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In 1976 twentysix California children were kidnapped from their school bus and buried alive for motives never explained. All the children survived. This bizarre event signaled the beginning of Lenore Terrs landmark study on the effect of trauma on children. In this book Terr shows how trauma has affected not only the children... read more

Because it views experiential avoidance as a central problem in a range of psychological problems, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is especially well suited to the treatment of trauma-related problems, which often present avoidance as a symptom. This is the first book to adapt ACT principles in a self-care approach re... read more

Dr. Whitfield provides a clear and effective introduction to the basic principles of recovery. This book is a modern classic, as fresh and useful today as it was more than a decade ago when first published. Here, frontline physician and therapist Charles Whitfield describes the process of wounding that the Child Within (True ... read more

This compassionate workbook has already helped tens of thousands of trauma survivors start rebuilding their lives, with a focus on the posttrauma present. Trauma can turn a person's world upside down

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Have you or someone you love suffered a traumatic event? If so, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, abusive relationships and tragedies can all leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become 'invisible her... read more

A new way of dealing with chronic trauma from leaders in the field. Life is an ongoing struggle for those who have been severely traumatized. Here, leading trauma experts present a theory and practice for dealing with chronic trauma. Recognizing the structural dissociation (splitting away of part of the self) that often resu... read more

Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma... Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding th... read more

This is a gentle and effective workbook and guide to Healing the Child Within. It can be used with or without having already read Healing the Child Within. Offers adult children of dysfunctional families advice on how to come to terms with their childhood, find self-acceptance, and improve their relationships. Using nu... read more

“This book is remarkable for including not only [the] scientific and medical viewpoint, but also the sociopolitical context in which trauma, its study, and its treatment occur....An invaluable contribution to the field of traumatic stress studies, and psychology in general. We highly recommend this book to researchers, c... read more

Trauma and the Therapist explores the role and experience of the therapist in the therapeutic relationship by examining countertransference (the therapist's response to the client) and vicarious traumatization (the therapist's response to the stories of abuse told by client after client). Therapists' awareness of attuneme... read more

The connection between dissociation and psychosis is of essential importance to the practice of psychotherapy. This book focuses exclusively on the relationship between dissociation and psychosis and is an invaluable reference work for researchers, clinicians and interested professionals hoping to understand this complicated ... read more

Terrible events are very hard to deal with. Those who go through a catastrophic life experience often feel permanently changed by the impact of what has happened. This book demonstrates, with practical advice and tested exercises, how to find effective ways of coping with, and finally overcoming traumatic stress.

Traumatised people hold a memory of that trauma in their brains and bodies. This is the first book to link this phenomenon of somatic memory and the impact of trauma on the body. Reducing the chasm between scentific theory and clinical practice, Rothschild presents techniques for addressing the memory in the body.

This groundbreaking book offers readers effective ways to work through the trauma in their lives in order to heal their addictions. Using case studies, Dayton combines long-standing trauma theories with her own experimental therapies, and provides comprehensive references.

"Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Prescriptive Approach", authored by Paris Goodyear-Brown, introduces a practical model of play therapy for traumatized children. Some of the most rewarding work a therapist can do is help a child recover from a traumatic event. But where to begin? A growing body of play therapy liter... read more

Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family therapy. Eliana Gil demonstrates how to tailor treatment to the needs of each child by using both directive and nondirective appro... read more

Lockerbie, Hillsborough, the Iraq Wars, 9/11, the London bombings … Thousands died, and in their aftermath, many more became prisoners of their own devastated minds – their only hope: a small number of dedicated pioneers working to piece together the crumbled fragments of their lives. The Ancient Greeks calle... read more

Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents is the first practical and research-based manual to guide students and practitioners on working specifically with traumatized adolescents. Best-selling author, John Briere fills a gap in what's currently available in working with multi-traumatized adolescents. The book will cover the... read more

During early development, every human being is exposed to the relative impact of relational trauma -- disconfirmation of aspects of oneself as having legitimate existence in the world of others -- in shaping both the capacity for spontaneous human relatedness and the relative vulnerability to "adult-onset trauma." To one degr... read more