RC552.P67W544

A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook Includes bibliographical references

1. A look at trauma: Simple and complex 2. Before doing the work: Safety, security, and intention 3. Identifying and writing about what has happened to you 4. Helping yourself when you reexperience a trauma 5. Coping with trauma with less avoidance and denial 6. The physical side of PTSD 7. Dealing with associated symptoms of PTSD: Guilt, survivor guilt, shame, and loss 8. Difficulty regulating emotion (Complex PTSD, Category 1) 9. Alterations in attention or consciousness: Dealing with dissociation and traumatic amnesia (Complex PTSD, Category 2) 10. Somatization: How trauma impacts your body (Complex PTSD, Category 3) 11. How trauma impacts the way you view yourself (Complex PTSD, Category 4) 12. Dealing with your perpetrators (Complex PTSD, Category 5) 13. Alterations in your relationships with others (Complex PTSD, Category 6) 14. Finding Meaning (Complex PTSD, Category 7) 15. Final thoughts and exercises - Complex PTSD questionnaire for trauma survivors

In the PTSD workbook, two psychologists and trauma experts gather together techniques and interventions used by PTSD experts from around the world to offer trauma survivors the most effective tools available to conquer their most distressing trauma-related symptoms. Readers learn how to determine the type of trauma they experiences, identify their symptoms, and learn the most effective strategies they can use to overcome them. - Cover