In the third edition of the best-selling The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this fully revised and updated workbook, readers will learn how to move past the trauma they have experienced; manage symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, and flashbacks; and find important updates reflecting the new DSM-V...

"It's a club that none of us wants to belong to-- you are comfortably living your life when suddenly your world turns upside down. Everything normal is ripped apart. Where do you turn to pick up the pieces? It's a question many of us are asking in these troubling times. While there is no way to predict exactly how you would respond to catastrophic loss, this book offers a psychological roadmap through cycles of shock and trauma to discover meaning,...

"Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned her the respect and admiration from peers and staff alike. When given the chance of performing her first unsupervised brain surgery, Carrie jumps at the opportunity. What should have been a routine, hours long operation, turns horribly wrong and jeopardizes her patient's life. Emotionally and physically drained, Carrie is rushed back to the OR to assist...

This book will help you understand and manage your mind after trauma, and offers practical strategies for healing. It explains core concepts of mindfulness, self-compassion, and the many facets of trauma. The book teaches specific techniques, grounded in scientific evidence, for handling challenges such as intrusive thoughts and memories, depression, anxiety, and dissociation. Survivors' personal stories throughout the book illustrate how mindfulness...

"The Moral Injury Workbook is the first workbook to offer an evidence-based approach grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help readers manage the trauma, anger, and depression associated with moral injury-- an enduring psychological and spiritual suffering that results from witnessing, perpetuating, or unwittingly participating in events that violate deeply held moral beliefs. With this guide, readers will learn powerful skills for...

"According to the National Institute of Mental Health, PTSD is a mental health disorder caused by experiencing or witnessing a shocking or life-threatening event. When PTSD is not carefully managed with awareness, therapy, or medication, it can negatively impact all areas of a person's life"--

Describes the causes, symptoms, and treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder.

"A groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform"--

"If you've experienced trauma, you should know that there is nothing wrong with you. Trauma is a normal reaction to an abnormal event. Sometimes, the symptoms of trauma persist long after the traumatic situation has ceased. This is what we call PTSD--in other words, the "trauma after the trauma." This happens when the aftereffects of trauma--such anxiety, depression, anger, fear, insomnia, and even addiction--end up causing more ongoing harm than...

"Rewire your brain to heal from trauma. Many people will experience a potentially traumatic event at some point in their lives, and some will develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this workbook, highly sought-after trauma and neuroscience expert Jennifer Sweeton provides forty brain-changing techniques for overcoming PTSD that readers can begin using right away to boost self-confidence, build resilience, and develop self-efficacy"-- "40...