The Time Cure: Overcoming PTSD with the New Psychology of Time Perspective Therapy

Introduction: The Time Paradox, Time Perspective Therapy, and PTSD, by Philip Zimbardo Preface, by Richard and Rosemary Sword Part One: PTSD and time perspective therapy Chapter 1. How PTSD Sufferers Get Stuck in Time Chapter 2. A New Psychology of Time The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Chapter 3. Time Perspective Therapy Part Two: the stories Chapter 4. War Veterans, PTSD, and Time Perspective Therapy I Can Still Feel the Shock Wave of the Incoming Artillery Hitting Us?: Aki, World War II Veteran I Didn't Want to Shoot Villagers?: Mike, Korean War Veteran The Rush of Taking a Human Life Was My Addiction?: Ed, Vietnam War Veteran It's Etched Forever in My Memory?: Sean, Gulf War Veteran Something Snapped Inside Me?: Everest, Iraq War Veteran Chapter 5. Everyday Trauma, PTSD, and Time Perspective Therapy The Call That Broke the Camel's Back?: Mary I Felt Totally Inadequate?: Jenny I Thought I Was Dead for Sure?: Sherman I Don't Know If I Killed Her? It's Worse If You Don't Know?: Randall Chapter 6. Women, PTSD, and Time Perspective Therapy And Anyway, No One Will Believe You?: Iris I Felt Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?: Eve I Felt Like I Was Half a Person?: Faith I Hid in the Closet for What Seemed Like Eternity?: Keiko It Has Been So Hard?: Betty I Got Really Scared?: Grace Epilogue Glossary Resources Appendix A: Comparisons of Effectiveness: Time Perspective Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure Therapy Appendix B: Time Perspective Therapy Pilot Study Research Data Appendix C: Client Psychological Test Scores Acknowledgments About the Authors Endnotes