Research & Publications
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- Accelerated Recovery Program for Compassion Fatigue (By Gentry, Baranowsky, & Dunning
- Brief Treatment of Trauma-Related Symptoms in Incarcerated Females with TIR (By Pamela Vest Valentine, Ph.D.)
- Charles Figley and Joyce Carbonell 's "Active Ingredient" Series at Florida State University, 1994-95. The "Active Ingredient" project attempts to discover the actual means by which trauma may be released via a comparison of efficacy of TIR, TFT, EMDR, and TAT. Published results appear below:
- Reflections on Active Ingredients in Efficient Treatments of PTSD, Part 1 (1996)
- Reflections on Active Ingredients in Efficient Treatments of PTSD, Part 2 (1996)
- A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches (1999)
- A Review of Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Post Traumatic Sequelae
- Dissertations:
- Bisbey, L., (January, 1995). "No Longer a Victim: a Treatment Outcome Study of Crime Victims with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." (Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA). Her dissertation compared TIR and Imaginal Flooding with a control group. Fifty seven subjects.
Specify Order Number 9522269 - Coughlin, W. (May, 1995). "Traumatic Incident Reduction: Efficacy in Reducing Anxiety Symptomatology." (Doctoral Dissertation, Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH.)
Specify Order Number 9537919 - Valentine, Pamela V. "Traumatic Incident Reduction: Brief Treatment of Trauma-Related Symptoms in Incarcerated Females" (Doctoral Dissertation, Florida State University)
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- Bisbey, L., (January, 1995). "No Longer a Victim: a Treatment Outcome Study of Crime Victims with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." (Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA). Her dissertation compared TIR and Imaginal Flooding with a control group. Fifty seven subjects.
- Selected Journal Articles about TIR:
- Dietrich, Anne M; Baranowsky, Anna B; Devich-Navarro, Mona; Gentry, J Eric; Harris, Chrys Jay; Figley, Charles R "A review of alternative approaches to the treatment of post traumatic sequelae." Traumatology, 6(4): pp. 251-271, December 2000, ISSN: 1534-7656
- Figley, Charles R; Carbonnell, Joyce L; Boscarino, Joseph A; Chang, Jeani "A Clinical Demonstration Model for Assessing the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Interventions: an Expanded Clinical Trials Methodology." International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 1(3): pp. 155-164, Summer 1999
- Valentine, P. and Smith, Thomas E. . "Evaluating Traumatic Incident Reduction Therapy with Female Inmates: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial." Research on Social Work Practice, v. 11, no. 1, pp. 40-52, January 2001, ISSN: 1049-7315
- Valentine, P. "Traumatic Incident Reduction I: Traumatized Women Inmates: Particulars of Practice and Research", Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Vol. 31(3-4): 1-15, 2000
- Valentine, P. and Smith, Thomas E. "A Qualitative Study of Client Perceptions of Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR): a Brief Trauma Treatment." Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment, v. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-12, 1998, ISSN: 1064-5136
- Valentine, P. "Traumatic Incident Reduction: A Review of a New Intervention." Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 6, (2), 79-85, 1995
- Wylie, M. S. "Researching PTSD: Going for the Cure." Family Therapy Networker, 20(4), pp. 20-37, July/Aug. 1996
- Further Applied Metapsychology/TIR-Related Literature available at TIRbook.com