Resources

Recently published articles in a peer-reviewed journal

• Gaston, L. (2023). Trauma-Focused Therapy for PTSD? Really! Ethical and Scientific Concerns via a Clinical Example. Combat Stress, Winter, 34-45.

• Gaston, L. (2022). Moving Beyond Survivor Guilt. Combat Stress, Spring, 22-27.

• Rivest-Beauregard, M., Brunet, A., Gaston, L., et al. (2022). The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) Structured Interview for PTSD: A French Language Validation Study. Psychological Assessment, 2022, 34(3):e26-e31.

• Gaston, L. (2020). Adverse Effects of Trauma-Focused Therapies (Part 2). Combat Stress, Autumn, 32-43.

• Gaston, L. (2020). Adverse Effects of Trauma-Focused Therapies (Part 1). Combat Stress, Summer, 40-47.

• Gaston, L. (2020). Researchers’ Biases Wrongly Dictate Therapy For PTSD. Combat Stress, Winter, 36-45.

• Gaston, L. (2019). Challenging The CBT Dogma To Treat PTSD. Combat Stress, Fall, 52-63.

• Gaston, L. (2019). What Is The Best Mechanism For Remitting PTSD, Trauma-Focused Or Not? Combat Stress, Summer, 14-23.

• Gaston, L. (2019). Challenging Beliefs About the Psychotherapy of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Psychiatry: Theory Research & Clinical Practice, 3, 1-11.

• Gaston, L. (2017) Divergent mechanisms in trauma-focused vs. non-trauma-focused therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder. International Journal of Victimology, 34, 71-79.
  
  

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Clinical and scientific documents

• Gaston, L. (2022). Moving Beyond Survivor Guilt. Combat Stress, Spring, 22-27.

• Gaston, L. (1995). Dynamic Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In J.P. Barber and P. Crits-Chritoph (Eds),
   Dynamic Therapy for Mental Disorders (Axis I) (pp. 161-192). New York: Basic Books.

      •  Gaston, L. (2019). Challenging Beliefs about the Psychotherapy of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
         International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Psychiatry: Theory Research & Clinical Practice, 3, 1-11.

•  Easy, Easy with PTSD: An Expert Clinicians’ Appeal (Gaston, 2015)

•  Limitations of Trauma-Focused Therapies (Gaston, 2015)

California Psychotherapy Alliance Scales

• CALPAS – Manual and Scales