books about: trauma
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Trauma
Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?
Robert Schwartz
Whispering Winds Press
, 2006
The Big Picture
Everything always makes sense when you can see the big picture. This book provides a glimpse into why events we perceive as "bad" happen, through a varied collection of individual cases. Our lives in this "reality" are just learning experiences, to expand our ...
Iodine: A Novel
Haven Kimmel
Free Press
, 2008
gorgeous and ugly
Incestuous love, squalor, alien abduction, religious mania and prostitution wind their way through a symbolic maze of Freudian and Jungian theory in this book about a brilliant college student who seeks to survive her own life. I loved reading the narrating character's ...
Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents
Judith A. Cohen
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Anthony P. Mannarino
, ...
The Guilford Press
, 2006
Wonderful Framework for Counseling
This book was required reading for a postgraduate course for professionals in treating trauma. Excellent resource for the professional counselor - may even be applied to young adults, adults with delayed emotional developmental issues, or developmentally disabled ...
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Jonathan Shay
Simon & Schuster
, 1995
Review of "Achiiles in Vietnam"
One of the books I had been planning to read for several months is Dr. Jonathan Shay's groundbreaking work: "Achilles in Vietnam - Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character." I am glad that I finally found the time to acquaint myself with its message. The book is ...
A Terrible Thing Happened - A story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma
Margaret M. Holmes
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Sasha J. Mudlaff
Magination Press
, 2000
Written in a language children can understand! Very helpful!
Young children who have witnessed various types of violence or suffered a trauma of any kind can be helped by this book. The book is written in language children understand, using loving animal characters that they can relate to. It shows them that there is hope if ...
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Judith Herman
Basic Books
, 1997
A study of trauma and a process for healing
Traumatic experiences can permanently scar or change you. In this groundbreaking work, Judith Herman meticulously explores the impact of trauma on the human psyche, whether the trauma originates from a natural disaster, political terror, captivity or combat. Writing ...
Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
Peter Levine
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Ann Frederick
North Atlantic Books
, 1997
A must read for trauma victims
This is a very informative and important book that explains the very core of what trauma is, how it affects us, and what we can do to overcome our suffering.
Evaluation of Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries
Chad Starkey
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Jeffrey L. Ryan
F. A. Davis Company
, 2001
Worthwhile study material for NATABOC
This book has one very strong point, its step-by-step guides for each and every physical examination. Each stress test discussed in this text in approached in a way that makes this book unique. Information including: position of athlete, position of examiner, ...
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With ...
Heather T. Forbes
Beyond Consequences Institute, LLC
, 2006
Beyond COnsequences, Logic and Control: A Love Based Approach Helping Attachemnt Challenged Chidlren with Severe Behaviors
I enjoyed reading this book because the language is simple. It is not techinical but straight to basics. It demonstrates perceptions we have that chilren owe us as parents. Traumatized children have a different thought process. It validates the behavior and ...
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
Babette Rothschild
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2000
Finally................................
After 26 years of thinking, "I should be over it", I now know its part of my body, not just my brain. I remember yelling out loud, THATS IT, and thinking I felt better immediately. I wasn't a loser, basket case mental job, but "my body remembers". I gave the book to my ...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, 2nd Edition
Francine Shapiro
The Guilford Press
, 2001
Recommend!
Easy to read and helpful for understanding the process of EMDR. I would have to agree with the previous reviewer Laura M that PEACEFUL HEART : A Woman's Journey to Healing is a must-read. Aimee Jo Martin's story clearly illustrates and details her journey with ...
Athletic Taping And Bracing
David H. Perrin
Human Kinetics Publishers
, 2005
excellent go by for beginners or trainers a must for sports
With so many books on How TO it's really great to find one that shows you just how without making you feel like you'll never understand the basics. If you are seriously thinking about doing a lot of sports related taping and handling of those injuries this is the book ...
The New Guide to Crisis & Trauma Counseling
H. Norman Wright
Regal Books
, 2003
Crisis 101
Dr. Norman Write has again produced a book as comprehensive as any college level text book on dealing with life and death crisis. This book is of special interest to first responder peer support teams, chaplains, hospital crisis teams and others who deal with death and ...
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Peter A. Levine
Sounds True
, 2005
An Excellent Resource for All
As a psychotherapist who has received extensive training in Peter Levine's technique of Somatic Experiencing, I find this book to be a helpful resource for my clients who are working through past trauma. The exercises are simple yet powerful. The text contains a lucid ...
Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America
Mitchell Gold
Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
, 2008
A mental health crisis faces American teens right now--and it is one we can solve. Hundreds of thousands of gay teens face traumatic depression, fear, rejection, persecution, and isolation--usually alone. Studies show they are 190 percent more likely to used drugs or alcohol and four times more likely to attempt suicide. Homophobia and ...
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