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PTSD Resources: Trauma
Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
Therapist burnout is a pressing issue, and self-care is possible only when therapists actively help themselves. The authors examine the literature from neurobiology, social psychology, and folk psychology in order to explain how therapists suffer from an excess of empathy for their clients, and then they present strategies for dealing with burnout and stress.
The Body Remembers Volume 2: Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment
find this book onThe Body Remembers, Volume 2: Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment continues the discussion begun more than fifteen years ago with the publication of the best-selling and beloved The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment.
This new book is grounded in the belief that the most important goal for any trauma treatment is to improve the quality of life of the client. Therefore, the first prerequisite is that the client be reliably stable and feel safe in his or her daily life as well as the therapy situation.
To accomplish this, Babette Rothschild empowers both therapists and clients by expanding trauma treatment options. For clients who prefer not to review memories, or are unable to do so safely, new and expanded strategies and principles for trauma recovery are presented. And for those who wish to avail themselves of more typical trauma memory work, tools to make trauma memory resolution even safer are included.
Being able to monitor and modulate a trauma client’s dysregulated nervous system is one of the practitioner’s best lines of defense against traumatic hyperarousal going amok—risking such consequences as dissociation and decompensation. Rothschild clarifies and simplifies autonomic nervous system (ANS) understanding and observation with her creation of an original full color table that distinguishes six levels of arousal. Included in this table (and the discussion that accompanies it) is a new and essential distinction between trauma-induced hypoarousal and the low arousal that is caused by lethargy or depression.
The full color ANS table is also available from W.W. Norton as a laminated desk reference and a wall poster suitable for framing so this valuable therapeutic tool will always be at hand.
Principles and theory come alive through multiple demonstration therapy transcripts that illustrate:
- Stabilizing a new client who consistently dissociates due to persistent trauma flashbacks
- Clarifying and keeping therapeutic contracts
- Identifying and implementing hidden somatic resources for stabilization
- Easing transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2 trauma treatment via trauma memory outlining
- Utilizing good memories and somatic markers as antidotes to traumatic memory
Combining an authoritative yet personal voice, Rothschild gives clinicians the space to recognize where they may have made mistakes—by sharing her own!—as well as a road map toward more effective practice in the future. This book is absolutely essential reading for anyone working with those who have experienced trauma.
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss
A groundbreaking audiobook exploring the little-known yet critical connections between anxiety and grief, with practical strategies for healing, following the renowned Ka-Ross stages model.
Anxiety disorders are on the rise; many people are looking for resources to help them cope with anxiety, yet most people aren't aware that unresolved grief is a primary underpinning - or that the two are related at all. In her therapy practice and in her own life, Claire Bidwell Smith discovered the connections between anxiety and grief. Now, backed by research, case studies, and interviews, Bidwell Smith breaks down the physiology of anxiety, giving listeners a concrete foundation of understanding in order to help them heal the anxiety caused by loss.
Taking a big step beyond Elisabeth KA-Ross' widely accepted five stages, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief explains the intimate connection between death and grief and how they specifically cause anxiety - unpacking everything from our age-old fears about mortality to the bare vulnerability a loss can make us feel.
With concrete tools and coping strategies for panic attacks, getting a handle on anxious thoughts, and more, Bidwell Smith bridges these two emotions in a way that is deeply empathetic and eminently practical.
Vagus Nerve: How to Activate the Natural Healing Power of Your Body with Self-Help Exercises to Reduce Inflammation, Trauma, Anxiety and Depression, Chronic Illness, PTSD
Are you:
- Suffering from chronic pain?
- Feeling tired all the time?
- Struggling with depression, anxiety, or eating disorders?
- Generally feeling unwell though doctors can’t find any problems?
It’s probably your vagus nerve.
The vagus nerve is one of the main nerves in your body. It connects the brain to all of your major organs. So a lot can go wrong if this nerve gets blocked, and it’s easy to get it blocked with excessive stress, poor posture, or muscle imbalance - things that most of us are guilty of.
Among other things, the vagus nerve controls inflammation. This is your body’s natural response to illness or injury, but it often gets out of control and becomes chronic. Its symptoms can include swelling, pain, digestive issues, and a general feeling of weakness.
The vagus nerve also controls your stress levels and your mood, so stimulating it has been proven to help overcome depression and PTSD.
It closely controls your digestion. Problems with the vagus nerve can cause digestive issues and unhealthy eating behaviors that lead to obesity.
As you can see, your vagus nerve is responsible for the proper functioning of your major organs so maintaining its health is vitally important.
This book will be your guide to activating your vagus nerve and greatly improving your physical and mental health.
Here’s what you’ll find in this book:
- A mind-blowingly precise description of the vagus nerve’s anatomy and functions
- Surprising natural techniques to activate the vagus nerve
- Specific strategies for dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD and other conditions by stimulating the vagus nerve with different techniques
- The right nutrition to keep you vagus nerve healthy
- And much more...
A healthier life is just one click away.
Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive
Have you ever wondered how you could possibly survive a physical assault or imagined what you would do if someone followed you in a dark parking lot? Most likely you have - it’s human nature to wonder. Most of us never get past those theoretical questions because we just don’t want to think about it. But what if we did? In Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive, you’ll learn how to prepare now to give yourself the very best chance of surviving a life-threatening emergency.
When we hear about someone surviving a great challenge, we often hear that the person “rose to the occasion”. But in fact, psychologists find that people do not rise to the occasion. In moments of terror, people revert to their lowest level of training and preparation. Knowing that, the trick is to bring up your “lowest level” by continually improving your training and preparation, practicing for survival now, and building the resilience that will sustain you in times of adversity.
In this course, you’ll learn to identify and strengthen specific psychological factors to give yourself the best possible chance of survival, no matter what type of critical incident you face. Among other elements, Professor Zarse discusses the importance of internal locus of control, identifying and acting on instincts, managing emotions, and understanding the power of your capabilities.
In Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive, you’ll not only explore survival skills and strategies, but you’ll also hear the stories of individuals who used those techniques to survive real-world situations. Through the details of their stories, Professor Zarse helps you identify the psychological factors that served them best.
Many of the survivors that are discussed in this course had no specific survival training, but their life experiences had helped them build significant psychological strengths. These survivors had what it took. In this course, you’ll learn that you, too, can build what it takes to survive in a crisis.
Stress and Your Body
Feeling stressed?
You're not alone. Stress is an inherent aspect of life that can have tremendous negative effects on your mental and physical health. This makes coping with stress a critical part of how well we live.
Once you understand the inner workings of your stress response system, you'll possess powerful knowledge that will help you understand and better deal with this common aspect of your busy life. Now, from one of the world's foremost researchers on stress and neurobiology, comes a fascinating series of 24 lectures that guide you through the psychological and psychosocial stress that is a central part of everyday life in Western society.
You'll learn how the stress-response system is actually a natural survival system-giving, for example, a zebra the best chance to escape from a pursuing lion - that can change from a safety mechanism into a real problem for our physical and mental well-being. You'll see it coming into play against situations it wasn't designed to combat, such as traffic, troublesome thoughts and memories, and concerns over the economy, environment, and international events. And you'll gain valuable insights into how and why stress can affect every part of your body-including your cardiovascular, digestive, and immune systems - and learn about its relationship to important disorders and behaviors, like depression, anxiety, and even addiction.