The Living Legacy of Trauma Flip Chart: A Psychoeducational In-Session Tool for Clients and Therapists

Help your clients make sense of their most puzzling and shameful trauma symptoms with the innovative use of simple diagrams and explanations found in The Living Legacy of Trauma Flip Chart.

Traumatized individuals often have trouble processing words and information, but visual images draw their attention, allow them to better understand their symptoms or struggles, and help them to engage more easily in treatment. Created by Janina Fisher, PhD, this flip chart makes psychoeducation a relational experience in which the client can feel understood and supported. It presents scientific information in an accessible, easy-to-understand manner that builds trust, even in the early stages of therapy, and allows trauma survivors to feel more empowered rather than victimized by their symptoms. Your clients will thank you for using it!

Intended for interactive use in sessions, this simple, user-friendly format includes:

21 full-color diagrams on client-facing pages

Explanations and key points on each corresponding therapist-facing page, making the concepts easy to teach

Whiteboard client pages for easy markup and reuse

Topics covered include:

Common symptoms of trauma

The triune brain

How trauma memories are remembered or forgotten

Effects of trauma on the brain and body

Nervous system dysregulation

Window of tolerance

Traumatic attachment

Addictions and trauma

Dissociative phenomena

Stages of treatment

Janina Fisher, PhD, is the assistant educational director of the

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and a former instructor at Harvard

Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma,

she is the author of Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma and Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, as well as the co-author, with Pat Ogden, of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She is widely known for her work on integrating neuroscience research and newer body-centered interventions into traditional psychotherapy approaches. More information can be found on her website: www.janinafisher.com.