The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD [Paperback]

Babette Rothschild (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 0393704009 | ISBN-13: 978-0393704006 | Edition: 1

This is the first book of its kind to advocate utilizing and combining an assortment of trauma treatment models.

Based on ideas put forward in the bestselling The Body Remembers, Babette Rothschild emphasizes the importance of tailoring every trauma therapy to the particular needs of each individual client. A breath of fresh air in the competitive 'mine is best' atmosphere currently so divisive in the field of trauma therapy, each varied and complex case (presented in a variety of writing styles: case reports, session-by-session narratives, single session transcripts) is approached with a combination of methods ranging from traditional psychodynamic and cognitive approaches and applications of attachment theory to innovative trauma methods including EMDR and Levine's SIBAM model.

Read on its own on or in conjunction with The Body Remembers, clinicians from all disciplines will discover new strategies and gain insight into how to combine various treatment models for increased success with traumatized clients.

Editorial Reviews

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...constructive ideas for [tailoring therapy] to the individual sensibilities of each therapist and the unique needs of each client. -- Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, Author: Getting Through the Day; Recreating Your Self; and Sacred Practices for Conscious Living

...illuminates the important principle of facilitating clients in finding their own way towards wholeness. -- Peter A. Levine Ph.D., Author: Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma

...makes a lucid case for appropriate timing and choice ...of interventions, showing the utility of an integrated approach... -- Kathy Steele, M.N., C.S., Clinical Director of Metropolitan Counseling services in Atlanta, Georgia.

About the Author

Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1976. Author of 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery and the best-selling The Body Remembers, and member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, she gives lectures and professional trainings around the world. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393704009
• ISBN-13: 978-0393704006
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

The best-selling author of The Body Remembers, Babette is releasing a new book dedicated to trauma recovery, 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery. Self-help readers, therapy clients, and therapists alike will find the eight keys--drawn from Rothschild's decades of experience--a clear and compassionate guide.

Babette continues to write, currently working on book #5 and editing a series of 8 Keys books. Several months a year you will find her traveling the globe as a popular lecturer, traininer, and consultant.

You are welcome to contact Babette by email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]. And please go to You Tube to see her latest video clip (you will need to copy the URL and paste it into your browser):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhuzpUlaX_k

Customer Reviews

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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Putting on the brakes"- making trauma therapy safer, June 6, 2003

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This review is from: The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD (Paperback)

This book is refreshing, well written and easy to read - it is full of sound common sense (something often lacking these days!) It stands on its own or can be read as a useful adjunct to Babette's earlier excellent book on the psychophysiology of trauma. Babette's wisdom, style and honesty around the many different approaches and tools for working with trauma are covered extensively and most usefully as fascinating case studies. I especially appreciated the chapter on learning from our mistakes and failures and the surprising fact that clients respect honest ignorance and they often don't get enough of it in the therapeutic encounter. Adaptability is the key word here..that is adapting to the unique needs of each client.
Babette's view and one which I wholeheartedly share is that there is nothing we can categorically say works for sure in treating trauma and certainly no one treatment method that works for everybody. The main emphasis is on the necessity to create safety both inside and outside the treatment room. This opens up the field for lots of further debate. Fantastic stuff.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If It's Not Working, February 8, 2008

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Catherine M. Mendoza (Woodstock, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD (Paperback)

Babette Rothschild presents a refreshingly common-sensical concept- that you should not be wedded to any one theory of how to treat PTSD. She has developed many somatic-based techniques, but she also demonstrates effective use of Transactional Analysis, Attachment Theory, Peter Levine's use of felt-sense and many others. She shares partial transcripts of sessions. Rothschild suggests that you hypothesize what will be most healing to a patient and, if that does not work, try something else. I like her idea of transparency, to tell the patient that together you will keep working until you find the key approach to unlocking his frozen energy. Catherine Mendoza LPC

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important piece of the continuum of learning to work with trauma, December 14, 2007

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Ian Bruce (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD (Paperback)

In this text, Rothschild offers a beautiful piece of writing that nicely complements her earlier work, "The Body Remembers." I have found in my journey of learning to understand and work with trauma that I have had a lot of exposure to articles and textbooks, and complementary direct experience with clients to learn from. The Casebook occupies a liminal-like space in between the learning experience of a session and a textbook.

"The Body Remembers Casebook" to my mind hits a home a run for delivering a powerful yet simple presentation of various ways to work with individuals with trauma. As a novice clinician, I found the material refreshingly accessible--clear, straightforward, and communicates the core concepts of trauma work.

The first three chapters lays out a framework for understanding trauma, outlining principles for working with trauma, and describes the various modalities referred to later in the text. The rest of the book is a series of partial session transcript based chapters with author commentary. Each chapter has a theme that the session emphasizes and lists which modalities are drawn from by the therapist/author.

Enjoy...and onward we go!