Download or read book Who You Were Before Trauma The Healing Power of Imagination for Trauma Survivors written by Luise Reddemann and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a proven, pioneering program that empowers trauma survivors to take control of their recovery through imaginative exercises Over the last thirty-five years, our understanding of trauma has dramatically changed. We now know that most people live through at least one traumatic event—which can cause disorders that range from depression, addiction, and anxiety, to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. But when leading German psychotherapist Luise Reddemann became head of a psychosomatic clinic in 1985, many doctors were routinely dismissive of patients’ trauma. Dr. Reddemann has devoted her career to this question: How can survivors of complex trauma and PTSD heal—and even help themselves to heal? In Who You Were Before Trauma, she presents her groundbreaking method, along with positive therapeutic strategies, to therapists and patients alike. Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT) incorporates imagination work at every stage of the three-phase trauma therapy model: Establish safety and stabilization Come to terms with traumatic memories Integrate and reconnect with others. By guiding patients to unearth their buried strengths, envision an inner refuge, evoke helpful guiding figures, and ultimately build an “internal counterweight” to their trauma, Reddemann’s approach avoids the counterproductive dynamic where the therapist becomes the patient’s only source of comfort. This definitive trauma resource shows the way to empower survivors—by making them true partners in their recovery.
Download or read book By Their Side written by Barbara Preitler and published by StudienVerlag. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I want to help!' It's a thought that goes through many people's minds when they see refugees forced to seek safety in other countries. Some might find themselves asking further questions: What's the best way to talk to someone dealing with trauma? How can I establish a foundation of trust? How will our relationship function? The answers are contained within these pages. A handbook for volunteers, By Their Side offers a solid foundation for people supporting and working with refugees. In clear, comprehensible sections, Barbara Preitler discusses trauma and forced displacement from a psychological point of view, imparting advice and background knowledge, and illustrating ways in which we can deepen our understanding of others and work to build good interpersonal relationships. She encourages us to seek out opportunities for new encounters, helping people with different cultural backgrounds and experiences to build strong relationships.
Download or read book The Body Keeps the Score written by Bessel A. Van der Kolk and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.
Download or read book Invisible Heroes written by Belleruth Naparstek and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships—or a tragedy like 9/11—all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become “invisible heroes,” courageously struggling to lead normal lives in spite of symptoms so baffling and disturbing that they sometimes doubt their own sanity. Now there is new hope for the millions affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Drawing on more than thirty years’ experience as a therapist and on the most recent cutting-edge research, Belleruth Naparstek presents a clinically proven program for recovery using the potent tool of guided imagery. She reveals how guided imagery goes straight to the right side of the brain, where it impacts the nonverbal wiring of the nervous system itself, the key to alleviating suffering. Filled with the voices of real trauma survivors and therapists whose lives and work have been changed by this approach, Invisible Heroes offers: • New understanding of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of PTSD, who is most susceptible, and why symptoms can get worse rather than better with time • Important insights into how the brain and body respond to trauma, why conventional talk therapy can actually impede recovery, and why the nonverbal, image-based right brain is crucial to healing • A step-by-step program with more than twenty scripts for guided-imagery exercises tailored to the three stages of recovery, from immediate relief of anxiety attacks, flashbacks, nightmares, and insomnia, to freedom from depression and isolation, to renewed engagement with life • A helpful guide to the best of the new imagery-based therapies, and how to incorporate them into an overall recovery plan Belleruth Naparstek concludes with the inspiring words of survivors who have found their way back to peace, purpose, and a deep joy in living. Her compassionate, groundbreaking book can lead you and those in your care to the same renewal and healing.
Download or read book Healing from Trauma written by Jasmin Cori LPC and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are many different approaches to healing trauma, few offer a wide range of perspectives and options. With innovative insight into trauma-related difficulties, Jasmin Lee Cori helps you: Understand trauma and its devastating impacts Identify symptoms of trauma (dissociation, numbing, etc.) and common mental health problems that stem from trauma Manage traumatic reactions and memories Create a more balanced life that supports your recovery Choose appropriate interventions (therapies, self-help groups, medications and alternatives) Recognize how far you’ve come in your healing and what you need to keep growing Complete with exercises, healing stories, points to remember, and resources, this is a perfect companion for anyone seeking to reclaim their life from the devastating impacts of trauma.
Download or read book Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy written by Cathy A. Malchiodi and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Psychological trauma can be a life-changing experience that affects multiple facets of health and well-being. The nature of trauma is to impact the mind and body in unpredictable and multidimensional ways. It can be a highly subjective that is difficult or even impossible to explain with words. It also can impact the body in highly individualized ways and result in complex symptoms that affect memory, social engagement, and quality of life. While many people overcome trauma with resilience and without long term effects, many do not. Trauma's impact often requires approaches that address the sensory-based experiences many survivors report. The expressive arts therapy-the purposeful application of art, music, dance/movement, dramatic enactment, creative writing and imaginative play-are largely non-verbal ways of self-expression of feelings and perceptions. More importantly, they are action-oriented and tap implicit, embodied experiences of trauma that can defy expression through verbal therapy or logic. Based on current evidence-based and emerging brain-body practices, there are eight key reasons for including expressive arts in trauma intervention, covered in this book: (1) letting the senses tell the story; (2) self-soothing mind and body; (3) engaging the body; (4) enhancing nonverbal communication; (5) recovering self-efficacy; (6) rescripting the trauma story; (7) making meaning; and (8) restoring aliveness"--
Download or read book It Didn t Start with You written by Mark Wolynn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn’t Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died, or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.
Download or read book The Somatic Therapy Workbook written by Livia Shapiro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Release tension and heal from traumatic experiences with therapist-approved activities in this easy-to-use guide to somatic therapy. Enjoy a great reading experience, with a $3 credit back to spend on your next Great on Kindle book when you buy the Kindle edition of this book. The effects of a traumatic event are more than just mental. Trauma can manifest in the body as chronic pain, sluggishness, and even depressed mood. Somatic psychology is an alternative therapy that analyzes this mind-body connection and helps you release pent-up tension and truly heal from past trauma. The Somatic Therapy Workbook offers a primer to this life-changing approach as a means for personal growth, designed for beginners or those already using somatic techniques in their current therapeutic process. Ideal for those suffering from PTSD and other trauma-based afflictions, this safe and approachable look at somatic therapy includes: - journal exercises - body-centered prompts for personal inquiry - movement exercises - real-life experiments Discover a new ability to process and accept your emotions—and an understanding of how to live a somatically-oriented and embodied life.
Download or read book Life After Trauma written by Dena Rosenbloom and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma can turn your world upside down--afterward, nothing may look safe or familiar. This compassionate workbook has already helped tens of thousands of trauma survivors start rebuilding their lives. Full of practical strategies for coping and self-care, the book guides you toward reclaiming a solid sense of safety, self-worth, trust, and control, as well as the capacity to be close to others. The focus is on finding the way forward in your life today, no matter what has happened in the past. The updated second edition has a new section on managing emotions through mindfulness and an appendix on easing the stress of health care visits. Dozens of step-by-step questionnaires and exercises are included.
Download or read book Healing Trauma written by Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber and published by Ipbooks. This book was released on 2018-04-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating compendium of ar+cles that look at trauma through a myriad of lenses--existential neuroscience, history, psychoanalysis, sociology, trauma+c stress research, literature--these beautifly crafted essays engage the reader throughout. Dori Laub's research into the importance of witnessing and gathering testimony from victims of severe trauma--whether related to the Holocaust, sexual abuse, or war--to help them create narratives out of what was inchoate pain, is central to so many of the contributors. Research is used as witness in Robert Jay Lipton's work and so too is literature as in Schreiber's discussion of Toni Morrison's fiction. The chapters on brain research help us to better understand the individual and social impact of trauma and how much has been learned in recent years that influences the way clinicians interact with patients. Bringing together a neurobiological and psychological understanding of trauma, Schreiber's edited volume is an essential book for psychoanalysts who want to have a more thorough understanding of trauma as well as for all those in other disciplines who are interested in the subject. --Batya R. Monder, MSW, BCD, Training & Supervising Analyst, Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS)
Download or read book Your Life After Trauma Powerful Practices to Reclaim Your Identity written by Michele Rosenthal and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-05-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoring your sense of self after trauma. “In 1981 as a thirteen-year-old child I was given a routine antibiotic for a routine infection and suffered anything but a routine reaction. An undiscovered allergy to the medication turned me into a full-body burn victim almost overnight. By the time I was released from the hospital I had lost 100% of my epidermis. Even more importantly, I had completely lost myself.” Now a professional coach who specializes in helping trauma victims rebuild their lives, Michele Rosenthal struggled with the effects of medically-induced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for over 25 years before reaching a full recovery. Today, she is 100% free of symptoms of PTSD. In this book, she applies her personal experience and professional wisdom to offer readers an invaluable roadmap to overcoming their own trauma, in particular the loss of sense of self that often accompanies it. If you suffer from the effects of trauma or PTSD, whether it was caused by a single-incident like a car accident, or from chronic childhood abuse, domestic violence, illness, or war trauma, you are well aware of how disconnected you feel from the person you most deeply wish to be. Trauma interrupts—even hijacks—your identity. To cope, you may rely on mechanisms to keep your emotions, triggers, and responses in check, but these very habits can often prevent the true restoration of safety, stability, and inner connection. How can you rediscover your sense of self so that you honor who you were before the trauma (even if that trauma began at birth), understand who you are at this very moment, and determine who you want to be going forward? Like a therapist in your back pocket, Your Life After Trauma guides you in finding answers to these tough questions. Expertly written by a helping professional who keenly understands the post-trauma identity crisis that is so common among trauma and PTSD sufferers, it is a simple, practical, hands-on recovery workbook. Filled with self-assessment questionnaires, exercises, tips, and tools—not to mention insightful personal and professional vignettes—it takes readers through a step-by-step process of healing the identity crisis, from understanding some of the basic brain science behind trauma and why you feel the way you do, to recognizing who you were (or had the potential to be) before the trauma, who you are today, after the trauma, and who you want to become. With this book by your side, it is possible to regain a sense of calm, confidence, and control on your road to recovery.
Download or read book Brave written by Janyne McConnaughey and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janyne's successful life was a cover for deep inner pain. Her first EMDR psychotherapy session revealed her three fractured adult parts. During three years of intensive therapy she fought to heal from sexual abuse that began at the age of three. Both pain and hope for healing are present on every page. Janyne is both vulnerable and triumphant.
Download or read book The Trauma Survivor s Guide to Healing written by Travis Jessop and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I understand the magnitude of damage left behind in the aftermath of trauma. Not only through my years of coaching trauma survivors, but because I too am a survivor of unimaginable trauma. A few years ago, I watched my 3 year old son die in an auto accident just days after losing my Dad to cancer.Shortly after losing my son I found myself homeless and beyond broke. I desperately needed help from somebody who not only understood trauma, but had survived and HEALED after experiencing trauma. I needed help and I didn't know where else to turn. So, I began weekly therapy sessions. After thousands of dollars and many years of meeting with different counselors, I was diagnosed with PTSD. The diagnosis was great, at least now I had a name for the beast in my head, but I was still not feeling the peace I was desperately seeking. So, I began my quest to heal from PTSD on my own so I could get control over my mind and emotions and create a new life for myself- my life after trauma.I know from personal experience that trauma can destroy everything you value. It can leave you broke mentally, financially and spiritually. It destroys friendships and relationships. The very things you once placed so much value on, no longer matter.After years of studying trauma and PTSD I began to coach other trauma survivors and I dicovered that we all seem to have a common theme in the way our brains and bodies react when they try to process the trauma and damage that has taken place.I made a promise to myself that when I had healed from trauma that I would help others heal from their traumas so I created a simple step by step guide in the pages of this short book called The Trauma Survivor's Guide To Healing.
Download or read book What Is Ptsd written by Anna Baranowsky and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is PTSD? 3 Steps to Healing Trauma is the perfect companion for your recovery, introducing you to techniques and strategies that have helped thousands of our clients embark on their own healing journey. We invite you to discover: Three essential steps to healing trauma How your mind and body work in determining your unique response to trauma How to stay present in healing trauma Healing with new energy, no matter how long ago your traumatic experience Highly effective coping techniques to help you cope with even your most distressing symptoms Recovery stories of trauma survivors providing you with inspiration and hope Significant ways to reconnect with others while moving forward in four key areas for healing You are not alone; it is our honor to be your companions on this gentle journey to a new place in your life.
Download or read book Gratitude Inner Wisdom Journal for Trauma Survivors written by Tamara Ridge and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you grew up in a home where you experienced chronic trauma, you've come to expect negative experiences because of the impact of chronic trauma on your brain. Many people speak of the benefits of gratitude practices or affirmations in terms of how it leads to a life filled with more happiness, but childhood trauma requires a solution that is more complex and nuanced to help you shift from negative expectations to seeing yourself and your circumstances as potentially life fulfilling and positive. Although it is more difficult to adopt a positive mindset following trauma, this practice will help you see your current situation more clearly and heal more quickly. In this one of a kind guided journal, Marriage & Family Therapist and complex trauma survivor Tamara Ridge walks you through exercises that will illuminate the impact of trauma for you in several areas of living, will offer you a way to address the trauma that empowers you to reclaim your inner wisdom (that existed before and in spite of the trauma) and invites you to practice small steps toward feeling empowered instead of overwhelmed in day to day life. These simple exercises will help you see where you have choices in spite of the fact that your past would have you believe that there is none.
Download or read book Brain Healing and Trauma written by Brittany Forrester and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 50 percent of the population will experience a traumatic event at some point in their lives. While reactions to trauma can vary widely, and not everyone will develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), trauma can change the brain in some predictable ways that everyone should be aware of, especially if you or someone close to you is struggling to cope after trauma. With increased awareness, you can seek treatment to address your symptoms and learn skills that could actually rewire your brain for recovery. Additionally, knowing what's going on can be immensely helpful because it may help you realize that you're not crazy, irreversibly damaged, or a bad person. Instead, you can think of a traumatized brain as one that functions differently as a result of traumatic events. And just as your brain changed in response to your past experiences with the world, it can also change in response to your future experiences. In other words, the brain is "plastic," and you can change it. The depth or imaginal psychotherapy is highly effective in treating and assessing adult survivors of childhood abuse. Specifically, interventions that use dreams, symbols, and metaphor, as well as expressive art techniques, are deemed especially valuable as they address dissociatively based changes (affect regulation, sense of self, and diminished imagination). Specifically, this book proposes that prominent symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (which will be further referred to as PTSD), such as changes in affect regulation, sense of self, and use of imagination are better neurologically matched to therapeutic interventions that foster right-brain processes. An assessment tool, the Imaginal Sense of Self and Affect Test (which will be further referred to as the ISSA8 Test), has been developed which evaluates the underlying intrapsychic changes causing these symptoms and gives an enhanced understanding of the trauma-afflicted client, despite her inability to express such insights. By assessing specific depth psychological aspects of the individual's shattered sense of self, a more focused and efficient treatment plan can be created sooner in the course of therapy.
Download or read book The healing power of touch written by Carl Dourish and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you experienced trauma as a child or an adult, this book is for you. The book presents an alternative method of treatment supported by both anecdotal evidence and scientific study. The survivors of trauma are intended recipients of the book's message of hope and inspiration, as well as those who assist people who have experienced trauma. I know without a doubt that the people I have met during my training have experienced trauma. Emotional trauma is far too vast for any one reader to be properly served. This book is dedicated to the thousands of clients, students, and colleagues I've had the privilege of teaching and helping over the past two decades. You've all been through a lot of mental anguish trying to cope with the suffering, disappointment, and sadness that you've known from an early age. Some of you have even thought of ending your lives. Working with many of you has shown me that adversity does not have to be permanent. Despite what some medical professionals may tell you, there are other options besides drugs and addictive behaviours for emotional pain management. As a trainee counsellor, I lacked experience. The ability to let go and heal has taught me that trauma is not a permanent state. Although 99 percent of healthcare providers, educators, social workers, and caregivers have probably dealt with trauma in their own practice, many of them lack specialised trauma training. Individuals who have suffered both early and later life trauma are likely to carry a deep sense of brokenness and a persistent sense that something is fundamentally wrong with them. Nonetheless, from their point of view at the time, they are fully functional. My life's work is dedicated to spreading the message that trauma survivors can and do recover from their experiences. Together, we can create a better world, one in which the effects of past trauma and emotional anguish are lessened.
