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The revolutionary trauma release process : transcend your toughest times / David Berceli.

By: Publication details: Vancouver : Namaste Pub., 2008.Description: xvi, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781897238400 (pbk.)
  • 1897238401 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.85/2106 22
LOC classification:
  • RC552.P67 B47 2008
Contents:
Foreword / Robert Scaer, MD -- Part I. Making Sense of Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma -- 1. Life Is Traumatic -- A Really Different Approach -- Align Yourself with What Is -- When Life Turns Up the Heat -- Trauma Is Individual in Nature -- A Shock to the System -- Learning to "Suck It Up" -- Stress and Family Life -- 2. Insight from Hurricane Katrina -- A Life Sentence? -- When a Professional Isn't Available -- A Window Opens -- 3. "Help Me Heal Myself" -- Clues from an Ancient People -- A Cry for Help -- Designed to Handle Trauma -- Beyond "Talking It Out" -- 4. When Life Doesn't Work Out the Way It's Supposed To -- Getting Inside Our Head -- How the Brain Processes Trauma -- Trauma Can Wreck Your Health -- How Illness Results from Trauma -- 5. How Our Instant-on Button Gets Stuck -- A Protective System Gone Awry -- Stuck in the Past -- Resurrecting the Past -- 6. Beyond the Therapist's Couch -- The Wisdom of the Body -- It Takes More Than Traditional Counseling -- Bringing the Body into the Picture -- Getting at the Muscles -- 7. How the Body Copes with Trauma -- Trembling with Fright -- Tremoring Is Good for Us -- If You Tremble Are You Out of Control? -- Holding It in -- Testing the Theory -- All Tensed Up -- 8. What Your Gut Instinct Is -- When Objectivity Is Impaired -- Three Musketeers -- 9. Drowning in Trauma -- Heart-wrenching Effects -- Far-reaching Consequences -- Vicarious Trauma -- Wearing Us Down -- 10. Am I Going Crazy? -- A Personal Experience -- Home from the Battlefront -- Clues to Trauma-induced Behavior -- Breaking the Silence -- The Women's Movement Opened Our Eyes -- 11. Resolving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Overwhelming Stress -- "My Body Is Racing at 1000 RPM" -- The Opium Sensation -- A One-Two Punch -- Why We Sometimes Freeze Up -- Identifying Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- 12. "Things Like That Don't Happen to Us" -- Flawed Assumptions -- Traumatized Children Become Traumatized Adults -- Reversing Generations of Neglect -- A Unique Band of People -- A Price We Can Afford -- 13. Trauma in the Workplace -- Trust Is Essential -- Encoded Not to Trust -- Signs of Trauma in the Workplace -- Mending Strained Relationships -- Fostering Corporate Longevity -- 14. Healing Our Division -- Reconnecting Alienated Parties -- "I Hated Everyone to the Point of Paranoia" -- How We Learn to Discriminate -- Stereotyping Is a Defense -- 15. "God No Longer Existed for Me" -- A Shattering Experience -- A Spiritual Awakening -- Our Spiritual Self -- Solitude-a Key to Reinventing Ourselves -- Forgiving Life for Its "Failings" -- Forgiveness May Not Come Easily -- "I Was More Terrified and Angry Than My Family" -- Take Responsibility for Your Wellbeing -- 16. Tough Times Can Make You Stronger -- Making Sense of Traumatic Times -- Mother Teresa Shines a Light -- Trauma As Our Teacher -- Trust in the Goodness of Life -- No Way But Forward -- 17. A Soldier Shows the Way -- "Even Death Was Better Than This Inner Numbness" -- "I Am Still Alive!" -- Sleepwalking Through Life -- 18. The Body and the Present Moment -- Tremors and the Body's History -- Spirituality Through the Body -- Tremors and the Body -- Tremors and Consciousness -- Tremors and Physics -- Part II. The Trauma Release Process (TRP) -- 19. The Trauma Release Process -- How Often? -- Your Tension Is Unique to You -- 20. The Exercises -- Appendix 1. Personnel Working in Trauma Environments -- Appendix 2. The Labyrinth of Negotiation and Mediation -- Appendix 3. A Vibrational Approach.
Summary: 'In addition to explaining how stress, anxiety, and trauma affect our mental wellbeing and physical health, The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process draws on the body's amazingly precise record of our histories to provide a simple yet powerful way to access and release our tension. By reestablishing our equilibrium, stabilizing our lives, and returning us to emotional health, it allows us to enjoy a vibrant state of being.' publishers description.
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Foreword / Robert Scaer, MD -- Part I. Making Sense of Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma -- 1. Life Is Traumatic -- A Really Different Approach -- Align Yourself with What Is -- When Life Turns Up the Heat -- Trauma Is Individual in Nature -- A Shock to the System -- Learning to "Suck It Up" -- Stress and Family Life -- 2. Insight from Hurricane Katrina -- A Life Sentence? -- When a Professional Isn't Available -- A Window Opens -- 3. "Help Me Heal Myself" -- Clues from an Ancient People -- A Cry for Help -- Designed to Handle Trauma -- Beyond "Talking It Out" -- 4. When Life Doesn't Work Out the Way It's Supposed To -- Getting Inside Our Head -- How the Brain Processes Trauma -- Trauma Can Wreck Your Health -- How Illness Results from Trauma -- 5. How Our Instant-on Button Gets Stuck -- A Protective System Gone Awry -- Stuck in the Past -- Resurrecting the Past -- 6. Beyond the Therapist's Couch -- The Wisdom of the Body -- It Takes More Than Traditional Counseling -- Bringing the Body into the Picture -- Getting at the Muscles -- 7. How the Body Copes with Trauma -- Trembling with Fright -- Tremoring Is Good for Us -- If You Tremble Are You Out of Control? -- Holding It in -- Testing the Theory -- All Tensed Up -- 8. What Your Gut Instinct Is -- When Objectivity Is Impaired -- Three Musketeers -- 9. Drowning in Trauma -- Heart-wrenching Effects -- Far-reaching Consequences -- Vicarious Trauma -- Wearing Us Down -- 10. Am I Going Crazy? -- A Personal Experience -- Home from the Battlefront -- Clues to Trauma-induced Behavior -- Breaking the Silence -- The Women's Movement Opened Our Eyes -- 11. Resolving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Overwhelming Stress -- "My Body Is Racing at 1000 RPM" -- The Opium Sensation -- A One-Two Punch -- Why We Sometimes Freeze Up -- Identifying Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- 12. "Things Like That Don't Happen to Us" -- Flawed Assumptions -- Traumatized Children Become Traumatized Adults -- Reversing Generations of Neglect -- A Unique Band of People -- A Price We Can Afford -- 13. Trauma in the Workplace -- Trust Is Essential -- Encoded Not to Trust -- Signs of Trauma in the Workplace -- Mending Strained Relationships -- Fostering Corporate Longevity -- 14. Healing Our Division -- Reconnecting Alienated Parties -- "I Hated Everyone to the Point of Paranoia" -- How We Learn to Discriminate -- Stereotyping Is a Defense -- 15. "God No Longer Existed for Me" -- A Shattering Experience -- A Spiritual Awakening -- Our Spiritual Self -- Solitude-a Key to Reinventing Ourselves -- Forgiving Life for Its "Failings" -- Forgiveness May Not Come Easily -- "I Was More Terrified and Angry Than My Family" -- Take Responsibility for Your Wellbeing -- 16. Tough Times Can Make You Stronger -- Making Sense of Traumatic Times -- Mother Teresa Shines a Light -- Trauma As Our Teacher -- Trust in the Goodness of Life -- No Way But Forward -- 17. A Soldier Shows the Way -- "Even Death Was Better Than This Inner Numbness" -- "I Am Still Alive!" -- Sleepwalking Through Life -- 18. The Body and the Present Moment -- Tremors and the Body's History -- Spirituality Through the Body -- Tremors and the Body -- Tremors and Consciousness -- Tremors and Physics -- Part II. The Trauma Release Process (TRP) -- 19. The Trauma Release Process -- How Often? -- Your Tension Is Unique to You -- 20. The Exercises -- Appendix 1. Personnel Working in Trauma Environments -- Appendix 2. The Labyrinth of Negotiation and Mediation -- Appendix 3. A Vibrational Approach.

'In addition to explaining how stress, anxiety, and trauma affect our mental wellbeing and physical health, The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process draws on the body's amazingly precise record of our histories to provide a simple yet powerful way to access and release our tension. By reestablishing our equilibrium, stabilizing our lives, and returning us to emotional health, it allows us to enjoy a vibrant state of being.' publishers description.