The Complex PTSD Workbook
A Mind-Body Approach to Surviving Trauma and Becoming Whole
Published on 9. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-5293-1213-3 (ISBN)
Description
'What a great resource for understanding and managing PTSD' Reader Review ?????
'A profoundly supportive and essential method for healing from trauma and grief' Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Support Network
'Offers powerful somatic therapy tools for deep healing' Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW
**Healing tools and deep insights to help you heal from childhood trauma and begin to thrive again**
If you are affected by complex PTSD, you probably feel that somewhere inside you there is a part that needs to be fixed. Facing unresolved childhood trauma is a brave, courageous act - and although it is difficult, with the right guidance, you can do it.
Clinical psychologist Dr Arielle Schwartz has spent years helping those with PTSD find their way to wholeness. She also knows the territory of the healing firsthand, having walked it herself
In The Complex PTSD Workbook, you'll learn all about C-PTSD and gain valuable insight into the types of symptoms associated with unresolved childhood trauma, while you learn how to integrate positive beliefs and behaviours.
? You'll understand more about the common PTSD misdiagnoses that confuse it with bipolar disorder, anxiety, depressive disorders and substance abuse (among others)
? You'll get explorations of PTSD therapy including somatic therapy, EMDR, CBT, DBT and mind-body healing
? You'll have chapter takeaways to encourage therapeutic journalling and deeper understanding of your symptoms.
Take the path to healing with The Complex PTSD Workbook and regain a life of wellness that no longer seems out of your reach.
'A profoundly supportive and essential method for healing from trauma and grief' Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Support Network
'Offers powerful somatic therapy tools for deep healing' Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW
**Healing tools and deep insights to help you heal from childhood trauma and begin to thrive again**
If you are affected by complex PTSD, you probably feel that somewhere inside you there is a part that needs to be fixed. Facing unresolved childhood trauma is a brave, courageous act - and although it is difficult, with the right guidance, you can do it.
Clinical psychologist Dr Arielle Schwartz has spent years helping those with PTSD find their way to wholeness. She also knows the territory of the healing firsthand, having walked it herself
In The Complex PTSD Workbook, you'll learn all about C-PTSD and gain valuable insight into the types of symptoms associated with unresolved childhood trauma, while you learn how to integrate positive beliefs and behaviours.
? You'll understand more about the common PTSD misdiagnoses that confuse it with bipolar disorder, anxiety, depressive disorders and substance abuse (among others)
? You'll get explorations of PTSD therapy including somatic therapy, EMDR, CBT, DBT and mind-body healing
? You'll have chapter takeaways to encourage therapeutic journalling and deeper understanding of your symptoms.
Take the path to healing with The Complex PTSD Workbook and regain a life of wellness that no longer seems out of your reach.
Reviews / Votes
This is a practical guide for all those who have experienced childhood trauma. Drawing upon her extensive practice as a body-centered psychotherapist, Dr. Schwartz has created a self-care plan that includes reflective questions and easy to use mindfulness exercises that can be implemented immediately. * Barb Maiberger, author of EMDR Essentials: A Guide for Clients and Therapists and founder of the Maiberger Institute, an EMDRIA-approved provider of EMDR Trainings * Dr. Arielle Schwartz combines simplicity, compassion, humility, and deep knowledge of the field in this book for sufferers of Complex PTSD. The Complex PTSD Workbook is an immensely useful guide to negotiating the turbulent waters of this all too common human malady. * Betty Cannon, Ph.D., author of Sartre and Psychoanalysis and Founder of Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP) * I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles with childhood trauma and neglect, and their painful aftermath. Step-by-step, you will find rich resources to help yourself on your journey to wholeness. Therapists who work with both mind and body will also find this a welcoming and integrative book. * Kathy Steele, MN, CS, private practice and co-author of Treating Trauma-related Dissociation, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation, and The Haunted Self * The Complex PTSD Workbook offers powerful somatic therapy tools for deep healing, complemented by mindfulness strategies to increase stabilization and enhance overall wellbeing. Dr. Schwartz's emphasis on finding 'wholeness' will strengthen your resilience wherever you are in your life. * Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW, Balance Your Life Coaching & Psychotherapy, creator of the "Midlife Transition Healing Wave" and toolbox for Women in Midlife Transitions * Those who suffer from traumatic stress sometimes find beginning a personal practice intimidating. The Complex PTSD Workbook, with Dr. Arielle Schwartz as a compassionate guide, helps readers create a personal practice using yoga and mindfulness in the service of healing trauma. * Rob Schware, Executive Director, The Give Back Yoga Foundation * Healing from trauma is a profound process, one that undoubtedly involves confronting outstanding pain and suffering. In this book, Dr. Arielle Schwartz offers a unique emphasis on resilience and growth as related to Complex PTSD by providing a profoundly supportive and essential method for healing from trauma and grief. * Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Support Network * This is a comprehensive and usable guide to understanding and transforming complex trauma. Through relatable vignettes, The Complex PTSD Workbook explores trauma and treatment methods in accessible language suited for everyday use. Readers are invited to use journalling and self-reflection exercises to review and integrate what they've learned, so that the journey through the workbook is not only informational but experientially relevant as well. * J. Ryan Kennedy, PsyD, Executive Director, Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
243 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5293-1213-3 (9781529312133)
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Arielle Schwartz
The Complex PTSD Workbook
A Mind-Body Approach to Surviving Trauma and Becoming Whole
E-Book
07/2020
1st Edition
Sheldon Press
€3.99
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ARIELLE SCHWARTZ, PHD is a licensed clinical psychologist, EMDR therapy consultant, and certified yoga instructor with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She earned her masters in somatic psychology through Naropa University and her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fielding Graduate University. Her strength-based approach to psychotherapy is called Resilience Informed Therapy, which integrates a mind-body approach to healing. She is a core teacher with the Maiberger Institute, offering therapist trainings in EMDR therapy and somatic psychology. She specializes in PTSD, complex PTSD, grief and loss, resilience in child development, therapeutic yoga, and healing chronic pain and illness.