Download or read book Splintered Reflections written by Jean Goodwin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1999-06-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In overwhelming trauma, when words fail, it is the body that begins to speak. How can clinicians listen to the body and understand its messages? This book is both a detailed review of the body symptoms and body image distortions found after trauma and a textbook of psychotherapy techniques to repair broken metaphors about the body so that the body-self and its functioning can be restored. Multiple theoretical perspectives—Freudian psychoanalytic theory, attachment theory, trauma theory—are synthesized to shape an interlocking framework within which the therapist can listen and stay with the messages from the patient's body. The reader is guided by detailed clinical examples drawn from an international group of trauma therapists that includes Barry Cohen, Richard Kluft, Bruce Perry, Valerie Sinason and Onno van der Hart.

Download or read book Broken A YA Paranormal Romance Novel Volume 1 of the Reflections Books written by Dean Murray and published by Fir'shan Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes love finds you when you aren't looking for it. The accident that forced Adri and her mother to move to a new high school also cost Adri her dad and sister. Adri just wants to blend in and buy herself time to grieve, but two of the most popular, gorgeous guys in school are about to take an inexplicable interest in her. Adri will be forced into a world where the players aren't all human. She will be forced to choose between Brandon and Alec, and this time the wrong choice could get her killed. Publisher's Note: Broken is a YA Paranormal Romance book, and is one possible entry point into the books that make up the Reflections Universe. The Reflections Universe is a series of clean books featuring vampires, shape shifters, werewolves and more, which has been written so that it can be safely enjoyed by both teens and adults. Broken is followed by Torn, and is one of several free YA books available from Dean. The Reflections Universe: Some stories are too full of teen shifter romance and heart pounding action to fit into just one series! Dean Murray is the successful author of three clean young adult paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and epic fantasy series which collectively have more than 470,000 copies in circulation. Keywords: Free, Freebie, Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, YA, Free Book, Shape shifters, Werewolves, Teen

Download or read book Splintered Reflections Volume 3 written by Dean Murray and published by Fir'shan Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of shape shifters and vampires, secrets can kill faster than claws and love forces you to make difficult choices. Adri Paige achieved everything she thought she wanted. Love? Yes. Life with Alec? Perfection—or so she thought. The pack's illusion of safety will be shattered as Alec fails to protect Adri from the darker side of his world. Alec will have to decide once and for all just how far he'll go to protect those he loves. Publisher's Note: Splintered is a YA Paranormal Romance book, and is one of the books that make up the Reflections Universe. The Reflections Universe is a series of clean vampire, shape shifter, werewolf books which have been written so they can be safely enjoyed by both teens and adults. Readers new to the Reflections Universe (and its wonderful shape shifters) should start with Broken, one of several free Young Adult books available from Dean. The Reflections Universe: Some stories are too full of teen shifter romance to fit into just one series! Dean Murray is the successful author of three clean young adult paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and epic fantasy series which collectively have more than 470,000 copies in circulation. Keywords: Clean YA Romance, Clean Paranormal Romance, Shapeshifters, Shape Shifter, Werewolf, Teen, Young Adult, Shifter Romance

Download or read book A Splintered Reflection written by Hazel Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Posttraumatic Self written by John P. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a gap that exists in most traumatology literature, The Posttraumatic Self provides an optimistic analysis of the aftermath of a traumatic event. This work appreciates the potentially positive effects of trauma and links those effects to the discovery of one's identity, character, and purpose. Wilson and his distinguished contributors explore the nature and dynamics of the posttraumatic self, emphasising human resilience and prompting continued optimal functioning. While taking into consideration pathological consquences such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the authors study the impacts a traumatic event can have on one's inner self, and they help the victims transform such an event into healthy self-transcendent lifecycles. The Posttraumatic Self will help victims and healers transform the way they deal with the complexities of trauma by making important connections that will allow for healing and growth.

Download or read book Broken Spirits written by John P. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health problems among asylum seekers and refugees are becoming a public issue, but awareness of this problem among the mental health community is relatively low. Although advances have been made in the provision of innovative mental health services for asylum seekers and refuges with PTSD, they are not systemized, and not widely known to professionals in the field. A publication offering practical guidelines for the treatment of torture victims and political refugees does not exist. Broken Spirits aims to bring together the works of the most respected mental health professionals - from the U.S. and abroad - and make available the most current knowledge on complex PTSD, forced migration and cultural sensitivity in diagnosis and treatment.

Download or read book The Reflections Series Books 1 7 written by Dean Murray and published by Fir'shan Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening installment in a series that has received more than 2,200 5-star reviews. This omnibus edition includes the first FIVE novels in the popular Reflections Series, plus two short stories, and is more than 1200 pages of romance, action and danger set in one of the richest, most complex worlds in the genre. Adri Paige's arrival in Sanctuary thrusts her into a dangerous, shadowy world most people don't believe exists, and places her in the middle of a war between darkly handsome Alec Graves and charismatic Brandon Worthingfield that threatens to consume the entire town. On the surface, both Alec and Brandon are nothing more than average high-school guys, but as Adri is pulled ever more deeply into their conflict she realizes that one of them wants to kill her. Adri needs to decide who to trust before her time runs out once and for all. The first seven installments of the breathtaking epic paranormal romance Reflections series are finally available in one place for more than 50% off of the normal retail price. This Bundle includes: Broken Torn Splintered Intrusion Numb Trapped Forsaken Keywords: Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, YA, Shape shifters, Werewolves, Teen, Urban Fantasy, Vampires

Download or read book The Boomerang Effect written by Nicola Bird and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you wrestle with confused feelings, negative thoughts, and issues in your relationships, or notice that the same problems recur over and over in your life? You can free yourself from what psychotherapist Dr. Nicola Bird calls the boomerang effect. It is possible to gain control and change unhealthy patterns to generate harmony in your life. By using a five-minute formula, you can empower yourself and revolutionize your life in positive ways. You can avoid stress and problems by using Dr. Birds transformational method, one that has already liberated many people from personal struggles. Her proven self-empowerment formula can help you take charge of your life and create positive change. In this guidebook, youll discover how to deal with the unavoidable and unpredictable obstacles; battle insecurities that impede personal growth; and manage the fighter, hider, and runner within. Managing perception can help you change your life. This self-empowerment guide allows you to begin a journey that opens up new possibilities in life. Equip yourself with the tools you need to take charge of your life and avoid The Boomerang Effect.

Download or read book A Spindle Splintered written by Alix E. Harrow and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. “A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine Arden It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Birchwood written by John Banville and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic novel of family, isolation and a blighted Ireland from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea depicts the end of innocence for a boy and his country. Once the big house on an Irish estate, Birchwood has turned into a dilapidated family manor filled with memories and despair. One disaster succeeds another, until young Gabriel Godkin runs away to join a traveling circus and look for his long-lost twin sister. Soon he discovers that famine and unrest stalk the countryside, and Ireland is ruined too. Told with lyrical prose, John Banville’s Birchwood is the elegiac story of the aristocratic decline of an eccentric family riddled with dark secrets. "John Banville is one of the greatest masters of the English language." —The Scotsman

Download or read book Splintered Reflections written by Laura Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shattered with the disturbing loss of both her parents, Cathy struggles with her identity asking every morning as she looks in the mirror Who Am I? Riddled with guilt and plagued by the issues left unresolved with her mother's disappearance, she reluctantly pushes outside the box she has created for herself. Rescued from her isolation by a new friend named Jane, Cathy begins to break free of her shell through Jane's insistence that the world's adventures are to be embraced. Further, challenged by a demanding, creative writing Professor, Cathy discovers the cathartic effects of writing as she pours her thoughts and feelings onto paper, transforming not only the blank piece of paper but also herself. As if emerging from a fog, Cathy's recovered memories enable her to look within and begin to piece together the shards of her shattered life.Through her small network of friends and mentors, her self-doubt slips away as her confidence begins to grow, and she discovers that the answers she seeks lie within. A wistful first love brings a touching element to remind us that there is a Cathy inside all of us. Many will identify with Cathy's loss and loneliness, a condition which plagues most teenagers. While we feel her ennui, ultimately we are uplifted by the triumph of her spirit. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom, and striking emotion, Splintered Reflections reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany, and self-realization. This is a contemporary and relatable tale of personal growth, discovery, empowerment, and, finally, self-forgiveness that old and young alike will find compelling.

Download or read book Kaleidoscope written by Susan Groom and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems for everyone, to suit all tastes and ages by Susan Groom. Includes people poems, natural world, social comments, humour; a diverse and colourful selection to 'flutter the soul.'

Download or read book Splintered Reflections of a Memory written by John Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John was born in the north hills of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania during the winter of 1952. John attended the University of Pittsburgh during the mid-eighties where he took an Introduction to Poetry course and found his voice, using it as a learning and therapeutic aid to disclose his life. John takes you through an emotional transition in his life. From the serious moments that capture the emptiness of family and the heart-breaking emotional pain that he has suffered as an adolescent and young adult to the silliness of observing friends and people in everyday walks of life. Through the trials and tribulations in his life, John has obtained and acquired his own identity through his writing. With a blend of his own poetic personality, John creates what he calls "creative poetry," a combination of playing with words, styles and structure to create diversity in a modern society, in a poetic world.

Download or read book The Impact of Complex Trauma on Development written by Cheryl Arnold and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal human development progresses through a process of differentiation and integration, and it is distorted and impeded by the fusion and fragmentation resulting from traumatic experiences. The Impact of Complex Trauma on Development documents the pathological consequences of chronic interpersonal trauma on psychological development, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. It provides an integrative approach to therapy that is based on a rich psychoanalytically-oriented developmental psychology.

Download or read book Sexual Abuse of Males written by Josef Spiegel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text is one of the first to tackle the grave matter of the sexual abuse of boys, in all its complexity, within a biopsychosocial context and from different vantage points. Based on the life histories of more than one thousand sexually abused boys and adult males with histories of childhood sexual abuse, Sexual Abuse of Males examines the myriad biological, psychological, interpersonal, familial, and social variables that underlie and impact the experience of childhood sexual abuse. Guided by research and informed by practice, this pioneering text presents an extensive review of the literature, a well-grounded theoretical model of abuse dynamics and effects, a systematic model of treatment. This information is further elucidated through compelling case illustrations that highlight the effects of sexual abuse with regard to biological, psychological, and social adaptation, and development.

Download or read book Attuned Treatment of Developmental Trauma written by Kathleen Adams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a painstaking look at developmental trauma as it manifests in group, individual, and combined psychotherapies, tracking the growth of non-abused individuals who have courageously addressed overwhelming childhood experiences to make sense of the chaos in their lives. The cumulative impact of repetitive stress, fear, and shame in childhood wreaks havoc on the developing brain, resulting in a life-long vulnerability to anxiety, despair, and dissociative moments that are often described as developmental trauma. Adverse childhood experiences are often overlooked by therapists. This book focuses specifically on the profound suffering of high-functioning private-practice patients who manifest developmental trauma from chronic shock, shame, and neglect. Adams offers a synthesis of diverse theoretical worlds in her study of adaptations to cumulative trauma, namely, relational psychoanalysis, the British school of object relations, trauma theory, neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, developmental psychopathology, and attachment theory. Using richly detailed clinical material, this book provides invaluably clear examples to illustrate the effects of disorganized states in infancy, making it essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and clinical psychologists working with traumatized patients.

Download or read book Symptom Focused Dynamic Psychotherapy written by Mary E. Connors and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, psychoanalytically oriented clinicians have eschewed a direct focus on symptoms, viewing it as superficial turning away from underlying psychopathology. But this assumption is an artifact of a dated classical approach; it should be reexamined in the light of contemporary relational thinking. So argues Mary Connors in Symptom-Focused Dynamic Psychotherapy, an integrative project that describes cognitive-behavioral techniques that have been demonstrated to be empirically effective and may be productively assimilated into dynamic psychotherapy. What is the warrant for symptom-focused interventions in psychodynamic treatment? Connors argues that the deleterious impact of symptoms on the patient's physical and emotional well being often impedes psychodynamic engagement. Symptoms associated with addictive disorders, eating disorders, OCD, and posttraumatic stress receive special attention. With patients suffering from these and other symptoms, Connors finds, specific cognitive-behavior techniques may relieve symptomatic distress and facilitate a psychodynamic treatment process, with its attentiveness to the therapeutic relationship and the analysis of transference-countertransference. Connors' model of integrative psychotherapy, which makes cognitive-behavioral techniques responsive to a comprehensive understanding of symptom etiology, offers a balanced perspective that attends to the relational embeddedness of symptoms without skirting the therapeutic obligation to alleviate symptomatic distress. In fact, Connors shows, active techniques of symptom management are frequently facilitative of treatment goals formulated in terms of relational psychoanalysis, self psychology, intersubjectivity theory, and attachment research. A discerning effort to enrich psychodynamic treatment without subverting its conceptual ground, Symptom-Focused Dynamic Psychotherapy is a bracing antidote to the timeworn mindset that makes a virtue of symptomatic suffering.