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Unspoken Legacy: Addressing the Impact of Trauma and Addiction within the Family
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Overview
Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child. These injuries typically produce long-term and harmful generational consequences on loved ones and other family members. Claudia Black presents a searing portrait of a broken family system, exploring how addiction and trauma develop and how their damaging repetition uproots and frequently destroys one's family tree. Filled with vignettes highlighting the various causes of trauma, Dr. Black helps readers understand its physiology and psychology and gives them healing, proactive steps to build healthier relationships.
Claudia Black, PhD, is internationally recognized for her pioneering and cutting-edge work with family systems and addictive disorders. Her work with children affected by drug and alcohol addiction in the late 1970s fueled the advancement of the codependency and developmental trauma fields. Dr. Black's passion to help young adults overcome obstacles and strengthen families built the foundation of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows. Not only is Dr. Black the clinical architect of this innovative treatment program, she is also actively involved with the treatment team, patients, and their families.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781942094562 |
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Publisher: | Central Recovery Press, LLC |
Publication date: | 01/16/2018 |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 149,275 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Claudia Black, PhD, is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. She is the clinical architect at the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows Treatment Center. She is the author of numerous books, including Intimate Treason and It Will Never Happen to Me.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Trauma, Addiction, and You xiv
The Human Connection xiv
The Thread of Trauma and Addiction over the Years xv
An Invitation xvii
Author's Note xix
Chaprter 1 Getting to Know Trauma 1
What It Trauma? 3
Big T, Little t 7
Trauma and You 9
The Losses of Trauma 10
What Influences Trauma 11
Childhood Resilience and Vulnerability 14
The Biology of Trauma 16
Trauma and the Nervous System 20
Chapter 3 What We Know About Addiction 23
Addiction's Two Faces 24
The Signs of Addiction 26
Addiction and the Brain 30
Where Trauma and Addiction Meet 33
When Various Forms of Addiction Interact 36
Addiction as a Family Disease 37
When Denial Fails 39
Chapter 3 Addiction, Trauma, and the Family 43
A Steadt Diet of Trauma 44
Trauma and Abandonment 47
The Trauma of Physical and Sexual Abuse 50
Witnessing Abuse 54
Overlooked and Discounted Trauma 55
How Trauma Encourages Addiction 57
The Trauma/Addiction Cycle 58
The Bottom Line 61
Chapter 4 How Trauma Affects You 63
The Inner World of Trauma 63
Delayed Responses to Trauma 67
How Disorders Pair Up-or Pile Up 82
Making the Turn 85
Chapter 5 Shame: The Hidden Darkness 87
How Shame Arises 88
How Shame Masks Itself 89
Chapter 6 Generational Reverberations: The Long-Term Effects 91
A Mother in Trouble 91
A Son in Trouble 97
Parenthood in Trouble 98
Trauma Bonding 99
New Faces, Old Dynamics 100
Love and Relationship Addiction 101
Details vs. Dynamics 102
Exploring Your Family Tree 103
Create a Family Tree 105
Chapter 7 The Power of Self-Examination 109
Layer 1 Grounding 111
Layer 2 Exploring the Narrative 121
Layer 3 Moving into Your Emotions 123
Layer 4 Connecting the Past to the Present 127
Layer 5 Uncovering and Challenging Internalized Beliefs 128
Layer 6 Learning New Skills 131
Spirituality and the Healing of Trauma 135
Expectations in Healing 136
Chapter 8 Your Allies in Healing 139
Assembling a Team of Allies 141
Your Potential Allies in Recovery 142
The Value of Group Processes in Addiction Recovery 145
Do You Need a Therapist? 146
Finding the Right Therapist 148
What You Need to Know about Trauma Therapy 151
The Role of Medications 155
Reflecting on Your Resistance 155
Chapter 9 Family Expectations, Connections, and Disconnections 159
Sharing Your Recovery with Family Members 159
Staying Connected-with Limitations 162
Setting Healthy Limits and Boundaries 164
Connecting with Siblings 165
Confronting Family Members as an Adult 167
Symbolically Confronting Someone Who Has Died 171
Don't Try to Do It All Alone 172
Chapter 10 Forgiveness and Healing 173
What Forgiveness Is Not 174
What Forgiveness Is 175
When Forgiveness Goes Awry 175
Self-Forgiveness 176
The Force Behind Forgiveness 177
Chapter 11 Creating Your New Narrative 179
Part 1 Describe Your Healing and Recovery Thus Far 180
Part 2 Describe Where You Are Now in Your Healing Journey 181
Part 3 Describe What You Will Do Next 182
Part 4 Envision How Your Healing and Recovery Will Evolve 183
Part 5 Embody Your New Narrative in a Few Key Words or Phrases 184
Part 6 Envision Your Life Five Years from Now 185
The Healing Power of Narrative 190
Embracing Healing and Recovery 190
Appendix 195
Self-Help Fellowships 195
Professional Assistance 201
The Adverse Childhood Experience Study 203
What's Your ACE Score? 205
ACE Resilience Questionnaire 207
What People are Saying About This
Claudia Black has written an excellent and accessible book for anyone who wants to understand more about what trauma is and how it may have impacted their lives. Unspoken Legacy is user friendly and easy to follow as it traces the underlying, intersecting ways in which trauma can manifest. Unresolved trauma can be the pain pump that fuels both addiction and relapse. It cuts an insidious, seamless and all too often invisible path through a person or a family system that over the years and even the generations becomes overgrown, buried and hard to see. Through case examples that ring only too true, Dr. Black brings to life the myriad things we tell ourselves to either stay in denial or to express the relief that comes when light finally dawns. She elucidates both the path of illness and that of recovery, this is a book that will help many people."Tian Dayton, PhD, Author of Emotional Sobriety
“One more time Dr. Claudia Black has written a book that is pivotal to helping people understand their history and move forward in their lives. Her gentle voice of experience and compassion offers a multitude of solutions for the problems that affect all those with addiction and trauma. Unspoken Legacy is filled with useful exercises to enable the reader to actively engage in the process of healing. Dr. Black has done an incredible job of addressing the complexity of trauma and addiction and its impact on families. Everyone from the professional to the student to those personally affected must read this book.”Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, Chief Medical Officer, Las Vegas Recovery Center and author of A Day Without Pain
“Renowned addictions expert, Dr. Claudia Black has done it again! She's written a groundbreaking book to help anyone struggling with addiction or the havoc it wreaks in its path. This well-written book offers cutting-edge information about how addiction develops in families, the impact it has on one’s psychological and spiritual well-being, the powerful ways in which trauma and addiction are inextricably interconnected and, most importantly, what must happen for healing to occur. Filled with practical insights and do-it-yourself exercises, Dr. Black’s guidance is compassionate, informative, and inspirational!”Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW, Author of The Sex-Starved Marriage
“In this brilliant work, Dr. Claudia Black illuminates the connection between trauma and addiction, the toxic cycle of shame and fear that results, and how this can get passed intergenerationally. Most importantly, she provides a blueprint and road map for help, hope, and healing.”Jerry Moe, MA, National Director of Children’s Programs, Hazelden Betty Ford Center
“Claudia Black’s new book is a wonderful must-have resource that’s more than helpful for the healing and recovery around trauma and addiction issues. It is a useful educational tool on so many levels, and reminds readers that everyone experiences some level of trauma in their life’s journey while reassuring them that healing is truly possible. Claudia gives many useful mindfulness examples and thoughtful advice for recovery that are truly life saving. The reader will feel safe, reassured, and will find real hope after reading this book. Unspoken Legacy offers the opportunity to develop skills and tools to live on and live well!”Karen Phelps Moyer, The Moyer Foundation, Cofounder Camp Mariposa