Addresses situations of violence against women, such as domestic violence and rape. Separate sections are devoted to counseling victims of domestic and sexual violence, describing group forms of work and training in positive perception and assertive behavior. Various forms of violence against children are analyzed: emotional, psychological, physical and sexual, violence at school. Methods of psychological work with long-term consequences of extreme situations, work with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including general models and techniques of psychotherapy are described. In addition, the theories and techniques of well-known methods of psychotherapy for PTSD, such as neurolinguistic programming, symbol drama, cognitive behavioral therapy and some others, are presented in detail. Corresponds to the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education of the latest generation. For undergraduate students studying in the field of preparation "Psychology", master's students studying in the field of training “Psychology”, specialty students studying in the field of study “Clinical Psychology”.