Restructuring
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Nixon, Reginald David Vandervord; Sterk, Jisca; Pearce, Amanda – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
The present study compared the efficacy of trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with trauma-focused cognitive therapy (without exposure; CT) for children and youth with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children and youth who had experienced single-incident trauma (N = 33; 7-17 years old) were randomly assigned to receive 9 weeks of…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy
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Habigzang, Luisa Fernanda; Damasio, Bruno Figueiredo; Koller, Silvia Helena – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
This study evaluated the impact of a cognitive behavioral group therapy model in Brazilian girls who had experienced sexual abuse. The effect of the waiting period before treatment and the enduring effectiveness of the treatment after six and 12 months were also evaluated. Forty-nine female sexual abuse victims between the ages of 9 and 16…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Group Therapy
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Applebaum, Allison J.; DuHamel, Katherine N.; Winkel, Gary; Rini, Christine; Greene, Paul B.; Mosher, Catherine E.; Redd, William H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: A strong therapeutic alliance has been found to predict psychotherapeutic treatment success across a variety of therapeutic modalities and patient populations. However, only a few studies have examined therapeutic alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome among cancer survivors, and none have examined this relation in…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, Counseling Techniques
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McPherson, Jane – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Purpose: This review examines the effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy (NET) , a short-term intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of mass violence and torture, who have often suffered multiple traumas over several years. Methods: Randomized control trials were reviewed if they measured PTSD outcome and were…
Descriptors: Research Design, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Therapy, Social Work
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Johnson, Dawn M.; Zlotnick, Caron; Perez, Sara – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: This study was designed to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and initial efficacy of a new shelter-based treatment for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV; i.e., Helping to Overcome PTSD through Empowerment [HOPE]). Method: A Phase I randomized clinical trial comparing HOPE (n = 35) with standard shelter services (SSS) (n =…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Violence, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Twohig, Michael P. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
An adult woman with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder who was nonresponsive to 20 sessions of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is presented in this case study. Two months after her CBT trial, she was treated with 21 sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for PTSD. Measurements of PTSD severity,…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Counseling Techniques
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Beatty, Lisa; Koczwara, Bogda – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
Cognitive Behaviour Stress Management for women with breast cancer has demonstrable empirical efficacy, however its effectiveness in the applied clinical setting has not been examined to date in an Australian setting. A 10-week group program was offered to five women with early stage breast cancer. Clinical changes in distress, coping, and social…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Females, Relaxation Training, Cancer
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Porter, Maggie L.; Hernandez-Reif, Maria; Jessee, Peggy – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This article discusses the current issues in play therapy and its implications for play therapists. A brief history of play therapy is provided along with the current play therapy approaches and techniques. This article also touches on current issues or problems that play therapists may face, such as interpreting children's play, implementing…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Disabilities, Therapy, Play Therapy
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Lester, Kristin; Artz, Caroline; Resick, Patricia A.; Young-Xu, Yinong – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The present study investigated the influence of race on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment among 94 African American and 214 Caucasian female victims of interpersonal violence participating in 2 studies of cognitive-behavioral treatment for PTSD that were conducted sequentially and continuously. Method: In each study,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Racial Differences, Therapy
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