Addictions and Trauma Recovery - Healing the Body, Mind and Spirit

Informationen zum Autor Laurie Guidry, also a clinical psychologist, writer, and consultant in Massachusetts, has worked extensively in the area of trauma and addictions recovery. Dr. Guidry has lectured on the impact of trauma on the mind and body, and is a specialist in issues related to sexual victimization and perpetration. Klappentext This how-to manual introduces new ways of thinking about self-care, self-soothing, and self-expression. It provides a practical and empathic approach to the dysregulated mind-body experience of people with addictions who struggle with the impact of trauma. The recovery model described here may be used in conjunction with 12-step or other addiction treatment programs, as a supplement to trauma-focused psychotherapy, or as an independent model for healing. Each treatment component includes clearly articulated, illustrated explanations and interventions to be used collaboratively by professionals and consumers in groups or individual treatment. Handouts allow consumers to work on coping skills between sessionsDusty Miller's treatment model for addiction and self-injury, outlined in the best-selling Women Who Hurt Themselves, has been expanded in this new work to include the physical and spiritual impact of trauma.

Product details

• Authors: Laurie Guidry, Dusty Miller, Dusty Solomon
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2001
• EAN: 9780393703689
• ISBN: 978-0-393-70368-9
• Dimensions: 196 mm x 250 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Norton Professional Books (Pap; Norton Professional Books (Pap
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works