The Definitive Resource for Trauma Survivors, Their Loved Ones, and HelpersTrauma can take many forms, from witnessing a violent crime or surviving a natural disaster to living with the effects of abuse, rape, combat, or alcoholism. Deep emotional wounds may seem like they will never heal. However, with The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Dr. Glenn Schiraldi offers a remarkable range of treatment alternatives and self-management techniques, show...

What if everything we think we know about America's health crisis is wrong?Hidden in government data lies a shocking discovery: childhood trauma is responsible for 1,401 American deaths every single day-more than tobacco, accidents, or stroke. Among the 11.4 million Americans who experienced severe childhood trauma, every one will die 24 years too soon. Nearly 90% of teen suicide attempts trace back to adverse childhood experiences. And this epidemic costs...

What if everything we think we know about America's health crisis is wrong?Hidden in government data lies a shocking discovery: childhood trauma is responsible for 1,401 American deaths every single day-more than tobacco, accidents, or stroke. Among the 11.4 million Americans who experienced severe childhood trauma, every one will die 24 years too soon. Nearly 90% of teen suicide attempts trace back to adverse childhood experiences. And this epidemic costs...

Overcome Shame and Self-Recrimination with the Help of Ten Luminary PresentersWhy is it that we’re often our own worst enemy? What messages have we internalized that make us chronically criticize our own actions? And how can we break these cycles of self-recrimination?Research shows that when we truly accept ourselves, it changes everything. We become less reactive and more resilient. Our physical health improves. We are capable of deeper and more satisfyin...

More than 13 million Americans experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and one out of 13 adults will develop it in their lifetime. Recent worldwide crises and events including the Iraq war; the September 11th attacks; numerous Columbine-like events; the Catholic Church child molestation scandal; and the Katrina tragedy in New Orleans, continue to present thousands more PTSD cases each year in all age groups. This book helps victims make sense of the events that led to their illness and ...

A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential guide, with a new foreword by Quit Like a Woman author Holly Whitaker.Revised and expanded, this tenth anniversary edition of Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. ...

Apply practical strategies from the latest expert research to change the way you think and react to feelings of anxiety.Apply practical strategies from the latest expert research to change the way you think and react to feelings of anxiety.Do you (or does someone you know) have problems with anxiety? Perhaps you're suffering in silence, or perhaps it's affecting your daily life and relationships. Anxiety is a common emotion, and is healthy at times. But when it kee...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely used treatment for depression for one simple reason: it works. The CBT program in this workbook has helped thousands of readers defeat the depressive thoughts and beliefs that keep them from enjoying life and feeling like themselves. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression delivers evidence-based tools you can confidently use to do better, feel better, and prevent depression f...

A psychotherapist and trauma survivor offers insight and self-care tools for PTSD, depression, substance abuse, and other trauma-related difficulties.There are many different approaches to healing from trauma. In this compassionate and practical guide, Jasmin Lee Cori offers a wide range of perspectives and options so that you can find what's right for you.With innovative insight into trauma-related difficulties, Cori helps you: Understand trauma and its dev...

If you're concerned about a new relationship or an old one, you will no longer need to rely on gut instincts, hunches or horoscopes.Dr. Lieberman has personally trained the military, FBI, and mental health professionals around the world on how to eliminate the guess-work and learn virtually fool-prof tactics to find out if a person is normal, neurotic, or something far more dangerous.

This wholly revised and updated edition of Addictions Counseling is widely read by professional counselors as well as ministers, teachers, and nurses. Topics include the counselor's role in recovery, treatment approaches, and sample treatment plans.

Finally a book for survivors written by a survivor!Got Parts? was written by a survivor of DID in association with her therapist and therapy group. This book is filled with successful coping techniques and strategies to enhance the day-to-day functioning of adult survivors of DID in relationships, work, parenting, self-confidence, and self-care. Got Parts will help you introduce yourself to your internal family and improve its communication, integr...