Overview

Extensive evidence shows that six to ten sessions of narrative exposure therapy (NET) can be sufficient to provide considerable relief from events such as organized violence, torture, war, rape, and childhood abuse. The new manual is even more clearly structured and easy-to-follow, and includes new figures that help illustrate and guide the reader through the steps of NET. The theoretical sections offer a solid basis for carrying out the therapeutic intervention. The reader is then shown the NET approach step by step, with robust and straightforward practical advice and tools, including how to deal with challenging situations, e.g., how to go deeper when faced with the challenging dynamics of remembering trauma, and how to manage dissociation, avoidance, strong emotions, lost memories, or the sudden emergence of unexpected recollections from the past. NET therapy conversations and resulting narrations from trauma scenes demonstrate the level of narrative exposure details required. Finally, the importance of reading back the testimony to the individual is explained. A new section on the variations of NET details how to offer KIDNET for children and young people, FORNET for victims of trauma who are perpetrators of violence, NETfacts for communities, and ElderNET for older adults as well as online NET (eNET). Experienced therapists also get an idea of how NET is typically trained and how to facilitate NET exercises. Downloadable resources include an informed consent form and checklists for the therapist. This book is an invaluable resource for clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, crisis workers, social workers, health workers, and physicians.

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Author:   Maggie Schauer ,  Frank Neuner ,  Thomas Elbert
Publisher:   Hogrefe Publishing
Imprint:   Hogrefe Publishing
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9780889375956

ISBN 10:   088937595
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   10 February 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Voices of Victims 2 Theoretical Base Traumatic Stress Traumatic Events Stress and the Defense Cascade Violence: The Major Source of Traumatic Stress The Concept of PTSD Psychosocial Problems and Comorbid Disorders in Adults and Children PTSD and Drug Abuse PTSD and Physical Health Vulnerability for PTSD Culture and Symptoms of the Trauma Spectrum Social Trauma Rationale of NET Nature of Traumatic Memory Sensory-Perceptual Representation Autobiographical Contextual Memory Neurobiological Basis of Memory and Trauma Disorders Processing of Affective Experiences Regulation of Emotions Implications for Treatment Speechlessness of Trauma: Sociopolitical Implications Model of Narrative Exposure Therapy NET Characteristics and Principles Activating Memory Associations - NET in a Nutshell 3. The Therapeutic Approach of NET Basic Procedure of NET NET Process Step by Step Step 1: Event Intake Checklist, Structured Assessment of Trauma Reactions, and Psychoeducation Step 2: Building the Lifeline as an Autobiographical Review Step 3: Narrative Exposure Sample Transcript of a Narrative Exposure Conversation Trusting Narrative Exposure in the Face of the Typical Trauma Memory Dynamics 4 NET For Groups With Special Needs And Requirements KIDNET: Narrative Exposure Therapy For Children And Adolescents KIDNET Step 1 Structured Diagnostic Interview Including Event Checklists With the child KIDNET Step 2: Lifeline With Children - Make It a Play! KIDNET Step 3: Narrative Exposure Forensic Offender Rehabilitation NET For Ex-Combattants Violence Breeds Violence - How and Why? Torn Between Victory And defeat - Associative Memory Network of the Fighter Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FOR-) NET or NET for Ex-Combattants NET for Groups and Traumatized Communities (NETfacts) ElderNET: NET as a Trauma-Memory Focused Treatment for Older Adults Obstacles and Specifics of Trauma Treatment in Old and Very Old Age The Past as a Resource - Reminiscence Through ElderNET Adjustments of the NET Steps for ElderNET Protocol eNET - Delivering NET via the Internet Introduction Structure of eNET General Elements for eNET Sessions 5 Challenging Moments in the Therapeutic Process Avoidance Etiology and Treatment of Trauma-Induced Dissociation General Characteristic of dissociation Punishment Increases the Tendency to Dissociate Me in the Eyes of the Other - Shame and Guilt and the Threat to Human Life Difference Between Guilt and Shame Guilt Shame Other Challenges Narrator is Withholding Information There Seems to Be No Physiological and Emotional Relieve Therapist's Avoidance 6 Interpreters in Narrative Exposure Therapy 7 Teaching Narrative Exposure in Small Group Work References Appendix: Tools and Resources

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Maggie Schauer, PhD, is a psychotraumatologist at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Together with Frank Neuner and Thomas Elbert, she has developed Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET). Maggie is a founding member of the NGO vivo international, of the NGO BabyForum (counteracting neglect and maltreatment in early childhood), and of the NET Institute. She is constantly training the next generations of psychotherapists and mental health professionals, as well as psychosocial skills to support survivors of trauma. Frank Neuner, PhD, is the head of the Clinical Psychology Department at Bielefeld University, including the university's outpatient clinic. He has gained international reputation for the co-development of NET. Frank published the first randomized treatment trial for posttraumatic stress disorder with refugees living in a war region, which was followed by a series of wide published randomized controlled trials of his working group. Thomas Elbert, PhD, specializes in research on the consequences of social and traumatic stress. He has conducted laboratory and clinical studies as well as field studies and care projects directly in conflict areas. Moreover, his research team has asked what motivates people to perpetrate violence, whether domestic or in organized groups. Thomas is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, and the Academia Europaea.

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