Table of Contents

About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: Attachment Trauma and Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 1. Attachment, Mentalizing, and Trauma
Chapter 2. Posttraumatic Stress and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 3. Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders
PART II: Treatment and Healing
Chapter 4. Evidence-Based Treatments
Chapter 5. Plain Old Therapy
Chapter 6. Existential-Spiritual Perspectives
References
Index

Promotional Information

To get to the heart and soul of a process as rich and complex as psychotherapy takes tremendous experience and expertise. Plain Old Therapy is the product of a very wise scholar and a very sensitive practitioner who succeeds in bridging the deepest of psychological perspectives with cutting-edge research in a remarkably accessible manner. The pages in this marvelous book are filled with timeless truths. In this sense, there is nothing really plain nor old about Plain Old Therapy. It should be read by every therapist, from the beginning student to the most seasoned practitioner. Kenneth I. Pargament, Professor of Psychology at Bowling Green State University and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center

About the Author

Jon G. Allen, Ph.D., is a Senior Staff Psychologist and holds the Helen Malsin Palley Chair in Mental Health Research at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas. He is Professor of Psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Allen has authored and coauthored numerous professional articles and book chapters on trauma-related problems, psychotherapy, the therapeutic alliance, hospital treatment, and psychological assessment.

Reviews

This is without question the most exciting therapy book I have read in years...By sifting, sorting and synthesizing the breadth of different therapeutic approaches, Allen delivers a brilliant book about trauma written with a common touch that will leave your brain fizzing. I cannot recommend it enough. Andrew Barley, Therapy Today April 2013 Dr. Allen provides a valuable description of the forms of attachment, including how they manifest in child-caregiver interactions and adult relationships. Fredric Busch, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Center fir Psychoanalytic Training and Research