Walker, Pete
Complex PTSD : from surviving to thriving Complex post-traumatic stress disorder A guide and map for recovering from childhood trauma Pete Walker - First edition. - Lafayette, CA Azure Coyote 2013 - xxxii, 386 pages 23 cm
"An Azure Coyote book." -- Title page verso. Includes excerpts from Pete Walker's memoir.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
Part I : An overview of recovering -- The journey of recovering from Cptsd -- Levels of recovering -- Improving relationships -- The progression of recovering -- Part II : The fine points of recovering -- What if I was never hit? -- What is my trauma type? -- Recovering from trauma-based codependency -- Managing emotional flashbacks -- Shrinking the inner critic -- Shrinking the outer critic -- Grieving -- The map : managing the abandonment -- A relational approach to healing abandonment -- Forgiveness : begin with the self -- Bibliotherapy and the community of books -- Self-help tools.
"The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes-- in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply ingrained in your mind, soul and body. This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life" -- Back cover.
9781492871842 1492871842
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects.
Adult children of dysfunctional families--Psychology.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Adult children of dysfunctional families--Psychology
RC552.P67 / W355 2014
616.8521 Wal 12
WM 170 W183c 2013
Complex PTSD : from surviving to thriving Complex post-traumatic stress disorder A guide and map for recovering from childhood trauma Pete Walker - First edition. - Lafayette, CA Azure Coyote 2013 - xxxii, 386 pages 23 cm
"An Azure Coyote book." -- Title page verso. Includes excerpts from Pete Walker's memoir.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
Part I : An overview of recovering -- The journey of recovering from Cptsd -- Levels of recovering -- Improving relationships -- The progression of recovering -- Part II : The fine points of recovering -- What if I was never hit? -- What is my trauma type? -- Recovering from trauma-based codependency -- Managing emotional flashbacks -- Shrinking the inner critic -- Shrinking the outer critic -- Grieving -- The map : managing the abandonment -- A relational approach to healing abandonment -- Forgiveness : begin with the self -- Bibliotherapy and the community of books -- Self-help tools.
"The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes-- in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply ingrained in your mind, soul and body. This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life" -- Back cover.
9781492871842 1492871842
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects.
Adult children of dysfunctional families--Psychology.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Adult children of dysfunctional families--Psychology
RC552.P67 / W355 2014
616.8521 Wal 12
WM 170 W183c 2013