Relationship Trauma

Trauma Bonds is motivational, inspirational, and full of hope. Like reading a woman’s diary, the author lets you in on her reflective thoughts throughout. She offers guidance, introspection, and recovery as she walks you through her memoir.

Written by Dr. Kelly Yi, a renowned clinical psychologist and mindfulness expert, this book offers a revolutionary framework that redefines what it means to heal, grow, and awaken. Drawing from real-life stories, near-death experiences, contemplative practices, and scientific studies, Dr. Yi guides you beyond the conventional model of psychology into a multi-dimensional reality where love, consciousness, and transformation are not only possible — they are your birthright.

Chappale Burton, author and survivor of deep childhood trauma, shares his mental struggles and the tools and techniques he used to heal after being abducted, raped at gunpoint and then witnessing the tragic murder of his mother and stepfather at age 8. Unlike other books written by clinicians and therapist, this book offers firsthand strategies and a glimpse into the mind of someone who has experienced several horrific events and emerged stronger.

Just as you prepared your home to welcome a new child, it is important to prepare your heart and mind - especially if the child has suffered from a background of trauma. Perhaps your invitation for love is met with hostility and you find that this new member of your family rejects connection. It’s critical to acknowledge the effects of trauma on a child’s ability to attach. Mike and Kristin Berry realized this when they became adoptive and foster parents. They now offer guidance from their own journey to others parenting a child who has experienced past trauma.

Shame influences more of our thoughts and actions than many other emotions. Used as a punishment for bad behavior, shame acts as an incentive for us to behave in socially acceptable ways. As a common method used to regulate children’s behavior, shame is by far one of the most pervasive socializing agents. Many of our more persistent, punitive, and critical feelings about ourselves stem from humiliations in early childhood even if we don’t remember the specific events that prompted them.

"¡Vivir!" es un libro inspirador y poderoso que ofrece esperanza, orientación y apoyo a los hombres latinos sobrevivientes de trauma sexual. Escrito por un equipo de expertos con años de experiencia ayudando a sobrevivientes a sanar y recuperar sus vidas, este libro proporciona un enfoque integral para la sanidad que aborda los desafíos únicos que enfrentan los hombres latinos. Con un enfoque en el empoderamiento y la resiliencia, "¡Vivir!" ofrece herramientas y estrategias prácticas para superar los efectos del trauma sexual y reconstruir un sentido de autoestima y propósito.

Do you love someone who keeps breaking your heart—and somehow makes YOU apologize for the mess? Yeah, I get it. Maybe he lies without flinching, then calls you paranoid. Maybe he vanishes for days, then reappears with flowers because he "knows you." Maybe he twists reality until you're googling "am I crazy?" while he sleeps peacefully beside you. Here's the thing nobody tells you: the best emotional manipulators don't look like monsters. They bring coffee in the morning. They cry during movies. They remember your favorite ice cream flavor. And somehow—SOMEHOW—you're always the one ...

Ranked among the Top 100 Best Sellers on Amazon Trauma and loss are ubiquitous stressors for virtually all of us . In some the scars of trauma can stifle our development, impact our relationships, and either slowly or rapidly become life endangering. As a psychiatrist who has honed the art of medicine and the practice of psychotherapy for more than fifty years, I have been frustrated by the challenges of treating patients with the limited time available in a packed schedule. This book has emerged as a product of that frustration. Within these pages I have incorporated the key principle to ...

"Defeat the Narcissist" is your comprehensive guide to self-healing, providing you with the tools and strategies needed to disarm narcissists, escape their manipulation, and rebuild your life with confidence and resilience. This book offers a transformative journey, empowering you to overcome psychological abuse and trauma bonds, ultimately leading you to a place of peace and self-empowerment.

How to forgive the unforgivable and stop suffering because of what other people have done to you, even when you can’t forget. Have you ever felt like you have been stuck in a vicious cycle of unresolved pain, hoping that it would just get better with time? In her most vulnerable writing yet, Carolyn reveals her unimaginable journey of not only losing her mother but losing almost everyone she had ever known all at the very same time through a series of painful events that left her breathless, betrayed, and broken.

Can trauma be inherited? It is this question that sets Alex Halberstadt off on a quest to name and acknowledge a legacy of family trauma, and to end a century-old cycle of estrangement. As Halberstadt revisits the sites of his family’s formative traumas, he uncovers a multigenerational transmission of fear, suspicion, melancholy, and rage. And he comes to realize something more: Nations, like people, possess formative traumas that penetrate into the most private recesses of their citizens’ lives.

Why do you keep falling for people who hurt you? Why does love always seem to feel like work, chaos, or pain? Breaking the Cycle is a trauma-informed guide for women who are ready to stop repeating painful relationship patterns and finally build the kind of love that feels safe, steady, and real. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a loop of emotional highs and heartbreak, this book will help you understand why—and give you the tools to change it. Inside, you’ll learn: How attachment wounds from childhood affect your romantic choices The difference between trauma bonds and real intimacy Why ...

When her six-year-old daughter found her collapsed on the kitchen floor, Rachel had no idea how much her life was about to change. A brain scan revealed a dark shadowy mass, a huge abnormal growth of tissue that, whilst benign, was still growing and would surely kill her. It was too big to operate on. It needed to be "managed", and Rachel had, at best, two years to live. Refusing to accept the bleak prognosis, Rachel was determined to stay alive.

Author Madeline Popelka shares an insight that she gained along her healing journey that shifted her perspective, brought her comfort, reduced her shame, or helped her feel less alone. She weaves in her own personal stories throughout the book, providing readers with the encouragement to keep going so survivors can feel whole again after trauma has turned their world upside down.

Conducting research for her weekly history column, Jinx, a free-spirited Muscogee (Creek) historian, travels to Hold House, a Georgia plantation originally owned by Cherokee chief James Hold, to uncover the mystery of what happened to a tribal member who stayed behind after Indian removal, when Native Americans were forcibly displaced from their ancestral homelands in the nineteenth century.

Integrating Mindfulness into Psychotherapy for Trauma offers a transdiagnostic, process-based approach to treating trauma with mindfulness, with interventions that are practical, simple, and easy to teach. You'll learn how to form individualized, trauma-informed case conceptualization and treatment plans, and integrate mindfulness into psychotherapy with a focus on four interconnected mindfulness mechanisms: attentional focus, body awareness, emotion regulation, and changes in perspective on the self.

You are not cursed, you are only codependent. There are many people who don't know the difference between being in a healthy relationship and being in one that is codependent. This audiobook delves into why people feel this inadequacy and depend upon relationships that are at best unsatisfactory, and at worst positively abusive. The information in this audiobook gives examples, and listeners can easily adapt the exercises to suit their individual circumstances.

“It's a Beautiful Mess” paints the author's life as a canvas, marked by contrasting strokes of trauma and resilience, where every splotch of pain and dash of joy contributes to creating a profound masterpiece. Through the metaphor of life as art, the narrative delves into the author's journey from the dark hues of abuse and adversity to the brighter shades of healing and self-discovery.

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has survived, and has even learned to find joy in life in the aftermath of tragedy. In Getting Better, he shares his story and the lessons he has learned along the way. Exploring the roles that trauma and grief have played in his own life, Michael investigates the road to recovery.

EMDR is a way of kickstarting your natural healing & recovery process after the traumas you have faced. It is best known for its effectiveness at dealing with PTSD but has also been shown to help a range of mental disorders such as personality disorders, depression, anxiety & more. Often, these issues tend to be rooted in a form of trauma which is exactly what the EMDR method aims to help you work through.