Psychology - Psychopathology - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

A searing and profound memoir of one woman's journey through dissociative identity disorder and childhood sexual abuse--and how she found hope, healing, and recovery. Sally Maslansky is living the perfect life: a beautiful home in Malibu, California, a successful Hollywood producer husband who adores...

Help survivors break free from the cycle of manipulation and begin to heal.Many clinicians have difficulty recognizing and treating victims of gaslighting--an intense and long-term form of psychological abuse--especially now that it's become such a misunderstood and misused cultural term. As a result, clients...

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD contains research-based strategies, tools, and support for individuals working to heal from their childhood trauma. You don't have to be a prisoner of your past.Repetitive trauma during childhood can impact your emotional development, creating a ripple effect that...

An original and groundbreaking examination of the psychological devastation of war through the lens of Homer's Iliad in this "compassionate book [that] deserves a place in the lasting literature of the Vietnam War" (The New York Times). In this moving and dazzlingly creative book,...

"{Britt Frank} has found a way to combine IFS with other approaches to create practical exercises for you to not only learn to love parts you've hated, like the inner critic, but help them transform into inner helpers." -Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, creator of...

If your heart is aching for proof that light is present in the darkest circumstances . . . that hope can emerge when all seems lost . . . and that love is still the greatest power on earth, Jeff Woodke's true story of...

In All the Way Home, missionary and former hostage Jeff Woodke tells his gripping story of surviving six and a half years of physical brutality and soul-crushing fear at the hands of al-Qaida--only to emerge more certain than ever that nothing is more powerful...

An intimate memoir from Peter Levine, renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing and bestselling author of Waking the Tiger "A personal and revealing...memoir from a trailblazing therapist."--Kirkus Reviews - Shares the author's personal journey to heal his severe childhood trauma as well as his breakthroughs...

Being overwhelmed is not spiritual failure; it's part of being a creature.When panic attacks shattered his world, leaving him drowning in a chaos he couldn't name, biblical scholar Dave Nienhuis discovered something unexpected: Scripture itself offered language for his anguish. The Bible's recurring image...

A no-holds-barred memoir about identity, from a former Hostage Rescue Team sniper who left the FBI on 9/11 only to lose himself, moving deeper into a world of spies. "I can think of no recent book that so deeply penetrates the layers civilization has...

The definitive step-by-step guide to getting free from trauma symptoms.Author: Deirdre FayPublisher: Morgan James PublishingPublished: 03/09/2021Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46dISBN: 9781631951848About the AuthorFay, Deirdre: - Deirdre Fay, MSW has decades of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga...

Most people accessing mental health and addiction services have experienced trauma. For those working in community services, treatment agencies and hospitals, providing "trauma-informed care" requires an understanding of the effects of trauma, and of how to create programs, spaces and policies that place priority...

Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people when you don't mean to? Do anxiety and depression sometimes get the better of you? Are you sad, angry, or grieving all the time? Our brains are doing their best to help...

Kids aren't the only ones with big behaviors.If you've ever worked hard to help a child regulate in session, only to have that progress unravel at home, you're not alone. Even the best therapy can only go so far when the grown-ups in a...

A "courageous, compassionate, and rigorous every-person's guide" (Christina Bethell, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) that shows the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) ​and diseases, and how to cope and heal from these emotional traumas. Your biography becomes your biology. The...

With so many immediate and intensifying crises unfolding around us, how can therapists adapt to promote healing and growth? "As these intriguing essays make clear, some of the finest minds in the world are thinking through the problems and arriving at powerful answers."--Bill McKibben,...

Emergency services personnel are truly valuable assets to every community and city. They enter into the worst situations, establish control, provide aid, and right the wrongs. The work of public safety is challenging and at times overwhelming. Being a first responder can take a...

The authoritative presentation of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is now in a revised and updated second edition, with an easier-to-use format and a new chapter on conceptualizing treatment. From CPT's developers, the manual includes session-by-session implementation guidelines and extensive...

This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality....

Overcome anxiety and embrace your emotional wellbeing with this ultimate DBT workbook for adults.Do you often struggle with persistent feelings of stress, anxiety and fear? Have you tried CBT and other forms of therapy, but you haven't seen much success? Are you searching for...