Trauma Training

This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality. 

Whether you’ve recently adopted a rescue dog, are caring for a companion who has endured neglect, or are working with a dog struggling with anxiety, Trauma Informed Dog Training is your essential guide to their recovery.

Heal from trauma and PTSD with the martial art of jiu-jitsu--written for survivors, mental health therapists, and trauma-informed martial arts instructors. This groundbreaking book introduces jiu-jitsu as a powerful embodied modality for trauma survivors in recovery, and includes 10 grounding...

Work More Effectively with Clients Suffering from Trauma Enhance your ability to work skillfully with your clients’ trauma in this professional training taught by Dr. Bonnie Badenoch. Drawing on the latest research and neuroscientifically grounded treatment approaches in the area of trauma...

"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing." --from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new...

Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) provides a revolutionary treatment plan for PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and more. Using a non-pathologizing, accelerated approach—rooted in neuroscience—IFS applies inner resources and self-compassion for healing emotional wounding at its core. This new audio manual offers straight-forward explanations and illustrates a wide variety of applications. Easy to listen to and highly practical.

A road map to harness the power of our collective human consciousness as a source for healing our traumatized world We are all interconnected—and dependent on each other to shape the world in which we live. Yet even though technology has allowed us to digitally share our lives with more people...

You are not broken. Your brain is built to change. If you or someone you love has faced trauma, anxiety, ADHD, autism, chronic pain, learning challenges, or other struggles rooted in the brain, and nothing has truly helped—you’re not alone. The Mind Rewired is for anyone who’s become discouraged after being told “nothing more can be done.” It reveals another path.

Dogs live in the same world as we do, but they understand it in a completely different way. Where humans rely on stories, logic, and intention, dogs rely on scent, movement, association, and emotion. This gap creates most of the everyday misunderstandings between people and their dogs. Once you learn to see behaviour through your dog’s eyes, everything becomes clearer. Understanding Your Dog’s World is a light hearted, practical look at canine behaviour from the dog’s point of view. Instead of blaming stubbornness, dominance, or spite, this book explains what your dog is actually ...

We stay fighting, even if we don't call it war. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a poet’s memoir about family, survival, and one servicewoman’s search for autonomy. Yanked out of college and torn from her sunny hometown of Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Khadijah Queen finds...

Handle Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, OCD, Trauma, Eating Disorders and other mental issues and unleash the power of dialectal behavior therapy to give you and your teen the tools for emotional success. Let's face it: Feelings of anger, sadness, fear, or irritation are acceptable and can frequently occur in life. There are times, though, when it might seem as your emotions are taking over and dragging you along with them. To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions could impair your performance, cause issues in your relationships, prevent you from accomplishing your goals, ...

Do you yearn to find the courage to embrace being disliked and standing alone for your beliefs? Are you ready to discover the strength in navigating the path less traveled? Have you ever wondered how to embrace your true self, even when it means being disliked and standing alone? Get this book now! In 'The Courage To Be Hated And Disliked,' embark on a transformative journey to understand the power of embracing your uniqueness and the courage to stand alone for your convictions. This enlightening guide explores the art of finding strength in the face of disapproval and rejection. Delve into...

Integrating mindfulness with Nonviolent Communication, this course helps us foster kind and effective conversation in our relationships. When dialogue is reduced to pushing our views, scoring points, or assigning blame, everybody suffers—no matter who “wins” or “loses” an argument. In...

"A gift to coaches indeed...Margl applies the Enneagram personality model in helping coaches own and understand our particular biases and how they can affect our work with clients." —Margaret Moore, MBA, aka Coach Meg, Founder/CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation, Founder/Chair, Institute of Coaching Witnessing Grief by Holly Margl is a timely and vital book for coaches and other helping professionals who face conversations with their clients daily that veer into grief, loss, and trauma, particularly now in this pandemic era. Sadly, coaches, counselors, and therapists sometimes say unhelpful or ...

Advice meant for healthy relationships did not cause the abuse—but inside narcissistic abuse, it could become training. Not because the advice is wrong—but because advice given outside the context of narcissistic abuse can become training inside it. Training shaped the response. Survival made it feel necessary. Repetition made it feel like identity. The system didn’t just help the Monster. It dug your grave. It taught you not to scream while the Monster buried you alive.

A Foster Family Field Guide I finally did it. After caring for 27 foster children over 55 years, I now have the time to share some practical guidance with those who are, or aspire to be, new foster parents. Whether you’re a foster parent, teacher, social worker, foster youth, or advocate, “Foster Family Field Guide” is a heartfelt, action-ready guide to help you love bravely, grow your “nest,” and endure, without losing your relationships or your sanity. Here’s just a glimpse of what you’ll discover inside: Actionable trauma-responsive strategies for managing challenging ...

WELCOME HOME TO THE BODY In our frenzied world, it’s easy to lose touch with our bodies. Often rushing, feeling tense and off-balance, brutalised by overwork, lacking community, and hooked on technology; many of us find ourselves disconnected. But something can be done about the numbing of modern life. This is where embodiment comes in. Beyond just being mindful, you can make friends with your body and feel at home again in your own skin. Your body can be an anchor of sanity in turbulent times, and give you Jedi-freakin powers beyond merely coping. This book offers you a no-nonsense ...

If you’re a skilled psychotherapist/counsellor/coach who sometimes feels stuck with certain clients, this book is your bridge from self-doubt to clinical mastery. You care deeply about your clients. You prepare, you listen, you reflect. And yet… some clients circle the same pain for months. Depression lingers. Anxiety resurfaces. Trauma stories repeat without deep shift. You leave sessions wondering, “Did I really help?” You may feel the quiet pressure of limited-session models. The imposter voice whispers that you should be able to do more. You carry clients home in your mind. You ...

For therapists, neuroscience-informed principles and practices to nurture resilience, connection, and healing. Most therapists have heard about the breakthroughs taking place in neuroscience and how they can benefit the clinical practice of psychotherapy. If you're seeking to begin applying...

Behind every cautious glance, flinch, or growl lies a story untold—a story of survival. This book is for anyone who has opened their home and heart to a rescue dog carrying invisible wounds. With compassion, experience, and a deep understanding of trauma, this guide dives into the emotional, physical, and spiritual pain many dogs endure—and how we can help them heal. From nervous system regulation and gut-brain science to the unspoken power of energy and love, each chapter walks you through what these animals need most: patience, safety, connection, and time. You'll learn how to: ...