MCTS Library
The Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies Library includes a broad range of materials that address both theoretical foundations and practical applications in trauma therapy.
Fisher, J. (2003, July). Working with the neurobiological legacy of early trauma. Paper presented at the Annual Conference, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Boston, MA.
Fisher, J. (2014). Putting the pieces together: 25 years of learning trauma treatment. Psychotherapy Networker, May/June.
Ogden, P. (2006). Principles of treatment: Putting theory into practice. In Trauma and the Body (Chapter 8). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges, S. W. (2004). Neuroception: A subconscious system for detecting threats and safety. Zero to Three, May, 19-24.
Van der Kolk, B. A., Van der Hart, O., & Burbridge, J. (1995). Approaches to the treatment of PTSD. In S. Hobfoll & M. de Vries (Eds.), Extreme stress and communities: Impact and intervention (NATO Asi Series. Series D, Behavioural and Social Sciences, Vo
Van der Kolk, B. A. (2005). Developmental trauma disorder: Towards a rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 401-408
Van der Kolk, B. A. (2006). The assessment and treatment of complex PTSD. In R. Yehuda (Ed.), Traumatic Stress (Chapter 7). American Psychiatric Press.
Bremner, J. D., & Wittbrodt, M. T. (2020). Stress, the brain, and trauma spectrum disorders. In A. Clow & N. Smyth (Eds.), Stress and brain health: In clinical conditions (pp. 1–22). Elsevier Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2020.01.004
Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence—from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
Bromberg, P. M. (1998). Standing in Spaces: Essays on Clinical Process, Trauma, and Dissociation. Analytic Press.
Bromberg, P. M. (1998). The Mirror and the Mask: On Narcissism and Psychoanalytic Growth. In Standing in the Spaces: Essays on Clinical Process, Trauma, and Dissociation (pp. 136-168). Analytic Press.
Brand, B. L. (2024). The Concise Guide to the Assessment and Treatment of Trauma-Related Dissociation. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000386-002
Masino, T., & Norman, S. (2015). Challenging presentations in PTSD. In N. C. Bernardy & M. J. Friedman (Eds.), A practical guide to PTSD treatment: Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches (pp. 163-166). American Psychological Association.
Marx, B. P., & Gutner, C. A. (2015). Posttraumatic stress disorder: Patient interview, clinical assessment, and diagnosis. In N. C. Bernardy & M. J. Friedman (Eds.), A practical guide to PTSD treatment: Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches
Walker, L. E. A. (2017). Trauma practice: Historical overview. In S. N. Gold (Ed.), APA handbook of trauma psychology: Vol. 2. Trauma practice (pp. 1-3). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000020-001
Brown, M. Z., & Dahlin, K. (2017). Dialectical behavior therapy for treating the effects of trauma. In S. N. Gold (Ed.), APA handbook of trauma psychology: Trauma practice (pp. 275-277). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000020-
Brand, B. L., & Frewen, P. (2017). Dissociation as a trauma-related phenomenon. In S. N. Gold (Ed.), APA handbook of trauma psychology: Vol. 1. Foundations in knowledge (pp. 215-217). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000019-013
Gold, S. N. (2020). Identifying complex dissociation. In Contextual trauma therapy: Overcoming traumatization and reaching full potential (pp. 203-205). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000176-011
Ford, J. D. (2021). Defusing violence and facilitating recovery from profound dissociation. In Crises in the psychotherapy session: Transforming critical moments into turning points (pp. 305-308). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.103
Moskowitz, A., Nijenhuis, E., Moreira-Almeida, A., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (2024). Dissociative disorders. In G. M. Reed, P. L.-J. Ritchie, & A. Maercker (Eds.), A psychological approach to diagnosis: Using the ICD-11 as a framework (pp. 193-195). American
Documentaries and Educational Videos
Podcast Recommendations
Virtual Grand Rounds: More Than Ungrounded: The Assessment and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders (Silver Hill Hospital)
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris | TED
Mindfulness and Neural Integration: Daniel Siegel, MD at TEDxStudioCityED
Allan Schore, The shaping of our emotional selves.
Parts Work in Therapy (Tori Olds)
Resourcing and Stabilization
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