Childhood Trauma

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an “intimate and compassionate portrait” (Grace M. Cho) of the Genain quadruplets, the harrowing violence they experienced, and its psychological and political consequences.​ In 1954, researchers at the newly formed National Institute...

A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction—multiple personality—is more common than we think.

An award-winning business leader and speaker shares her journey of uncovering years of childhood trauma through scientific modalities like epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and decades of therapy. Daria Burke’s childhood was marked by neglect and poverty. When she discovers a photograph of the car...

Childhood trauma gets trapped as trauma packets deep within the body, below the conscious mind, in a space that seems inaccessible. The trauma patterns will continue to repeat, wreaking havoc on relationships and blocking the soul’s deepest desires. The Inner Alignment Soul Retrieval System addresses the original traumas stored at every layer of the body—negative thoughts, death fear emotions, chaotic energies, physical dysregulation, lack of awareness, and spiritual disconnection—to restore wholeness and live in alignment with the Heart.

This book examines the effects and impacts of intergenerational trauma. It also explores the effects of both single-event traumas and multigenerational trauma in addition to examining the history of traumatic events that have affected entire cultures and societies. The book examines the development of treatments for trauma-related disorders. Additionally, the author explains how a few therapeutic approaches can be applied to intergenerational trauma.

“Toxic Family Survival Guide” is for anyone who wants to give themselves a fighting chance at happiness and peace in their life, no matter what their early years subjected them to.

In this extraordinary memoir, a scientist who became blind at a young age shares how he navigates the world around him, and how his contributions led to cutting‑edge work in accessibility—packed with humor, adventure, and insights on life and disability. At the age of four, Joshua Miele was...

Did your childhood feel like something you survived instead of enjoyed? Painful childhoods naturally result in many sticky obstacles to adult success, ranging from distrust in others to self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviors. Chronic family stress prompts a young brain to create deeply ingrained physical and mental habits that help survive childhood but later work against you in adulthood, often resulting in diagnoses like depression, bipolar, ADD, post-traumatic stress disorder, and Complex PTSD.

An innovative somatic and attachment-based treatment for working with children and adolescents who suffer from complex trauma and neglect "[This] is a ground-breaking new approach to treating traumatized children, based on the combination of keen clinical observation, sensory integration, and a...

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.

Embark on your transformative journey today. EMBRACE your inner child, unlock authentic living, and cultivate lasting self-love. Progress can be challenging when an adult with inner child issues is in the driver’s seat. But what is this inner child, and how much control can it have on you?

This book identifies seven stages of therapy that provide a framework for working with client's emotional, cognitive, somatic, and sensory experiences to heal from trauma. Through composite case illustrations, practitioners will learn how to safely mitigate a range of trauma content, including complicated grief, natural disaster, children in foster care, aggression, toxic divorce, traumatized infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and young mothers recovering from opioid addiction.

Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland have each suffered significant, debilitating brain injury - one through rare disease and the medical interventions that followed, the other through deep childhood trauma. In this brave and honest book, Jamila and Rosie share their parallel stories of becoming and...

If you experienced trauma or neglect as a child, you may struggle with depression, anxiety, loneliness, and low self-esteem in adulthood. You are not alone. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect millions of people, and have led to many of the greatest unaddressed public health problems facing our world today. If you struggle with shame or lack of confidence, or if you have difficulty creating or sustaining healthy relationships with others, take heart. There are techniques you can learn to heal the pain of your past and take charge of your future.

Adult Sons of Narcissistic Fathers is a compassionate, informative, and practical guide designed specifically for men who are grappling with the lasting effects of having a narcissistic father. This book delves into the unique challenges faced by sons of narcissistic fathers, offering a safe space to explore the impact of narcissistic abuse on self-worth, trust, and the ability to form meaningful connections.

Through the Inner Child Recovery Workbook, you'll embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and healing. You'll learn to meet your inner child with tender compassion, release the burdens of your past, and reclaim your birthright of wholeness and joy. No matter what challenges you've faced, this life-changing workbook will show you that you have the power within you to alchemize your wounds into wisdom and your struggles into strength.

There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds...

Opposites attract when a real estate developer's quest for a promotion returns her to the coastal hometown she loathes—where she's reunited with her teenage crush turned town golden boy. ​ There’s no place like home…and that’s exactly how real estate developer Samantha Leigh plans to...

If you are healing from your history of childhood sexual abuse, you may be feeling like a hamster running around on a wheel, unable to escape your own self-destructive tendencies. Trust and superficial intimate relationships are common in adulthood for many survivors. You will discover the tool that helped the author to lower the effects of the trauma and brought her to the emotional state needed to deal with every aspect of life.

By now, many of us understand that our childhoods play a vital role in our behavior, especially in our closest & most intimate relationships. BUT! This doesn’t mean these behaviors are now set in stone forever. In fact, by taking the time to understand their cause, uncover their roots & truly work through them, you can not only heal your inner child & anxious attachment style, but start living your best life. With the practical strategies, tips & exercises you can start your journey to FREEDOM.