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Unbroken : The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong : And Other Things You Need To Know To Take Back Your Life
Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
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Unbroken : The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong : And Other Things You Need To Know To Take Back Your Life
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For centuries, we've been taught that being traumatized means we are somehow broken--and that trauma only happens to people who are too fragile or flawed to deal with hardship. But as a researcher, teacher, and survivor, Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald has learned that the only thing broken is our society's understanding of trauma. "The body's trauma response is designed to save our lives--and it does," she says. "It's not a sign of weakness, but of our function, strength, and amazing resilience."
With Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong, Dr. McDonald overturns the misconceptions about trauma with the latest evidence from neuroscience and psychology--and shares tested practices and tools to help you work with your body's coping mechanisms to accelerate healing.
Here, you'll explore:
* What is trauma? The latest science that undoes the stigmas of shame, blame, and humiliation
* Moral injury--having our basic sense of how the world should work overturned
* The truth about triggers--what they really are and how they can guide the healing journey
* Traumatic patterns--new findings to help break free from recurring habits and toxic dynamics
* Why we can always rewrite our inner narratives, no matter how much time has passed
* Finding a "relational home" for trauma--how we can help each other return to wholeness
MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD, is a research professor and life coach who has been researching, lecturing, and publishing on the neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience of trauma since beginning her PhD in 2009.
Pages : 192
Publisher : St Martin's Press
Publication date : 2023-03-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Psychology, Behavioural Theory (Behaviourism)