1. Understanding Psychic Trauma and Metaphor in an Era of World Globalization
2. The Language of Trauma in Metaphors
3. Metaphor and Disturbed Internal Posttraumatic Psychic Structures
4. Trauma Recovery: Perils in the Journey from the Abyss of Trauma to Self-Integration
5. The Nurturing Guide
6. Trauma Specific Metaphors (TSM) and Mapping Clinical Pathways
7. Transforming Metaphors and Metaphoric Transformations of Trauma
8. New Configurations: Trauma Metaphors and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT)
9. Traumatic Stress Disorder Pedagogy: Teaching the Complexity of Posttraumatic Intrapsychic Processes, Trauma Metaphors, and Adaptive Mechanisms in Psychotherapy
10. Future Implications: Metaphors of Trauma and Where Do We Go From Here? References