Treating Traumatic Stress in Adults

Part I: Introduction: Integrating Expressive Writing Into Trauma-Related Treatment Approaches. Trauma and Its Effects. Implications for Treatment. Part II: Current Treatments for Trauma. Discussion of a Multidimensional Model. Future Treatment: The Case for Including Expressive Writing. Expressive Writing as a Therapy Technique. Conclusion. Part III: Expressive Writing Workbook. General Writing Guidelines. Structuring Client Writing Activities During Session. Beginning Exercises. Part III-I: Beginning Exercises. Section 1: Lists and Clusters. Section 2: Sentence Stems. Section 3: Acrostics and Poems. Section 4: Five-Minute "Sprints". Part III-II: Intermediate Exercises. Section 1: Letters. Section 2: Obituaries and Eulogies. Section 3: Character Sketches. Section 4: Dialogues. Part III-III: Advanced Exercises. Section 1: Narratives. Section 2: Essays and Compositions. Part III-IV: Free-Writing Exercises. Exercise 1: Semiautomatic Writing. Exercise 2: Into the Stream. Part III-V: Activity-Based Exercises. Section 1: Relaxation Exercises. Section 2: Guided Imagery. Section 3: Multimedia Activities. Part IV: Outcome Measures. Rationale. Screen for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. The Revised Helping Alliance Questionnaire. Alternate Measures for the Assessment of Trauma Symptoms. Process. Notes. References. Appendices.