The Complex PTSD Workbook

This is a practical guide for all those who have experienced childhood trauma. Drawing upon her extensive practice as a body-centered psychotherapist, Dr. Schwartz has created a self-care plan that includes reflective questions and easy to use mindfulness exercises that can be implemented immediately. <strong> Barb Maiberger, author of <em>EMDR Essentials: A Guide for Clients and Therapists</em> and founder of the Maiberger Institute, an EMDRIA-approved provider of EMDR Trainings</strong></p> Dr. Arielle Schwartz combines simplicity, compassion, humility, and deep knowledge of the field in this book for sufferers of Complex PTSD. <em>The Complex PTSD Workbook</em> is an immensely useful guide to negotiating the turbulent waters of this all too common human malady. <strong> Betty Cannon, Ph.D., author of <em>Sartre and Psychoanalysis</em> and Founder of Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP)</strong></p> I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles with childhood trauma and neglect, and their painful aftermath. Step-by-step, you will find rich resources to help yourself on your journey to wholeness. Therapists who work with both mind and body will also find this a welcoming and integrative book. <strong> Kathy Steele, MN, CS, private practice and co-author of <em>Treating Trauma-related Dissociation, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation, </em> and <em>The Haunted Self</em> </strong></p> <em> The Complex PTSD Workbook</em> offers powerful somatic therapy tools for deep healing, complemented by mindfulness strategies to increase stabilization and enhance overall wellbeing. Dr. Schwartz s emphasis on finding wholeness will strengthen your resilience wherever you are in your life. <strong> Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW, Balance Your Life Coaching & Psychotherapy, creator of the Midlife Transition Healing Wave and toolbox for Women in Midlife Transitions</strong></p> Those who suffer from traumatic stress sometimes find beginning a personal practice intimidating. <em>The Complex PTSD Workbook</em>, with Dr. Arielle Schwartz as a compassionate guide, helps readers create a personal practice using yoga and mindfulness in the service of healing trauma. <strong> Rob Schware, Executive Director, The Give Back Yoga Foundation</strong></p> Healing from trauma is a profound process, one that undoubtedly involves confronting outstanding pain and suffering. In this book, Dr. Arielle Schwartz offers a unique emphasis on resilience and growth as related to Complex PTSD by providing a profoundly supportive and essential method for healing from trauma and grief. <strong> Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Support Network</strong></p> This is a comprehensive and usable guide to understanding and transforming complex trauma. Through relatable vignettes, <em>The Complex PTSD Workbook</em> explores trauma and treatment methods in accessible language suited for everyday use. Readers are invited to use journaling and self-reflection exercises to review and integrate what they ve learned, so that the journey through the workbook is not only informational but experientially relevant as well. <strong> J. Ryan Kennedy, PsyD, Executive Director, Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute</strong></p>