Psychology Trauma

Storytelling is a practice used by counselors in prisons and many other settings to help people heal from trauma and abuse. It is a powerful tool that has been used since the beginning of time to help people make sense of their world, especially the hard parts, and it can be added to traditional or non-traditional therapy to facilitate healing. In Storytelling as a Therapy Tool, Heidi Henyon - who uses storytelling and other complementary practices with her coaching clients and traditional therapists - will teach you how to help your group honor who they are and more...

> Making Out Like a Virgin: Sex, Desire & Intimacy After Sexual Trauma is a unique and moving collection of personal nonfiction essays that detail how each writer has moved beyond mere survival of sexual trauma to unapologetically discover a sexually and emotionally thriving life. This is not a collection of victim narratives nor a healing workbook. Instead, this book is a bold new addition to generations of stories told by survivors.

Trauma is an inevitable aspect of life. You or anyone you care about has almost certainly been through trauma, whether it was "big-T" trauma like mental, physical, or sexual assault, or "little-t" trauma like divorce, loss of employment, terrible childhood events, or any scenario where you seemed worthless, frightened, or helpless. But we can recover. It doesn't have to be a lifelong process. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy that has been shown to help individuals recover from trauma and enhance their quality of life.

Hugh wrote this book after his younger brother committed suicide and he came face to face with the man who sexually abused him as a child during the funeral service. As a licensed clinician and a probation officer, he has unique insight into the worst trials and traumas people experience in life. This book allows you to reflect on the success of others and find ways to apply 12 helpful tools in your life to survive trials from health and finance to traumas from sex abuse to suicide.

This is a guidebook on how to get the most out of your sessions, and make the progress you desire and deserve. You already know that therapy can help you address issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma. This insightful book not only covers the basics, but offers helpful tips, reminders and anecdotes to help you delve deeper during and outside of your therapy sessions.

David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise. Even less that he would wind up serving as a Rocket man in the jungles of Da Nang and Chu Lai for a 13 month tour in hell. David's journey from naive civilian to battle-hardened combat veteran shows us all how fragile our humanity really is.

"Sprache ohne Worte" ist der Höhepunkt von Peter A. Levines Lebenswerk. Es vereint seine bahnbrechenden Forschungen über Stress und Trauma und seine immense therapeutische Erfahrung mit den neuesten Erkenntnissen aus Gehirnforschung, Neurobiologie und integrativer Body/Mind-Medizin.

Finding Comfort is a book about easing grief and trauma after unimaginable horrors - mass shootings, catastrophic natural disasters, and terrorist acts. Through personal recollections of responding to tragedy, combined with a practical application, Earl Johnson offers listeners the tools they need to seek support and offer it to those in need. The book walks through the life cycle of disaster care from the first hours and days to the years that follow.

Do you struggle with depression, anxiety, or one of the multitudes of other mental illnesses that seem to plague modern society? If so, then you might also struggle with the side effects of the medication that is used to treat them. Medication that only seems to alleviate the symptoms and in some situations multiple medications used at once may even make them worse. What most people do not realize is that by learning how to utilize their Vagus Nerve they would be able to lead healthier and happier lives.

Le persone spesso dicono che questa pandemia COVID-19 non ha precedenti, ma ha somiglianze con altre pandemie, comprese altre malattie e altri stress e traumi. Ogni situazione di stress e trauma illumina le altre, poiché siamo all`apice di una scienza dello stress e del trauma.

Identify what triggers you, change how you react, and tame your stress through these 5 strategies that help you recover mentally and physically. Teenage trauma – resulting from experiencing or witnessing abuse or violence – can take away all semblance of normalcy from your life, changing your days into a prolonged nightmare.

Unwetter, der Verlust der Heimat, Mobbing, Krankheiten, Vernachlässigung, Demütigungen und Gewalt - schwere Belastungen haben viele Gesichter. Nicht immer wird daraus eine sogenannte Traumafolgestörung. Aber es hilft zu wissen, wie belastende Erfahrungen verarbeitet werden und welche Symptome auftreten können, wenn das nicht gelingt. In diesem Audiobook vermitteln Lydia Hantke und Hans-Joachim Görges die Grundlagen der neueren Traumatheorie in einem einfachen und übersichtlichen Modell, das sich auch für die Weitergabe an Ihre Klient:innen und Kolleg:innen eignet.

As a follow-up to the successful Connecting Paradigms, Talking About Trauma & Change: A Connecting Paradigms' Supplement provides analogies and models to help people understand the complexity of changing behavior and healing psychological trauma. Talking About Trauma & Change presents the approaches that Matthew Bennett has used in his training and clinical work in a format that is easily integrated into individual or group conversations.

In conclusion, "Healing the Hidden Wounds: Unraveling PTSD in Elementary School Children" serves as a wake-up call to the widespread impact of childhood trauma and PTSD. By taking action and working together, we can create a society that prioritizes the healing and well-being of our children. Let us step forward with compassion, understanding, and a commitment to ensuring that no child's hidden wounds go unnoticed or untreated.

People frequently say that the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. Yet from a bird’s eye point of view it has similarities with other pandemics, even other illnesses, and with other stresses and traumas. In fact, each situation of stress and trauma illuminates all the others. We are on the cusp of a science of stress and trauma. In this book we indicate how the current pandemic interweaves with that science, both benefiting and contributing to it.

What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), besides, it being something I’ve lived with for over 40 years now, it’s fear. When you experience something so traumatic like war, loss of a loved one, being attacked/raped, active shooter events, a car accident a fear response is embedded in your memory and “triggers” are created. You relive that experience over and over, especially if you experience a trigger like a similar smell, sound, sight, feeling (internal or external), or taste.

Within this audiobook, you will find it much easier to define your trauma and identify signs in your everyday life. Not only will it allow you to further understand your trauma, but will also offer you access to an array of treatments you can access to deal with your traumatic experiences.

Trauma is a negatively life-altering event or ongoing situation that affects us in mind, body, and soul. As Bessel van der Kolk’s (2015) famous book title tells us, “the body keeps the score.” So does the human brain. Trauma, even when the event or situation is long in the past, can haunt us.

Inner child healing is a crucial part of recovering from childhood trauma. I commend you on taking this step toward working on comforting and healing the wounded inner child within you. In Powerful Journaling for Inner Child Healing Part II, soft, calming narration guides you through a second set of powerful, in-depth prompts that are meant to help you remember, feel, and work through the tough parts of your past.

This book takes a quick look at the transmission of PTSD from one generation to the next and how it happens. It provides a quick synopsis of research.