Adult Trauma

In Mother Hunger, therapist Kelly McDaniel revealed how the loss of maternal nurturance, protection, and guidance shapes women’s self-worth and relationships, and offered a compassionate roadmap to healing. Now expanded with new insights on men and Mother Hunger, first-born daughters, and...

Are you a teen who feels overwhelmed by anxiety, tension, or constant stress? Or a parent looking for a practical way to support your teen’s mental health? This therapist-approved book offers a simple, science-backed path to calm. Somatic therapy is based on one powerful idea: your body holds stress, but it can also release it. By learning quick, body-based techniques, teens can reset their nervous systems, quiet racing thoughts, and build resilience in just ten minutes a day.

From spiritual guide and teacher Aycee Brown, a warm and inviting handbook to discovering wholeness by embodying your truth and embracing your power. As a child, Aycee Brown’s connection to spirit made her feel like an outcast, until her grandmother helped her see this burden as a gift. Now...

Set in the same magical, madcap world as E. B. Asher’s USA Today bestseller This Will Be Fun, this heartwarming, hilarious fantasy follows an unlikely band of heroes who must get to the bottom of an assassination plot gone wrong without breaking the one rule of questing: do not fall in love...

Donna Bevan-Lee had a tough childhood. When her father was feeling playful, he roped her by the foot like a rodeo calf, yanking her to the ground every time the rope connected. In darker moods, he did far worse, his brutality excused by a complicit church. The abuse she suffered had profound and lasting consequences.

In Your Recovery, Your Life for Teens, addiction specialist Claudia Black presents a comprehensive program for exploring how your life experiences have influenced your substance use and addresses the problem through guided self-reflection. You'll be equipped with a variety of skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and grief work, so you can gain the upper hand in your battle with substances.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

Voltar para Agioi não fazia parte dos meus planos. A cidade ainda podia parecer a mesma, só que eu não era. Com meu mundo se tornando cada vez mais cinzento, tudo o que eu queria era terminar o colégio sem que ninguém me notasse. Mas aí vieram eles: Vitor, o jogador-estrela do time, com seu sorriso arrasador. E Cristiano, o tipo que parecia carregar nos olhos muito mais do que o peso dos gramados verdes e das arquibancadas barulhentas.

Approximately 76 million adults in the U.S. share a family history of addiction. In this urgently needed resource, Dr. Tian Dayton draws on decades of expertise to help adult children of addicts (ACAs) recover from family trauma, reconnect with themselves, and heal relational wounds.

In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba … and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. To help ease her mami’s nervios, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.

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When 16-year-old Amy returns home, she can't tell her family what's happened to her. She can't tell them where she's been since she and her best friend, her cousin Dee, were kidnapped six years ago - who stole them from their families or what's become of Dee. She has to stay silent because she's afraid of what might happen next, and she's desperate to protect her secrets at any cost. Amy tries to readjust to life at "home," but nothing she does feels right. She's a stranger in her own family, and the guilt that she's the one who returned is insurmountable.

Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must come together to heal the pain from their pasts, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nicola Yoon. Danna Mendoza Villarreal’s grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade...

Do you find it hard to trust people? Perhaps you imagine how they might hurt you before you even begin to explore a relationship… Your trust issues have to do with your attachment style, and that’s something that cemented itself long ago… but you’re not attached to this forever: It’s something you can change. Find out how to be in adult relationships that are truly healthy and fulfilling. This engaging therapy workbook for adults is the relationship book you need to get you there.

For professionals, including psychologists, counselors, and educators, Rising Beyond Bullying Trauma is a valuable resource for addressing the emotional impact of bullying. This book is an invaluable tool to recommend to clients or use as a starting point for discussions about resilience and growth. By blending relatable storytelling, actionable exercises, and universal principles like self-love and empowerment, it offers a fresh approach to tackling this widespread issue.

Perfect for fans of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Karen M. McManus, this propulsive thriller follows a fractured group of friends as they fight to survive a killer escape room in rural Tennessee. Twelve months ago, an escape room fire took everything from Steffi Zamekova. In just one...

An exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a family Simukai Chigudu grew up in the shadow of Africa’s struggles for liberation. As he navigates the tangled threads of personal and political...

From an award-winning children's novelist, an adult debut about a grieving author who heads to rural England for a writer's retreat, only to stumble upon an incredible historical find. As the past and present collide, she'll discover the key to healing her trauma. Anna, a novelist based in...

Große Gefühle vor der Küste Schottlands: Wild wogen die Wellen um die kleine Hebrideninsel Orasay, wo Leonie bei ihrer Mutter Zuflucht sucht. In Leonie dagegen ist alles verstummt, denn sie trägt ein Geheimnis mit sich herum, das sie fast erdrückt. Erst die Begegnung mit einem jungen Mann, der mit einem wilden Delfin schwimmt, weckt ihre Neugierde. Schritt für Schritt locken Tam, der Delfin und die Magie der Insel Leonie zurück ins Leben, und sie öffnet sich dem faszinierenden Insulaner, hinter dessen sturmgrauen Augen ein stiller Schmerz lauert.

Knisternde Romantik unter nördlichen Sternen. Eigentlich wollte Alma nicht mehr als Hebamme arbeiten. Doch nach ihrem Umzug von Frankfurt in die schwedische Kleinstadt Nora wagt sie einen Neustart in der Praxis ihrer Tante. Ihre Arbeit bereitet ihr endlich wieder Freude, umso mehr, als sie bei einem Hausbesuch den Bruder der werdenden Mutter kennenlernt. Liam Hansen geht ihr so schnell nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Er scheint ihre Nähe ebenso zu suchen, und die großartige Natur rund um Nora verstärkt die Anziehung. Doch Liam darf auf keinen Fall erfahren, was in Almas Vergangenheit geschehen ist.