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Taking care of the caregivers-a compassionate guide to healing secondary trauma
A traumatic experience can have profound impacts on the people directly involved. However, that trauma can extend to the professionals like first responders and crisis counselors, as well as the friends and family of trauma survivors-even if it wasn't a firsthand experience.
Healing Secondary Trauma is the gentle guide to help you identify symptoms, understand the...
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During the session with Dr. Marvin, there have always been very clear boundaries. Dr. M. always stays safely on his side of the table. Periodically, we will check out something with him on his computer, but it was very slow and measured. He greets us at his door and still to this day we scurry past him blindly coming in and going out. We don't tolerate closeness in the office without switching parts, usually to a more regressed, frightened, or angry...
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This novel covers the quiet traumas some women mend in silence. When society looks at them, they see beauty, intelligence, maybe even grace. What isn't shown on their faces are the wounds that love, life, and betrayal can leave. Lacerations that permeate the skin and coil around the heart and soul of the prey. The saying, "Show me a beautiful woman, and I'll show you a man who is tired of screwing her", has been repeated thousands of times by men...
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a challenging condition with a collection of possible symptomsnightmares, relentless harmful emotions (anger, fear, guilt), hypervigilance, flashbacks, and an amplified startle response. PTSD patients are at greater risk of suicide. About 80-percent of the afflicted also suffer from other psychiatric problems (depression, alcoholism, drug abuse). Some causes of PTSD are rape, combat exposure, child abuse, accidents,...
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An introduction to EMDR, a proven trauma therapy with the power to heal, cowritten by a world-renowned therapist and a patient who experienced transformative relief through EMDR therapy.
Trauma is a part of life.
You or someone you care about has probably experienced trauma, whether "big-T" trauma, such as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or the more common but no less significant "little-t" trauma that can result from divorce, job...
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People who experience trauma often struggle with its effects, but many men and women have found meaning in their traumatic event and now experience life differently. Written by two psychologists and experts on trauma psychology-including one of the key researchers on posttraumatic growth (PTG)-this unique, evidence-based, step-by-step workbook offers a new model for processing traumatic experiences in order to gain wisdom, strength, and resilience....
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No one has words to console you when your mother dies. Grief and the edges of pain andanger mesh into your very being. As Wilumina's mother is laid to rest, her husband encouragesher to step outside. A walk would be a welcome relief from the well-wishers and busy bodiesoffering her sympathy or worse… The walk behind the cemetery was like stepping back in time. Shadows of pain, a different pain,calling her back. An alleyway cursed but out of reach....
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OVERCOMING PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a generally misunderstood condition that often afflicts war veterans and those, that have had a life threatening experience. PTSD signs and symptoms can vary between sufferers, but it usually involves the person having flashbacks, panic attacks, night terrors and bouts of extreme stress.
This book will explain to you how PTSD works, and inform you of what people are most susceptible to developing...
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The Darkness Within is a memoir of survival and resilience, an unflinching look into the life of a woman named Drew, who was verbally, physically, and covertly sexualized by her own father.
At a young age, Drew began to demonstrate traits of mental illness but did not understand how the abuse was affecting her development. The years and abuse took their toll as she began to question her own self-worth. She went through much of her life protecting...
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This book argues that Freud's mapping of trauma as a scene is central to both his clinical interpretation of his patients' symptoms and his construction of successive theoretical models and concepts to explain the power of such scenes in his patients' lives. This attention to the scenic form of trauma and its power in determining symptoms leads to Freud's break from the neurological model of trauma he inherited from Charcot. It also helps to explain...
91) Emdr Toolbox A Powerful StrategyOf Self Through Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing The
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Eye MovementDesensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders.During EMDR therapy sessions, your live traumatic or triggering experiences in brief doses while the therapist directs your eye movements.EMDR is effective because recalling distressing events...
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In "The Art of EMDR Therapy in PTSD and Trauma: A Practical Handbook," embark on a transformative journey through the intricacies of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, a groundbreaking approach to healing trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This comprehensive guide begins by unraveling the complexities of PTSD, offering a profound understanding of its origins and manifestations. Moving seamlessly into the realm...
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This short, diary-style novel, by a British army veteran chronicles the difficulties faced by Tommy, a 23-year-old squaddie, as he desperately tries to conquer post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – shell shock. His over-emotional responses to the stresses of everyday life – post-office queues, a trip to Ikea, and his relationship with his family and girlfriend – eventually lead to alienation and suicidal urges. Told in the vernacular, with...
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Why do some children sexually act out? What is what is age-appropriate exploratory play and problematic behavior that requires intervention? This book is, divided into three parts.
Part One (Chapters 1—8) presents case examples of children acting out sexually, in which each example illustrates a different reason for the sexual acting out behavior. As well, each case illustrates different psychological dynamics.
Part Two (Chapters 9—11) considers...
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When Reverend Mosby's son went to war, she, like so many other mothers, prayed for his safe return. Her prayers were answered. He came home, alive and whole. Or, so she thought.
The War Stole My Soul with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): What Now? is the result of a mother's mission to restore her son's faith in God and encourage his desire to live. In her quest to save her son from his despair, Reverend Mosby came to understand the debilitating...
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Listen up! It's time to change the way you manage your anxiety-by working with it rather than against it. This revolutionary guide provides the key to understanding the root cause of your anxiety, so you can break free from it's grip.
Let's face it: anxiety can interfere with every single aspect of your life, from work and family to relationships and finances. Left unchecked, the cycle of anxiety reinforces and perpetuates itself over time, and can...
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40 simple, brain-changing neuroscience techniques for overcoming trauma.
I can't ever calm down. I am emotionally numb. I can't stop thinking about what happened. I don't want to go anywhere. I can't sleep.
If you've experienced trauma, you may feel emotionally numb. You may have moments where you can't "calm down," or get to sleep. You might replay the traumatic event over in your mind. And you may even isolate yourself from others. You should know...
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The aim of this book is to provide a framework for self-management and recovery, but it should always be combined with professional help. You are strong enough to do this. Smile in trouble, gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as its name suggests, is an anxiety disorder that can occur secondary to a stressful or traumatic event like a vehicle accident or natural disasters.
What...
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Un pervers narcissique qui désire se marier a un don infaillible pour trouver une victime dont il va pouvoir
jouir, jour après jour, de la destruction. C'est ce que l'auteur a vécu avec son mari, supportant l'intolérable audelà
du raisonnable. Sous emprise, elle a tout accepté, des années durant, portée par l'amour pour ses enfants, sans
qu'elle puisse s'échapper de cette prison sans porte.
Jusqu'à cette soirée de trop o elle a pris...
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BANISHING THE BOOGIEMAN: POLITIC IS PERSONAL
Suddenly Peter grabbed center stage. My parents were out for dinner. I sat cross-legged on the couch doing homework and my brother, now twelve was, hunched over a pile of clothes in the middle of Mum's Persian rug. "What are you doing?" He lit a match and moved towards his new school uniform.
I ran at him, yelling, "Stop!" His face contorted, he grabbed the poker and now I ran from the house. Peter followed...
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