Trauma Informed Healing

Reclaim your nervous system and transform deep trauma with a compassionate guide to emotional regulation and true safety. Whether you are coping with painful triggers during a stressful commute or supporting a loved one through a difficult healing journey, finding a grounding anchor is vital...

You have tried the vision boards. The affirmations. The scripting. The 369 method. And yet something keeps getting in the way. This book is for you if: • You finally receive the money... and immediately start looking for reasons to spend it. • You want to be seen, but every time it's time to post, launch, speak up, or promote yourself, something inside you pulls back. • You say you want love, but when someone gets close, you suddenly find reasons why it won't work. • Someone offers support and your first instinct is to say, “No, it's okay. I've got it.” • You achieve a goal ...

A new model of therapeutic action, one that heals trauma and dissociation, is overtaking the mental-health field. It is not just trauma, but the dissociation of the self, that causes emotional pain and difficulties in functioning. This book discusses how people are universally subject to trauma, what trauma is, and how to understand and work with normative as well as extreme dissociation. In this new model, the client and the practitioner are both traumatized and flawed human beings who affect each other in the mutual process that the promotes the healing of the client-psychotherapy.

You thought he was your safe place. But somewhere along the way, he became the reason you stopped feeling safe inside yourself. This book is for the woman who gave everything to someone who slowly dimmed her light. You didn’t imagine it. The slow silences. The subtle digs. The confusion that made you question your own heart. You were loving him—but losing yourself. And now, you’re left holding the pieces, wondering when it all turned. In He Was My Safe Place. Then He Became My Trigger, Sienna Thorne guides you through the quiet unraveling of self that happens inside emotionally ...

With accessible strategies grounded in trauma-informed education and positive psychology, this audiobook equips teachers to support all students, particularly the most vulnerable. It will help them to build their resilience, increase their motivation and engagement, and fulfil their full...

Are you experiencing physical or emotional symptoms that no one is able to explain? If so, you may be suffering a traumatic reaction to a past event, teaches Dr. Peter A. Levine. Medical researchers have known for decades that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure...

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault provides a comprehensive overview of how to offer yoga to survivors of sexual assault in a safe, effective, evidence-based, and healing way. Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, draws on the framework of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed yoga program development and curriculum, while also weaving in personal narrative and inspiring survivor stories. 

“So good, so well written, so incredibly helpful. This book has the power to transform your life—and I’m not exaggerating for dramatic effect here. This is life changing information in your hands.”—Chantal Contorines, Coercive Control Co-Parenting Coach You didn’t imagine it. You weren’t “too sensitive.” And you’re not broken. You survived emotional abuse, but part of you is still surviving it—even now. You’ve done the therapy, read the books, and understand exactly what happened—yet your mind still loops, your body still tenses, and certain memories still hit ...

Among the various treatments for trauma, trauma-informed yoga stands out, rooted in an ancient practice, offering a safe, compassionate, and empowering path to recovery. This book, authored by a seasoned yoga practitioner, serves as a compassionate guide towards empowered healing, resilience, and personal growth.

If you've experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, your past trauma could affect how you care for yourself today. You may struggle with difficult thoughts and feelings, and reach for food to soothe your emotions when feeling sad, anxious, or stressed. You aren't alone. Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors offers an innovative, trauma-informed approach to overcoming emotional eating using the principles of mindfulness, self-compassion, and neuroscience.

Break free from anxiety and emotional neglect through the compassionate psychology of inner child reparenting. When painful early experiences leave you trapped in cycles of people-pleasing or sudden anger, everyday adult life can feel utterly exhausting. This gentle, psychology-driven guide...

Healing Your Childhood Wounds to Break the Parenting Cycle A Trauma-Informed Guide to Inner Child Healing, Emotional Reparenting, and Creating the Safety You Never Received Do you ever react to your child in ways that surprise you — a sharp tone, a wave of overwhelm, a feeling of shutting down — even though you promised yourself you’d parent differently? Do you sense that these reactions come from somewhere deeper, maybe even from the parts of your own childhood that never felt fully safe? You’re not failing as a parent. Your younger self is still carrying wounds that were never ...

Traumatic experiences leave a “living legacy” of effects that often persist for years and decades after the events are over. Historically, it has always been assumed that retelling the story of what happened would resolve these effects. However, survivors report a different experience...

With a focus on embodiment, community, and the sacredness of vulnerability, Sanctuary of Healing provides a vital roadmap for transforming congregations into havens of empathy, resilience, and hope.

Are you still carrying the weight of an emotionally abusive relationship long after it’s ended? Struggling to break free from the heavy chains of a trauma bond that keeps pulling you back? Jennifer Alushan, an experienced educator with several degrees in education and specialized training in trauma processing, guides you on this journey of recovery and self-empowerment.

If you felt unloved or unsafe as a child, you may have difficulty trusting others as an adult. You might struggle to maintain healthy relationships, or feel like you are somehow damaged. Written by a renowned family therapist, this gentle guide offers an evidence-based approach to help you move past relational trauma—the psychological wounds that can result from experiences of abuse, neglect, or betrayal. By building self-awareness, understanding triggers, and improving your communication skills, you can achieve the love and connection you deserve.

With a bachelor's and master's degree in education and over 30 years of experience, plus training in trauma sensitivity, author and mother of two, Jennifer Alushan, is ready to give parents and caregivers proven techniques to effectively understand and authentically interact with children so the healing process can begin.

They told you family was duty. They told you love was sacrifice. But what you lived was captivity—controlled by the family that raised you and the partner who mirrored their abuse. Narcissistic abuse doesn’t always leave bruises. It feels like the weight of "What will people say?", the twisting of faith into chains, and the realization that both your family and your partner used love as a weapon. If you left a controlling home only to find yourself trapped in a controlling relationship, you aren't unlucky. You were primed. Shrink to Fit (Book 4) is a trauma-informed recovery guide ...

Transform Your Practice Through Somatic Therapy In this step-by-step guide to experiential approaches to somatic therapy, Dr. Richard Nongard bridges the gap between traditional psychotherapy, coaching, hypnotherapy, and body-based healing, offering therapists a comprehensive framework for incorporating somatic approaches into their practice. With real-world case studies, word-for-word scripts, practical exercises, and evidence-based techniques, this book provides a roadmap for creating profound therapeutic change. Master the innovative BALMS framework: Breathwork, Awareness, Loosening ...

Updated and Expanded Edition How do you quantify the mental, physical, social, and cognitive health of people and organizations? Heart rate variability or HRV is the answer. HRV is a biometric that measures the differences in successive heartbeats. While simple, HRV provides an incredible amount of information on the health of our autonomic nervous system and brain. In recent years, HRV variability monitors have become smaller and very affordable. A simple smartphone application takes the data from the monitors, applies algorithms, and provides users with accurate data on their mental, ...