Transforming the Pain

Transforming the Pain
Author: Karen W. Saakvitne
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780393702330

This workbook provides tools for self-assessment, guidelines and activities for addressing vicarious traumatization, and exercises to use with groups of helpers.

Transforming Emotional Pain in Psychotherapy

Transforming Emotional Pain in Psychotherapy
Author: Ladislav Timulak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-04-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317642813

Emotion-focused therapy is a research-informed psychological therapy that to date has mainly been studied in the context of depression, trauma and couple distress. The evidence suggests that this therapy has a lasting and transformative effect. Ladislav Timulak presents EFT as a particular therapeutic approach that addresses psychological human suffering, offering a view that puts more emphasis on attending to the distress, rather than avoiding or suppressing it. Focusing on the latest developments in EFT, Transforming Emotional Pain in Psychotherapy presents a theory of human suffering and a model of therapy that addresses that suffering. The model of suffering assumes that the experienced emotional pain is a response to an injury that prevents or violates the fulfilment of the basic human needs of being loved, safe, and acknowledged. This book focuses on a particular way of transforming emotional pain in psychotherapy through: helping the client to tolerate the pain; assisting the client to identify the core of the difficult emotional experiences; identifying the needs connected to the core pain which are unmet or being violated, and responding (with compassion and protective anger) to the underlying needs of the client that transforms the original pain. Transforming Emotional Pain in Psychotherapy provides an account of how emotional pain can be conceptualised and how it can be addressed in therapy. It provides practical tips for therapists working with emotional pain and shows how it can then be made more bearable and transformed allowing the client to be more sensitive to the pain of others, and to seek support when needed. This book will be essential reading for clinical and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors in practice and training, as well as for fully qualified professionals undergoing further training in EFT.

Break Through Pain

Break Through Pain
Author: Shinzen Young
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1458785238

The newest treatment for pain is one of the oldest, most effective strategies for pain-free living; meditation. With Break Through Pain, meditation expert Shinzen Young teaches you how to retrain your relationship to pain through traditional meditation practices. Drawing from 30 years of results in the field, this widely respected teacher offers the essential techniques that have proven successful at pain management centers around the country. Break Through Pain adapts the core principles of mindfulness training to a practical process that can treat even extreme, chronic pain effectively, possibly reducing the need for drugs or surgery. You will learn that, by observing and opening to pain, you can stop resisting it and step outside physical suffering. Step-by-step techniques taught in plain language show how to overcome internal resistance the key to transforming physical pain into a flow of pure energy. With regular practice, you can tap into your mind's own power to overcome physical pain.

Relieving Pain in America

Relieving Pain in America
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2011-10-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 030921484X

Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enlist the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in examining pain as a public health problem. In this report, the IOM offers a blueprint for action in transforming prevention, care, education, and research, with the goal of providing relief for people with pain in America. To reach the vast multitude of people with various types of pain, the nation must adopt a population-level prevention and management strategy. The IOM recommends that HHS develop a comprehensive plan with specific goals, actions, and timeframes. Better data are needed to help shape efforts, especially on the groups of people currently underdiagnosed and undertreated, and the IOM encourages federal and state agencies and private organizations to accelerate the collection of data on pain incidence, prevalence, and treatments. Because pain varies from patient to patient, healthcare providers should increasingly aim at tailoring pain care to each person's experience, and self-management of pain should be promoted. In addition, because there are major gaps in knowledge about pain across health care and society alike, the IOM recommends that federal agencies and other stakeholders redesign education programs to bridge these gaps. Pain is a major driver for visits to physicians, a major reason for taking medications, a major cause of disability, and a key factor in quality of life and productivity. Given the burden of pain in human lives, dollars, and social consequences, relieving pain should be a national priority.

Healing Childhood Trauma

Healing Childhood Trauma
Author: Robin Marvel
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2020-02-29
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1615994963

Post-traumatic stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, substance abuse, depression, a lack of confidence and many other mental and physical ailments may be a result of childhood trauma you have endured. Uncovering, accepting and healing this childhood trauma will allow you to let go of the pain, releasing yourself from the guilt, shame and self-destruction you have been living with. This book will provide you with tools and strategies to heal your childhood trauma allowing you to live fully. Pinpoint the areas of struggle in your life now that are a reflection of the childhood trauma you endured Tackle limitations by learning how childhood trauma can be healed and forgiven Strategize an effective plan that will take you from struggle to success Discover hands-on strategies and plans to heal, recover and let go of the limits imposed on your daily living due to childhood trauma "Robin Marvel's Healing Childhood Trauma shares the wisdom of what her experience with the pain and trauma of life taught her. When we ask ourselves what the pain of our experience feels like, the words we use tell us what needs to be eliminated from life that will allow us to heal." -- Bernie Siegel, MD, author of 365 Prescriptions For the Soul and The Art of Healing "Robin Marvel hits a homerun with Healing Childhood Trauma. It's not just a book for reading--it's also a workbook that helps the adult survivor of childhood trauma find a new focus and develop new understanding of themselves while embarking on a healing journey." -- John Patrick McCarron, Louisiana ambassador, National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse "Healing Childhood Trauma provides insights and personal growth tips that will give the reader the permission to approach trauma in a positive way. The hands-on approach with self-reflection exercises throughout this book will help move PTSD victims to champions of life. This is the go-to book on recovering from childhood trauma. Bravo!" -- Michael Levitt, CEO of Breakfast Leadership, author of 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenarios "Robin's basic message is that each of us has the power of choice: to change our self-perception, to forgive others, to be grateful, to heal and to take action. More importantly, readers will understand that there is no set timeline for healing. Each of us is unique and responds to trauma and adversity in our own personal way. Robin herself is a pillar of strength, wisdom and guidance that inspires all of us to take control of our lives and make the difference our world needs." -- Anita Casalina, writer and director of Imaginary Walls: A Film About Healing Racism "In a personal yet poignant voice, Healing Childhood Trauma by Robin Marvel helps us understand why some people remain defined by their childhood trauma while others define new empowered paths of healing and growth. Marvel weaves together a compassionate blend of trauma exploration and anecdotal evidence supported with self-help exercises, mapping out a process for readers to transform their pain into purpose. This little book is not light. It just may change your perspective on how you live the rest of your life" -- Holli Kenley, MA, MFT, author of Daughters Betrayed By Their Mothers: Moving From Brokenness To Wholeness Learn more at www.robinmarvel.webs.com From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com

Letting the Light In

Letting the Light In
Author: Philip M. Berk
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738723770

How do you create the most powerfully fulfilling life? Go where the pain is and come through on the other side. Philip M. Berk inspires us all to use life’s darkest moments to cultivate the deepest rewards. Diagnosed with cancer in 2003, Berk offers a moving account of his journey to health. Through seven easy-to-understand lessons, he describes how he transformed a difficult experience into a powerful catalyst for a better and more meaningful life. Berk gracefully weaves together a treasury of ancient and modern spiritual wisdom along with his personal healing story. Anyone struggling with illness or looking for a clear perspective on life will find inspiration and practical wisdom in this guide. “Letting the Light In enlightens you through the experience, insight, and wisdom of its author. Read on and be provided with a path that will empower and nourish you.”—Bernie Siegel, MD, bestselling author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles “Philip M. Berk has taken his own suffering and turned it into an elixir of truth.”—Marianne Williamson, bestselling author of A Return to Love “Philip M. Berk wonderfully illustrates how a strong spiritual connection is the source of all healing. Letting the Light In offers clear, useful, authentic, and heartfelt practical advice for the benefit of all.”—Dr. Candace Pert, Ph.D., author of Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d “While living in challenging and uncertain times, Philip M. Berk inspires us on how to keep our light shining... Philip’s work is brilliant.”—Sandra Ingerman, author of Medicine for the Earth

Transforming Pain Into Power

Transforming Pain Into Power
Author: Doris I. Helge
Publisher: Shimoda Pub
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1997-05-01
Genre: Attitude (Psychology)
ISBN: 9781885598882

Have you ever wondered why we have to feel emotions that are painful? Traansforming Pain into power tackles the stormy areas of your life-Our painful experiences and emotions.

Trauma to Dharma

Trauma to Dharma
Author: Azita Nahai
Publisher: Anr Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2018-04-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692066836

Every human walking around on the planet has been pained. Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes and leaves its residue in our mind, body, and Soul. And while we cannot change what has happened to us, we can choose how it will transform us. We can choose what happens next. This is not just a how-to guide, but a me-too guide. In these pages, Dr. Azita Nahai, PhD, shares her deeply personal approach to transforming your life's pain into purpose. This new template for healing marries science and the soul by incorporating key tools and concepts from both evidence-based research and Kundalini yoga. Based on Dr. Nahai's 6 Principles of Awareness, this step-by-step plan offers coping strategies and exercises that shaped her own healing journey and will help you dive deeper into yours. By following this guide, you will change the way you relate to your pain and awaken to your greater purpose. Your dharma is just that: living a life of purpose, mission, and meaning-not in spite of your pain but because of it. Trauma to Dharma(R) will help you refashion your wounds into wisdom and turn the shit that life has thrown at you into fertilizer.

Trauma and the Therapist

Trauma and the Therapist
Author: Laurie A. Pearlman
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 451
Release: 1995
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780393701838

This book explores the role and experience of the therapist in the therapeutic relationship by examining countertransference (the therapist's response to the client) and vicarious traumatization (the therapist's response to the stories of abuse told by client after client). The authors address specific issues that arise in treatment of incest survivors.