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Healing the Traumatized Self

Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment
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Healing the Traumatized Self by Ruth Lanius and Paul Frewen delves into understanding and treating individuals with complex trauma. The authors explore psychological and neuroscientific perspectives, focusing on the integration of body, mind, and spirit to achieve healing. They offer insights into therapeutic approaches that enhance self-awareness and resilience in those affected by trauma.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring the intricate connections between trauma and identity. The authors delve into the psychological processes of healing and the transformative journey towards self-understanding, offering both theoretical insights and practical guidance. If you're keen on understanding how trauma shapes the self and the pathways to recovery, this work could be enlightening.

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Healing the Traumatized Self

A neurobiological explanation of self-awareness and the states of mind of severely traumatized people.

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Cultivation of emotional awareness is difficult, even for those of us not afflicted by serious mental illness. This book discusses the neurobiology behind emotional states and presents exercises for developing self-awareness.

Topics include mood (both unipolar and bipolar), anxiety (particularly PTSD), and dissociative disorders. Frewen and Lanius comprehensively review psychological and neurobiological research, and explain how to use this research to become aware of emotional states within both normal and psychopathological functioning.

Therapists will be able to help survivors of trauma, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and dissociative disorders develop emotional awareness. The book also includes case studies, detailed instructions for clinicians, and handouts ready for use in assessment and therapy with patients and clients.

Series: Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology

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Healing the Traumatized Self by Ruth Lanius and Paul Frewen is praised for its integration of phenomenological research and neurobiology to understand trauma and dissociation. Reviews highlight its value to clinicians and students through comprehensive case examples and treatment narratives, while patient testimonies in varied forms enhance understanding. The book is lauded for defining 'trauma-related altered states of consciousness' and blending neuroscientific findings with lived experiences, marking it as a groundbreaking contribution to psychotraumatology.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393705515

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 May 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Illustration: 35 illustrations, 12 pages of color

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Bessel van der Kolk
  • Foreword by David Spiegel

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 970g

Pages: 480

About the Author

Paul Frewen, PhD, teaches at the University of Western Ontario and lives in London, Ontario. Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, teaches at the University of Western Ontario and lives in London, Ontario.

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