Relationship Trauma

Know that you are no longer alone. For a long time, I didn't know what triggered my anger. Past and present were mixed together, and it was impossible for me to tell them apart. I felt rejected and abandoned. To get to see it more clearly, I undertook several therapeutic approaches, in groups, alone. The secret was buried deeply in my memory and poisoned my existence. All I wanted was to feel better. I simply did not know how and what was causing my suffering.

A mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling story about family, forgiveness—and how a fleeting act of violence can change a life forever. ​ At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and...

Self-healing through self-parenting, a concept introduced a generation ago, has helped thousands of adult children of alcoholics who are codependent and have conflicts in their primary relationships. Now Patricia O'Gorman, PhD, and Phil Diaz, MSW, authors of the classic book The 12 Steps to Self-Parenting for Adult Children and its companion workbook, expand the reach of that successful healing paradigm to anyone who has suffered from any kind of trauma.

I wrote this book because it is the book that I needed when I started my journey to both understanding and overcoming my traumatic past. When I started I never expected what it would become. The short version is this: I come from a dark place, my ACE score is 10, and I attempted to take my own life twice, not to mention being morbidly obese and a drug addict at 12 years old. Today, I am happy, healthy, and driven towards being my best self every day. Why? Because I choose to Think Unbroken.

EMDR is designed to ease the distress you associate with traumatic memories, combining cognitive, somatic, and emotion-focused therapies with bilateral stimulation—usually guided eye movements.

Understanding how our brains and bodies actually work is a powerful tool in mitigating the anxiety generated by unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms that we all may experience from time to time. Here, Robert Scaer unravels the complexities of the brain-body connection, equipping all those who are in distress with a plausible explanation for how they feel.

This "profoundly wise" look at how to foster connections, attachment, and resiliency explains why working through discord is the key to better relationships. (Sue Johnson, bestselling author of Hold Me Tight) You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy...

Are you caught in the grip of a relationship that feels impossible to leave, no matter how much it hurts? This book is your guide to understanding the invisible chains that keep people tied to toxic dynamics, and, more importantly, how to break free. Whether it’s with a partner, a friend, or a family member, toxic relationships can erode self-worth and leave you questioning your reality. In this book, you’ll find a compassionate yet empowering approach to identifying harmful patterns, making sense of your emotions, and rebuilding the confidence you need to reclaim your life.

Acclaimed psychologist Dr Sarah Woodhouse shows us that to start to heal from trauma and be truly well we must take action every single day. Through gripping case studies and interviews with some of the world's leading trauma experts, this book demystifies the process of trauma healing with resources and tools you can start using immediately. Childhood trauma and emotional disconnection can lead to a profound loss of agency and harmful patterns of denial, avoidance, self-blame, perfectionism, overwhelm, compulsion and control.

Are you feeling trapped in the grip of depression, trauma, or PTSD? 'Brushing Away Shadows' offers innovative somatic art therapy tools for therapists and individuals seeking healing. Art serves as a universal language of emotion, allowing exploration and expression beyond words. This guide provides 10 practical exercises for emotional exploration, real-life narratives of healing, and a 10-step beginner's guide to setting up a safety plan. It also addresses skepticism, self-compassion, and resilience, with scientifically backed explanations about art therapy's benefits.

With this workbook, you'll learn proven-effective skills that integrate self-forgiveness with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT), functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), and relational frame theory (RFT). You'll develop the self-compassion and self-acceptance needed to overcome the sense of shame and guilt that's keeping you from a meaningful life. You'll also gain a new perspective on your life's story, empowering you to get in touch with your values and make an ongoing commitment to self-forgiveness.

In Unraveling Your Relationship with Money, renowned financial expert and Certified Trauma of Money Specialist Shannah Game delivers an inspiring, informative, and at times cathartic guide to improve your behavioral finance skills, gently resolving deep-rooted trauma related to emotions like shame, fear, and panic surrounding money, and finally start reaching your financial goals.

The audiobook called I Am Healing from Childhood Trauma: Quit Alcohol Drinking Hypnosis and Deep Meditation by Ron Alyn is a hypnosis treatment and guided deep meditation created with the main focus on healing your trigger in drinking alcohol, which may have started at a young age. This is the time for you to tackle these issues, and start to live a life that you deserve.

Many foster and adoptive parents are raising children with complex emotional trauma, desperate for answers to heal their families. Caught off guard, these families find themselves with shattered dreams, shattered homes, and shattered hearts, with nowhere to turn for answers. Extended family members, friends, and the greater community don't understand the challenges and can, sometimes, add to the problems these families face, prolonging the healing process for all.

Discover the amazing phenomenon of Neuroplasticity and learn how to use it to get rid of trauma, heal brain injuries, and rewire your brain for optimum mental performance! In this insightful guide, Emily Goleman hands you the blueprint to utilizing the principles of neuroplasticity to improve your cognitive abilities, heal your brain injuries and traumas, eliminate decades of depression, and get rid of bad habits without experiencing any negative side effects or having to spend a lot of money on therapy.

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.

If you have ever felt confused, blamed, or unsure of your own memory, you may have experienced gaslighting. This audiobook explains how narcissists and emotional manipulators use confusion, self-doubt, and trauma bonds to keep you attached. It also shows how strong and intelligent people can be pulled into toxic patterns without realizing it.

We are influenced by those who came before us and influencing those who come after. Everything in the universe is interconnected so are we. We inherit cultures and experiences. This is known as collective unconscious or memory in nature. It organizes itself in systems such as flock of birds, religions, countries, football teams and so on, but the most important system for human beings is the family. Family systems are responsible for how we live and how we thrive through natural laws called 'The Orders of Love".

Charlietta’s story begins in the chaos—raised amid addiction, instability, and the piercing silence of unmet needs. But this is not just a survival tale. It’s a reckoning, a curriculum, and a call to reimagine how trauma, resilience, and reform are taught.

Inner Child Healing Workbook Hurt to Whole isn’t just another self-help book. It’s a gentle, practical guide to breaking free from self-sabotage, healing old wounds, and stepping into a life that feels truly your own. You’ll be guided, step-by-step, through exercises that help you reconnect with your inner child, release buried emotions, and shift relationship patterns that no longer serve you. You’ll learn how to build self-worth, manage anxiety, express anger in healthy ways, and explore vulnerability without fear.