Chapter 1. Introduction to Trauma Systems Therapy: Whatever It Takes to Help a Traumatized Child 1
Part 1 - Foundations
Chapter 2. Survival Circuits: The Way the Brain Processes Information Related to Threat Helps Us Understand Traumatic Stress 31
Chapter 3. The Regulation of Survival‐in‐the‐Moment States: How Child Traumatic Stress Is a Disorder of the Regulation of Survival‐in‐the‐Moment States 45
Chapter 4. The Social Environment and the Services System: Traumatic Stress Responses Are Embedded in a Social Context 64
Chapter 5. Safety Signals: The Importance of Safe, Caring Relationships for Traumatized Children 82
Part 2 - Getting Started
Chapter 6. Ten Treatment Principles: The Principles That Guide TST 99
Chapter 7. The Treatment Team: How to Build a Multidisciplinary Treatment Team (and Keep It Going!) 113
Chapter 8. Organizing Your Program: What It Takes to Support a TST Program 129
Part 3 - Doing Trauma Systems Therapy
Chapter 9. Assessment: How to Gather the Information You Need to Know What to Do 149
Chapter 10. Treatment Planning: How to Use the Information You’ve Gathered to Plan What You Will Do 186
Chapter 11. Ready–Set–Go: Treatment Engagement 211
Chapter 12. Safety‐Focused Treatment: Establishing and Maintaining Safe Environments for Children 233
Chapter 13. Regulation‐Focused Treatment: How to Help Children Regulate Emotional States, or How Therapists Can Be Construction Workers on the Autobahn 282
Chapter 14. Beyond Trauma Treatment: How to Help Traumatized Children Move into a Better Future 309
Chapter 15. Psychopharmacology: How Psychopharmacology Is Integrated within TST 347
Part 4 - Improving Trauma Systems Therapy
Chapter 16. Democratizing Trauma Systems Therapy: How a Community of TST Users Has Created a Process of Continually Improving TST and Adapting It to an Ever‐Widening Variety of Settings 363
Chapter 17. Extending Trauma Systems Therapy Beyond Trauma: Using the TST Approach to Help Children with Non‐Trauma‐Related Problems 379
Chapter 18. Conclusions: Doing Whatever It Takes to Leave a Better System 385