Robin Shapiro, LICSW, is known for her clear, accessible, and practical style in writing, teaching and clinical consultation. She edited and contributed to EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing (Norton, 2005) and EMDR Solutions II: Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance & More (2009) and wrote Trauma Treatments Handbook (2010), and Easy Ego State Interventions (2016). She loves her work: writing, presenting about ego states, EMDR topics, and suicide prevention, doing clinical consultation, and thirty-eight years of psychotherapy practice, especially around issues of trauma, anxiety, and attachment.
"[D]ue to the complexity of traumas the various approaches warrant
significant discussion. In this volume Shapiro has done so
brilliantly…[C]an be appreciated by both the experienced clinician
as well as members of the general public…[I] welcome Shapiro’s book
and highly recommend it to anyone concerned about helping others or
themselves surmount this affliction."
*International Hypnosis Research Institute*
"What a great book. Plainly written, packed with information and
resources, the author demonstrates an astonishing depth of
knowledge, grasp of scores of trauma therapies, along with
compassion and warm empathy for trauma survivors. All this
underscored with a scientific objectivity and a lively sense of
humor….This book gives the therapist – novice or experienced – a
massive choice of approaches to apply to a specific traumatized
client."
*Hypnosis Depot*
"[A] practical resource for those needing a comparative overview of
the various trauma treatment methods available."
*The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter*
"This is a thorough, accessible, and very practical book, filled
with resources and sound ideas, filtered through the intelligence
and experience of a savvy, compassionate, down-to-earth, and very
experienced clinician. It is like a travel guide to the land of
trauma and trauma treatment: if you are new to it, it will orient
you to all there is to do and see; if you’re a frequent traveler,
it is a worthwhile reminder of all that is out there, above and
beyond the familiar places you always visit. One couldn’t ask for a
better guide. I highly recommend it."
*Diana Fosha, PhD, Director, The AEDP Institute, and co-editor, The
Healing Power of Emotion*
"The Trauma Treatment Handbook is a most welcome addition to the
vastly growing trauma literature. Robin Shapiro, a gifted clinician
and writer, helps readers understand what it means to be
traumatized, how it may affect people in various domains of their
lives and what healing entails. In particular, she expertly helps
those who need trauma therapy to consider which therapeutic
approaches might be most suitable to their needs."
*Onno van der Hart, PhD, Honorary Professor of Psychopathology of
Chronic Traumatization, Utrecht University*
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