The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma and Dissociation

The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma and Dissociation
Author: Betsy de Thierry
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2020-10-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1787753158

· How does complex trauma differ from trauma? · What is dissociation? · How does it affect children? · How can you help? These questions and more are answered in this guide to understanding the nature of complex trauma and dissociation, making these seemingly complicated topics accessible to all. Complex trauma and dissociation is a subject around which there is much confusion and misunderstanding. This can lead to children lacking the support they really need, and even misdiagnosis of the problems they are really struggling with. Written as a complement to The Simple Guide to Child Trauma, this book aims to inform, clarify and deepen the understanding of complex trauma and resulting dissociation. It also provides practical advice for those caring for or working with these children.

The Simple Guide to Child Trauma

The Simple Guide to Child Trauma
Author: Betsy de Thierry
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2016-09-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1784504017

· What is trauma? · How does it affect children? · How can adults help? Providing straightforward answers to these complex questions, The Simple Guide to Child Trauma is the perfect starting point for any adult caring for or working with a child who has experienced trauma. It will help them to understand more about a child's emotional and behavioural responses following trauma and provides welcome strategies to aid recovery. Reassuring advice will also rejuvenate adults' abilities to face the challenges of supporting children.

The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma

The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma
Author: Betsy de Thierry
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2021-07-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1787757897

· What is collective trauma? · How can it impact children and communities? · What can we do about it? Providing accessible answers to these complex questions and more, this guide explores the key characteristics of collective trauma and provides practical advice on how to help children, young people and communities to heal. Collective trauma affects communities, families and individuals. This book highlights its impacts and with examples such as grief and loss, outlines how it can manifest. With guidance on building individual, communal and cultural resilience, this book is an invaluable resource to better understand and support children and young people dealing with collective trauma.

Restoring the Shattered Self

Restoring the Shattered Self
Author: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830831894

Many counselors are not adequately prepared to help those suffering from complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). In this updated text, Heather Davediuk Gingrich provides an essential resource for Christian counselors, ably integrating the established research on trauma therapy with insights from her own thirty years of experience and an understanding of the special concerns related to Christian counseling.

Coping with Trauma-related Dissociation

Coping with Trauma-related Dissociation
Author: Suzette Boon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 039370646X

This training manual for pateints who have suffered severe trauma includes a short educational piece, homework sheets, and exercises that promote essential emotional and life skills.

Understanding Trauma and Dissociation

Understanding Trauma and Dissociation
Author: Lynn Mary Karjala
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-25
Genre: HEALTH & FITNESS
ISBN: 9780998454504

Understanding Trauma and Dissociation is a groundbreaking guide to unraveling the mysteries of trauma and dissociation and offering real hope for the chance to heal. Dr. Lynn Karjala, a renowned therapist, provides a comprehensive understanding of the debilitating physical and psychological effects of trauma ... Her innovative approach employing both conventional and mind-body techniques for trauma treatment makes this book a must-read for anyone interested in helping trauma survivors heal and recover.--Publisher.

Looking Through the Eyes of Trauma and Dissociation

Looking Through the Eyes of Trauma and Dissociation
Author: Sandra Paulsen
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Dissociative disorders
ISBN: 9781439213216

Dr Paulsen's narrative and 100 cartoons assist therapists and clients to understand trauma and dissociation, from giving a voice to disowned parts of self, to stabilizing and detoxifying memories.

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
Author: Janina Fisher
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134613016

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment with a practical approach to treatment, all communicated in straightforward language accessible to both client and therapist. Readers will be exposed to a model that emphasizes "resolution"—a transformation in the relationship to one’s self, replacing shame, self-loathing, and assumptions of guilt with compassionate acceptance. Its unique interventions have been adapted from a number of cutting-edge therapeutic approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness-based therapies, and clinical hypnosis. Readers will close the pages of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors with a solid grasp of therapeutic approaches to traumatic attachment, working with undiagnosed dissociative symptoms and disorders, integrating "right brain-to-right brain" treatment methods, and much more. Most of all, they will come away with tools for helping clients create an internal sense of safety and compassionate connection to even their most dis-owned selves.

The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children

The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children
Author: Betsy de Thierry
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1784508950

· What is shame? · How does it affect children? · How can adults help? The perfect starting point for any adult or carer working with children who have experienced shame, this guide provides straightforward answers and explanations to both common and complex questions. At a time when children are more likely than ever to experience shame, the accessible advice in this book helps adults to boost children's self-esteem. Betsy de Thierry navigates the need to understand its impact and the reasons behind it, as well as how to reduce its hold on self-confidence. Reassuring advice will also help revitalize adults' abilities to face the challenges of supporting children affected by shame. It will teach them how to restore self-esteem.