My Life After Trauma Handbook: Surviving and Thriving using Psychological Approaches

by Sue Knowles, Bridie Gallagher, Jade Baron, Reggie Worthington, Chloe Collett (Illustrator)

Overview

Adversity is a part of life and many of us have experienced trauma that has left us feeling distressed, scared or alone. This book draws on Bridie and Sue's background in Clinical Psychology to help you identify what trauma is, the effect it can have on your physical and mental health, and how you can cope.

Containing many ideas and strategies to support you with the impact of trauma, including giving yourself a butterfly hug to calm yourself down or sending an email to someone who lives far away to feel more connected, this is a guide that you can dip in and out of, and return to at different stages in your life after trauma.

Co-written with two young people who were brave enough to share their own stories, you will find that you are not alone, that nothing stays the same, and that there's always hope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839971280
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	11/21/2022
Series:	Handbooks Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,114,193
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.71(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Bridie and Sue are Clinical Psychologists from CMCAFS (www.CMCAFS.com) who work with children, young people and those who care for them.

Reggie and Jade are young people with lived experience

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Preface: What Just Happened? 9

1 What's Trauma? 11

2 How Does Trauma Affect Your Body/Brain? 25

3 Making Sense 43

4 Connection and Disconnection 61

5 Getting the Basics Right: Enhancing Safety and Stabilization 75

6 Managing intense Emotions 95

7 Taking Control of Your Body 111

8 Exercise, Rhythm and Sport 121

9 Staying Grounded and Training Your Hippo 131

10 Taming Your Blaming and Shaming 147

11 Avoiding Avoidance 159

12 What Next? 173

13 Surviving to Thriving: Post-Traumatic Growth 187

Appendix I Criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 199

Appendix II A Template for Writing Your Own Formulation 203

Appendix III Information for People Close to You 205

Appendix IV UK Helplines/Websites for Support 209

Reading List 211

About the Authors 213

Index 215

Editorial Reviews

We all have difficult experiences in our lives that can be hard to make sense of. This book is like having a supportive, empathic, psychologically-savvy and life-informed friend in our pocket.

Dr Helen Rodwell

Bridie, Sue, Jade, and Reggie have written a book that moves us from victim to survivor, allowing resilience and growth to follow. I recommend this book to any young person who has experienced trauma and for those supporting them.

Dr Kim S Golding CBE