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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was popularized as a term to describe the cluster of symptoms displayed by many returning soldiers from the Viet Nam War. This terminology replaced the older terms “combat fatigue” (WWII) and “shell-shocked” (WWI). These books are recommended resources for information about PTSD – symptoms, effective treatments and coping strategies for patients and families. See also: Recovery from Child Abuse; Yoga and Pilates |
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The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment Babette Rothschild This book reduces the chasm between scientific theory and clinical practice in the treatment of PTSD. It explains the phenomenon of somatic memory: an implicit memory of traumatic events held in the brains and bodies of trauma survivors. This memory is often expressed in the symptomatology of PTSD – nightmares, flashbacks, startle responses, and dissociative behaviors. Bridging the gap between talk therapy and body therapy, Rothschild presents principles and non-touch techniques for giving the body its due. The book is filled with engaging case studies. 2000, Norton |
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A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain Marilee Strong Journalist, Marilee Strong, explores the reasons that lead over 2 million Americans to injure themselves regularly and deliberately with such items as knives, razor blades, and broken glass. Most "cutters" claim to use self-injury to distance themselves from pain and rage or to "feel something" after years of abuse have left them emotionally numb. Including powerful first person stories, the author also explores the comprehensive programs and treatments available to those who self-mutilate. 1999, Penguin |
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EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy For Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma Francine Shapiro and Margot Forrest EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a new nontraditional short-term therapy for treating trauma victims that utilizes rhythmical stimulation such as eye movements or hand taps. Dr. Shapiro, who developed the technique, describes the treatment and how it works. Co-author Forrest presents gripping case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique. 2004, Basic Books |
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I Can’t Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors Aphrodite Matsakis This book guides and supports readers through the healing process of recovering from PTSD resulting from crime, accidents, rape, family violence, and sexual abuse. It provides help in coping with memories and emotions such as anger, grief, and survivor guilt and recognizing later problems such as depression, compulsive behavior, and low self-esteem. An informative section describes EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) technique. 1996, New Harbinger |
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Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing Dena Rosenbloom and Mary Beth Williams This book focuses on helping survivors of trauma reclaim their sense of safety, trust, control and connectedness. Even when the worst has happened, this book shows how it is possible to feel good again. Filled with comforting activities, relaxation techniques, self-evaluation questionnaires and exercises, the workbook explains what survivors can do now to cope. 1999, Guilford Press |
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The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook Glenn Schiraldi This book is a guide for survivors of trauma and their loved ones, helping them to see that on the other side of their pain is recovery and growth. The book explains how psychic defenses go into effect to protect a victim from further emotional harm. It provides information on triggers and the debilitating effects of PTSD and addresses how the healing process can begin and how fear diminishes through a variety of treatment methods. 2000, McGraw Hill |
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The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula This workbook offers the most effective tools and strategies to help readers conquer trauma-related symptoms such as flashbacks, recurring memories, nightmares, frightening thoughts, emotional numbness, sleep disturbances, poor concentration, depression, anxiety, and irritability or outbursts of anger. Assessment tools help readers determine the type of trauma they experienced, identify their symptoms, and learn the most effective techniques and interventions they can use to overcome them. 2002, New Harbinger |
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Reclaiming Your Life After Rape: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD Barbara Rothbaum and Edna Foa This cognitive therapy workbook begins with an individualized assessment for the reader to perform. Various therapeutic models are described. Cognitive behavioral treatments are explained in clear detail, including systematic desensitization, anxiety management, imaginal and invivo exposure, and cognitive restructuring. Other techniques described include role playing, thought stopping, assertiveness. and self talk. Treatment suggestions are accompanied by worksheets, assessment forms, and other application tools. 2000, Psychological Corporation |
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Survival Stories: Memoirs of Crisis Katherine Rhett, ed. The 22 chapters in this book include contributions from noted authors who create literary beauty from their experiences of raw anger, sorrow and dread. The essays deal with a variety of difficult situations: death, divorce, insanity, serious illness and traumatic childhoods. 1998, Doubleday |
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Judith Lewis Herman Dr. Herman draws on her cutting-edge research on domestic violence as well as on a vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. She describes the stages of recovery for trauma victims: establishing safety, reconstructing the trauma story and reuniting survivors with their significant others and with themselves. 1997, Basic Books |
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Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society Bessell Van Der Kolk This book presents research and clinical knowledge on traumatic stress and its treatment. Six sections examine the history of individual and societal responses to trauma, acute traumatic reactions, adaptations to trauma, mechanisms and processes of memory, developmental and cultural issues, and treatment issues. The book adheres to a high standard of scientific rigor and also shows a deep sympathy with the human face of suffering. 1996, Guilford Press |
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences Peter Levine and Ann Frederick This book challenges the myth that trauma stays with you for the rest of your life and presents powerful exercises to reconcile traumatic experiences with “normal” life. The authors persuasively assert that psychological wounds are reversible and that healing comes when physical and mental letting-go occur. They explain that this is similar to the way a tiger experiences the coming and going of threat in the wild– tensing in response to danger, then, as the threat passes, the tiger’s muscles shake, twitch and let go of the fear-related energy. 1997, North Atlantic Books |
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Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval James W. Pennebaker This book takes readers through a series of guided writing exercises that help them explore their feelings about difficult experiences. The approach is based upon the field of expressive emotions therapy (EET), developed by the author. The book stresses thoughout the healing power that lies in story-telling, whether through fiction, dance, or art. The reader is left with a strong sense of their value in the world. 2004, New Harbinger |
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