NCJ Number
182736
Date Published
1999
Length
373 pages
Annotation
This workbook is intended to help survivors of trauma rebuild their lives.
Abstract
The book contains comforting activities, relaxation techniques and self-evaluation questionnaires. It describes how to develop inner resources for coping, self-understanding and self-care. It also explains how an individual can reclaim a basic sense of safety, self-worth and control; enhance the capacity to trust and be close to others; protect against overwhelming memories; and heal from trauma-related reactions that may be disturbing day-to-day life. The book is divided into a prologue, eight chapters and an epilogue: (1) Prologue: Before You Begin (how the workbook can help, how it is organized and how to use it); (2) After Trauma: Why You Feel Thrown for a Loop; (3) Ways of Coping After the Trauma; (4) Thinking Things Through; (5) Feeling Safe, Being Safe; (6) What Does It Mean To Trust? (7) Regaining Control in Your Life; (8) Valuing Yourself and Others; (9) Feeling Close to Others; and (10) Epilogue: Healing for the Long Term. Tables, appendixes, index