Download or read book Redefining Trauma Understanding and Coping with a Cortisoaked Brain written by Sarah E. Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible guide explores how our brains react to stress and offers a fresh perspective on how we define "trauma." Probing how the words we use can influence our understanding of distress, this text focuses on expanding awareness of excess stress and reducing judgment of its potential impact on relationships and day-to-day life. Helpfully split into three parts, the book introduces the terms "cortisprinkled," "cortisaturated," and "cortisoaked" and provides a rationale for why these states of brain occur. The role of culture and society are highlighted, and an in-depth focus on coping and offering support to others is presented. Whether caused by sexual assault, social rejection, abuse, the taboo of sexuality, disadvantaged status, or other difficulties, chapters detail specific coping skills and step-by-step strategies to deal with a variety of stress responses. Advice is offered on reconnecting with sexuality, phrasing difficult questions, and ways to offer validation, with concrete recommendations on incorporating healthier practices into everyday life. Both metaphor and real-world vignettes are interwoven throughout, making Redefining Trauma an essential and understandable resource for therapists and their clients, parents and support givers, and anyone looking to develop practical, informed methods for dealing with stress and trauma and reclaim life with intention.
Download or read book Implementing Trauma and Violence Informed Care written by C. Nadine Wathen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for health and social services to be trauma- and violence-informed has never been so pressing. In the wake of COVID-19, racial violence intensified and violence against women spiked globally. Mental health for many is worsening, while the ongoing toxic drug overdose crisis provides horrendous evidence of the impact of trauma, violence, stigma, and social inequities. Service providers across sectors are increasingly impacted by these dynamics and, without supportive environments, are burning out. Implementing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care aims to support health and social service organizations and providers to create environments, policies, and practices to mitigate the harms of structural and interpersonal violence and the trauma that ensues. The book is organized around case examples of trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC) implementation and impact in diverse settings, providing how-to guidance for getting started, sustaining momentum, and assessing outcomes. The book describes the importance of TVIC at multiple levels, from individual practices to organizational protocols and system-level policies, emphasizing TVIC’s alignment with system transformation goals. In doing so, the book presents TVIC as a call to action to improve service user experiences and outcomes, efficient and effective use of resources, and the health and well-being of staff, while addressing and reducing health and social inequities.
Download or read book Approaching Disparities in School Discipline Theory Research Practice and Social Change written by Adams, Anthony Troy and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School discipline is a leading cause of inequities in educational opportunities and contributes to the achievement gap. To understand where these disparities originate and what can be done to ensure students have an equal education, further study must be done. It is crucial for schools and educators to adjust their discipline policies in order to promote social change and support the learning of all students. Approaching Disparities in School Discipline: Theory, Research, Practice, and Social Change considers theory, research, methods, results, and discussions about social change and describes the school discipline quandary by presenting numerous frameworks for understanding disparities in school discipline. Covering a range of topics such as cultural bias, education reform, and school suspensions, this reference work is ideal for academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Download or read book Widen the Window written by Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing." --from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
Download or read book Coping with Trauma written by Jon G. Allen and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters cover: Effects of trauma: attachment, emotion, consciousness, memory, self and relationships; Trauma-related psychiatric disorders and treatment: posttraumatic stress disorderk dissociative disorders, and anxiety, depressing susbtance abuse, somatization disorder, sexual dysfunction, eating disorder and borderline personality disorder.
Download or read book The Body Keeps the Score written by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
Download or read book Does Stress Damage the Brain written by J. Douglas Bremner and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of how stress affects your brain.
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Download or read book Healing Trauma Program written by Shannon Siegel and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide especially relevant for those individuals who are in deep search of ways in restoring the wisdom of the mind and body, and for understanding and working with a traumatic memory Have you ever experienced a traumatic event in the span of your lives? Has someone you know been enduring lifelong symptoms like depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and unexplained physical pain and fatigue? This book can help you discover the path to self-healing and more. Many people in the world today experience trauma, some may not show it, but they are certainly going through it. This book entitled Healing Trauma Program helps those who cannot find the courage to ask for help, those who desperately want to heal yet is so used to keeping their feelings in, all the while keeping everyone out. This material aims to help the readers on their way to recovery and aids them with how to move forward little by little. This book includes: - The origins of a trauma - How trauma shapes a person - How to cope and deal with PTSD - Mindfulness and meditation for trauma - Healing self-perception issues - Review on the stages of healing - Remembering, dismantling, and replacing traumatic memories - The path to acceptance And so much more! Being a book that focuses on helping the audience with their healing, the readers can most definitely expect this book to be empathetic in a way that will motivate them to ascend with their lives positively. Pick up this practical guide, which will not only commiserate with you but will also be with you throughout your self-healing.
Download or read book Everyday Trauma written by Tracey Shors and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especially for women—and how we can learn to heal ourselves Everyone experiences trauma. Whether a specific harrowing event or a series of stressful moments that culminate over time, trauma can echo and etch itself into our brain as we remember it again and again throughout our lives. In Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors examines trauma with a focus on its pervasive nature—how it can happen at any time, through big or small events, and how it often reappears in the form of encoded memory. Her research reveals that when we are reminded of our trauma, reliving that tragic moment copies yet another memory of it in our brain, making it that much more difficult to forget. Dr. Shors also explores the neuroscience behind why women in particular are more vulnerable to stress and traumatic events, setting them up to be three times more likely than men to suffer PTSD. With potential long-term consequences such as addiction, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, trauma can have a lasting impact on both the brain and body. Dr. Shors illuminates the effective tools that can reduce the repetitive thoughts that reinforce our traumas, including cognitive-based therapies and trauma-informed care such as her own groundbreaking program, a combination of mental and physical training called MAP Training. By understanding how our brain responds to trauma and practicing proven techniques that can train our brains and help us let go of our tragic memories—whatever they may be—we are better equipped to leave our traumatic pasts behind and live in a brighter present.
Download or read book Workbook for the Body Keeps the Score written by Dorian Marshman and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-18 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma is a fact of life. A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller. Whether we are sheltered, wealthy, and given every opportunity in life - or if we''re impoverished, socially outcast, and have been exposed to upsetting realities of life - we all experience trauma. Trauma, whether we are aware of its effects on us or not, has a nasty way of debilitating our lives and harming our efforts to live and love healthily. Trauma is one of the fundamental contributing factors in what makes us who we are and how we react to the world around us. By working through it, we can heal the aspects of ourselves that cause both us and those around us pain. This workbook contains exercises, presents ideas, and poses transformative questions as a means to help readers work through trauma. The workbook is based on the #1 New York Times Bestseller - The Body Keeps The Score; Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma - written by Bessel van der Kolk. In an attempt to help readers understand where their Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) comes from and how it has affected our brains and bodies, this book is designed to reveal how an active approach to discovering and working through trauma can assist in reclaiming our lives. The Body Keeps The Score serves as a tool in understanding how trauma has a fundamental impact on the shape and function of both our brains and our bodies. In tandem with these ideas - as well as an extension of the book - this workbook offers a guideline for working through the systematic steps of PTSD recovery. It also offers an active approach for trauma victims to process and resolve the pain of the past that hinders them from living a full and weightless life. The Chapters in this Workbook Cover the Following: Detecting Trauma Discussion on what trauma is and how the different forms that it can take will affect your mind and your body differently. In-depth discussion also included on emotional and physiological trauma. Common Signs and Symptoms of Trauma Information on how to identify PTSD based on how your body responds to events or situations. Insight is also shared on what causes trauma and how trauma ripples into many aspects of our everyday lives. Scientific and Medical Facts About Trauma Researched and science-based facts about PTSD and its effect on one''s health. Does Trauma End? Actionable steps towards recovery - how to resolve trauma. Getting Past Trauma An internal look at how the only person who can help you through your trauma is yourself. Other related topics covered in this chapter include: Letting go of the past, how trauma inhabits your body, self-healing, filling in the holes, and the power of self-confidence. After Trauma; What Next? The importance of understanding your trauma, the impact it has had on your livelihood, as well as how to manage your trauma and deal with potential stigmatization. Total Recovery from Trauma How to remove the effects of trauma and reclaim your life. The choice is yours - you can continue to be a victim of your trauma, or you can choose to get up, move on, and live the PTSD-free life you''ve been dreaming of for so, so long... This workbook offers further explanation and actionable steps on how to resolve trauma based on the information discussed in Kolk''s book. If you''re ready to become a survivor of PTSD, not its victim, then you know what to do...scroll up and hit BUY NOW to make the workbook YOURS today!
Download or read book The Trauma Puzzle written by Charlotte Hopkins and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Trauma Puzzle: Piecing Together the Brain, Mind, and Body" is a must-read for anyone who has experienced trauma or is looking to understand and effectively heal from it. Written by leading experts in the field of trauma healing, this book offers a holistic approach to understanding and healing from trauma.The book delves into the interconnectedness of brain, mind, and body in trauma healing. It covers key topics such as the neuroscience of trauma, the mind-body connection in trauma, the role of the body in trauma healing, the importance of self-care in trauma healing, trauma-informed therapy, mindfulness and trauma, the role of nutrition in trauma healing, and the link between trauma and chronic illness. With its engaging and educating tone, "The Trauma Puzzle" offers readers a comprehensive understanding of the impact of trauma on the brain, mind, and body. It provides practical strategies and techniques to help individuals manage symptoms of trauma and develop coping skills to move forward. With its holistic approach and practical strategies, "The Trauma Puzzle" is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to understand and effectively heal from trauma. It offers readers the opportunity to gain insight and knowledge, develop coping skills, and find the support and community they need to move forward in their healing journey. This book is a must-have for anyone seeking a comprehensive and holistic approach to trauma healing, providing a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of the brain, mind, and body in trauma healing, and the importance of addressing all aspects of an individual's well-being in the healing process. The benefits of reading "The Trauma Puzzle" are numerous. It offers readers the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of trauma on the brain, mind, and body. It provides practical strategies and techniques to help individuals manage symptoms of trauma and develop coping skills to move forward. It also offers readers access to an online support group where they can connect with others who have experienced trauma, and share their experiences. Overall, "The Trauma Puzzle" is a powerful tool for anyone looking to understand and effectively heal from trauma. It offers a holistic approach to trauma healing, addressing all aspects of an individual's well-being and providing practical strategies to help individuals move forward in their healing journey. Don't miss out on the opportunity to gain insight, knowledge, and the support you need to heal from trauma. Order your copy of "The Trauma Puzzle" today!
Download or read book The Body Keeps the Score written by Summary Station and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Bessel examines the ways that trauma can affect people and how they can recover from past dramatic events. When a person experiences trauma it will change the wiring in their brain and this will cause a change in the way that a person views their life and everyday situations. Trauma has a negative effect on both the body and mind in a way that will prevent a person affected by trauma from enjoying the present moment. Bessel and his colleagues have been researching trauma and the people affected by it for almost 50 years. This journey began for Dr. Bessel when he met with Vietnam War veterans who were suffering from the trauma they experienced in the war. This trauma caused these veterans to struggle with the transition of coming back home and resuming a normal life. These trauma suffers all had certain symptoms that they shared. The traumatic events that were experienced at war were constantly being replayed in the brains of the veterans. In addition to this, the veterans also appeared to be numb or indifferent to everyday life and they would become angry very easily. Dr. Bessel is considered to be the very first Dr. to diagnose and recognize posttraumatic stress disorder which is also known as PTSD. He was also one of the first doctors to identify cures and methods for assisting the people who were affected by PTSD so that they could once again live a normal life.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn When You Download Your Copy Today How Traumatic Disorders Affect People Mentaly And Physically The Reason Why Pharmaceutical Drugs And Talk Therapy Do Not Cure PTSD Learn How Dr. Bessel Has Progressed The Medical Community's Understanding Of Traumatic Disorders Download Your Copy Today!
Download or read book Launch written by Amy Sander Montanez and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical book with 11 necessary life skills for entering the adult world with the collective wisdom of 2 seasoned psychotherapists. This book offers thought-provoking questions for reflection and excellent resources for each skill.
Download or read book Impacts Of Childhood Trauma written by Randell Ji and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bergstrom explains how our basic needs as children for love, protection, validation, and expression must be met by our parents; and how, when these needs are not met in childhood, we can end up with one-up or one-down self-esteem and over-protective or under-protective boundaries as adults. In-depth descriptions of supportive, therapeutic techniques abound in this book, from mindfulness to grounding to writing a letter to yourself. Whether you experienced traumatic neglect or excessive control and enmeshment at the hands of your parents, this book will not only help you identify what went wrong for you, it will also provide you with validating, supportive and compassionate ways to reparent yourself but the researchers also found higher rates of adult physical and mental illness associated with the number of trauma people experienced as children. Therefore, you need to know Guide To Overcome Childhood Trauma; Basic Knowledge Of Psychological Trauma You will find a lot of useful information in this book such as: - Learn and adopt 5 Core Practices for healthy living - Cultivate a framework for your functional adult Self - Gain clarity about your family-of-origin history - Reparent you historically hurt places - Speak your truth and learn to have your own back
Download or read book Handbook of Sexuality Leadership written by James C. Wadley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary book bridges the gap between sexuality and leadership studies and serves as a blueprint for professionals seeking to understand the rationale behind leadership styles, particularly those which facilitate conversations that educate or liberate individuals, couples, families, and communities. The Handbook of Sexuality Leadership brings together education, clinical, research, and advocacy experts from the field of sexology, who each speak of their unique leadership experiences – with diversity and inclusivity in mind – and serve as a medium of empowerment and transformational influence. This innovative compendium illuminates strategic planning, community engagement, and the necessity of working with underserved or marginalized communities using a combination of leadership styles. Chapters provide tools for risk taking, organizational improvement, collaborative leadership, and cultural intelligence, as well as strategies to emancipate underrepresented groups and lead systemic change. With questions for further thought included to provoke critical thinking and initiate transformative conversations, this book will be an essential read for anyone interested in becoming a sexuality consultant or serving in a leadership position.
Download or read book Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy written by Linda Weiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy: The Illustrated Manual is an illustrated manual that provides health professionals with specific information on the use of the structured touching opportunities used regularly by Sexologists to address their clients’ sexual difficulties (Sensate Focus 1) and enhance intimate relationships (Sensate Focus 2). This book is the only one to: vividly describe and illustrate the specific steps of, activities involved in, and positions associated with Sensate Focus; emphasize the purpose of Sensate Focus as a mindfulness-based practice; and distinguish between the purposes of Sensate Focus 1 and Sensate Focus 2. Through the use of artful drawings and descriptive text, this manual engages mental health and medical professionals and their clients by appealing to both the visual and the analytical. It discusses how modifications to Sensate Focus can be applied to diverse populations, such as LGBTQ clients, the elderly, the disabled, trauma survivors, and those with challenges such as Autism Spectrum, anxiety, and depression. The book also offers suggestions for dealing with common client difficulties such as avoidance, confusion, and goal directed attitudes. This comprehensive approach to Sensate Focus will remind readers of the beauty and power of touch while offering suggestions for moving from avoidance to sensory transcendence.
