Mental Trauma

No matter what you've been through, you don't have to sit in the darkness – discover how you can heal, and not only survive, but thrive. Up to 20% of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan experience symptoms of PTSD each year. The same is true for 12% of Gulf War veterans and 15% of those who served in the Vietnam War.

Aimed primarily at teens and young adults, the information, guidance, and resources in this book will also make it valuable for anyone directly or indirectly affected by trauma as well as those wishing to learn new resiliency and coping strategies. Traumatic experiences come in many forms, from fighting in a war zone to suffering abuse at the hands of a stranger or a loved one to being in or witnessing an accident.

Emotionally battered and neglected by her personality disordered parents—and manipulated by Mormon beliefs—16-year-old Sarah was convinced her boyfriend Michael would save her. When her parents discovered that they’d committed the sin of premarital sex, the aftermath left the teenagers irrevocably bonded.

Mit der EFT-Klopftechnik, bei der Sie durch rhythmisches Klopfen sowie gedankliche Fokussierung in direkten Kontakt mit Ihrem Nervensystem treten und sofortige Spannungslösung herbeiführen. Ob akuter Stress, emotionale Überforderung, Gedankenkreisen, psychosomatische Schmerzen, negative Glaubenssätze oder emotionale Altlasten – EFT kann im Handumdrehen als hochwirksame Selbsthilfetechnik zu unmittelbarer Entlastung führen. Mit diesem Hörbuch entwickeln Sie Ihre eigene Superkraft gegen emotionale Belastungen aller Art und können dank zusätzlicher Klopfvorlagen zum Ausfüllen sofort loslegen.

The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out maps out practical aspects of healing from stress-related disorders and provides immediate first-aid techniques that help alleviate the most intense symptoms of traumatic stress in a small amount of time. It shows how the latest findings in neuroscience research support both ancient and contemporary methods of trauma treatment from around the world. In recent years, it has become clearer than ever before that the mind, body, and spirit are connected, and that an illness affecting one affects the whole.

Uma conversa franca e transformadora sobre os efeitos do trauma, as possibilidades de tratamento e as chances reais de recuperação da saúde física e do bem-estar mental. Imagine uma doença que tem sintomas externos sutis mas pode dominar todo o seu corpo sem avisar, que pode ser transmitida entre pais e filhos e que pode durar a vida toda se não for tratada. De acordo com o psiquiatra Paul Conti, precisamos encarar o trauma como uma epidemia e entender que esta doença que pensávamos ser invencível pode ser tratada, curada e prevenida.

In these testing times, many feel unmotivated and have lost their mojo. Some are listless, retreating inward after trauma or loneliness, some become addicted to screens or meaningless activities, and many have lost passion in the face of life's challenges. Through fascinating tales from the consulting room and daily life, this book provides a groundbreaking model to regenerate hope. Graham Music outlines exactly how to understand and heal from a wide range of emotionally blunted states such as dissociation, depression, or helplessness.

Whether trauma slammed your life with the staggering intensity of a natural disaster, childhood abuse, or the lethal silence of cancer or COVID-19, its impact can fuel ongoing confusion, anxiety, depression, helplessness, anger, and fear. Now, you can listen to world-class narrator George W. Sarris, and discover how to move beyond trauma's emotional, physical, relational, spiritual, or mental ramifications.

The path to healing begins by going inwards. The path forward, paradoxically, begins by going backward. Our early experiences shape and mold the person we become, and when those experiences are filled with fear, anxiety, shame, and misery, what becomes of the adult? Whether you endured parental abuse, neglect, a home filled with conflict, or a mentally ill parent, there's no denying you can't come out of such traumas unscathed

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

A key objective of treatment for complex PTSD is to confront the traumatic experience. But survivors still reeling from trauma can find this confrontation traumatic. Thirty years of pioneering work with trauma patients made leading German psychotherapist Luise Reddemann realize: It's immensely beneficial to rebuild survivors' sense of self before trauma confrontation. Reddemann incorporates imagination work at every stage of the three-phase treatment model supported by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies - before, during, and after confrontation.

Often, those who live through trauma come away with feelings of shame, guilt, anger, and despair. These are common, even normal, responses in the immediate aftermath. Left unaddressed, though, those feelings may develop into substance abuse problems, eating disorders, depression, or anxiety. Learning how to move on, to pick up and live life again, takes effort and guidance. Botwin guides listeners through the stories of others who have gone on to live fulfilling, happy lives, and provides tips and tools for healing and moving on.

In Super-Women, you'll find tools to help you explore and process painful experiences, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and use mindfulness and self-compassion to tap into your own unique superpowers. Alongside seven other heroic women, you'll learn how to re-write your "origin story" and find compassionate tips and strategies to help you define your own heroic purpose.

Demystifying trauma, Lisa Collins, EdD, teaches you how to identify and interrupt unhealthy responses through learning, discovery, and reflection so you can reclaim your joy. With a variety of exercises and insights from the author's own journey, you will learn how to address past experiences that unknowingly weigh on you. This book helps you foster a deep personal relationship with yourself and address emerging internal challenges. In no time, you will be skillfully navigating the often unacknowledged traumas we all face, transforming harmful energies into healing ones.

Understand depression and anxiety and all the illnesses that feed off them. Learning the signs of these illnesses is crucial. You can control or even overcome them. I have lived with them for more than 50 years. Trust me, I have been there. This book is about life experiences and gaining knowledge on how to control them or get treatment for them. If I have lived it or suffered pain or stress from it and it's something you can relate to, why must you suffer? Learn from the pain I have already suffered. You don’t have to suffer that pain.

El arte de sanar los traumas de la niñez, un libro refrescante e innovador, que tiene el propósito de sanar a cada lector. Las historias de vida de cada ser humano no son lineales, sino más bien parabólicas. Y esta realidad hace que cada persona sea más rica, interesante y llena de todos tipos de posibilidades listas para ser exploradas. El arte de sanar los traumas de la niñez es un libro que aborda este tema universal con una perspectiva diferente, innovadora, educativa y terapéutica.

In Mother Hunger, therapist Kelly McDaniel revealed how the loss of maternal nurturance, protection, and guidance shapes women’s self-worth and relationships, and offered a compassionate roadmap to healing. Now expanded with new insights on men and Mother Hunger, first-born daughters, and...

What does it mean to live a hyphenated life? So many folks are forced to toggle across the multiple layers of who they are, and across the diverse spaces they occupy. They may be children of immigrants, 1.5 gen, of color; they may be disabled, neurodivergent, or queer. Regardless of how they...

If you're a trauma survivor or someone living with PTSD, you're not alone. Author, international award-nominated speaker, and mental health advocate Jessi Beyer is a fellow survivor and has helped thousands of people discover alternative ways to reclaim their lives. Now she's here to help you find a path to healing through nine powerful integrative methods. How to Heal is a complete guide to a range of healing methods that can serve as effective additions or alternatives to traditional talk therapy.

Loslassen leicht gemacht mit der Freemotion®-Methode! Mit ihrer Hilfe können wir Blockaden und Traumata sanft und ohne Retraumatisierung aus Zellgedächtnis und Nervensystem lösen – und das ganz einfach im Gespräch! In diesem Sachbuch für Therapeuten und Coaches wird eine neue Sichtweise auf die Entstehung von emotionalen Blockaden und Traumata vermittelt - und wie man Klienten mit Hilfe der Freemotion-Methode® sanft und effektiv dabei unterstützt, sich aus ihren emotionalen Gefängnissen zu befreien ohne re-traumatisiert zu werden.