Developmental trauma is the result of early relational experiences that include birth trauma, attachment trauma, separation trauma, being unwanted, and a host of intergenerational patterns. Developmental trauma is an increasingly important area in the field of traumatology, one that has been validated and supported by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) research findings. They showed that early childhood trauma has a pervasive impact on long-term mental and physical health Developmental trauma is distinctly different from PTSD, which is caused by event trauma later in life. People remember event trauma, but usually have little recall of developmental trauma. It typically appears later in life in intimate relationships, and is a major cause of recycling conflicts during adulthood. Developmental trauma has deep and long-lasting effect on child development and causes chronic and degenerative diseases in adulthood, as shown by the ACEs research findings. Because it occurs in close relationships, it must also be healed in a relational context. This book describes how the growing emphasis on developmental trauma has become a game-changer in the mental health profession, challenging old beliefs about its relevance and impact on physical and mental health. It also describes how it can be a catalyst for personal transformation and meaning-making of adversity in childhood.

Developmental Trauma: The Game Changer in the Mental Health Profession

Education & Teaching

Weinhold PhD, Barry K.

Weinhold PhD, Janae B.

Schools & Teaching

CICRCL Press

LOVEvolution: A Heartful Approach for Healing Developmental Trauma, presents an integrative, three-part approach for identifying and healing Developmental Trauma. In this book, Janae presents a scientific framework that correlates the mother-child attachment system with the immune system, and shows attachment trauma as the primary cause of chronic and degenerative diseases later in life. The heart, which is at the core of this Mind|Body system, is damaged by attachment and separation trauma, making it difficult to create and sustain intimacy in adulthood. Most books about attachment, developmental trauma, addictions, abuse, family systems therapy, and similar mental health topics—particularly those seeking to make a contribution to this large field—are written from an objective, scientific “outside-in” perspective that is anchored in quantitative research done by other people. This academic and quantitative approach makes the content of a book professionally “legitimate,” but also tends to make it dry, impersonal, and not very alive. It is often very difficult to relate to the author as either a professional or real person in this type of book. This allows her to place its content in a phenomenological framework that is anchored in a qualitative, heuristic research model. Her focus in this book is on using embodied, experiential meanings that emerge out of her personal experiences as she has lived them. This book is, therefore, more personal and also more relational in a larger sense of the word. Not only does she focus on the significant role that her parents, partners, children, and family relationships played in her early development but she also writes in a more relational style. She connects herself to the topics through her own experiences to bring the material to life.

LOVEvolution:: A Heart Centered Approach for Healing Developmental Trauma

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Betrayal and the Path of the Heart provides a framework for using betrayals to open your heart, to better understand yourself and others, and for expanding your consciousness. Our own experiences of coping with betrayal, both in our own lives and in those of our many clients, helped us discover a unique approach for using betrayals as a growth experience. It's important to understand the underlying causes of betrayal experiences in order to avoid repeating them. Otherwise you're likely to make choices that cause you to re-experience betrayal's painful suffering. Most people unconsciously react to betrayal with revenge against their betrayers, or they become hypervigilant in their intimate relationships to make sure they don't get hurt again. This book offers new ways to understand the causes of betrayals. Perhaps you ignored the early warning signs for what seemed to be really good reasons-you trusted too much, or believed the person saw the world or your relationships the way you did. The outcome is that you become less trusting of yourself and your ability to find dependable people. This book takes you deeper into the understanding of betrayal, helps you make better choices when you experience them, and increases your awareness about their underlying causes. It identifies how distorted views of those closest to help create betrayals. Once you are free from these distortions, you are less likely to fall prey to betrayals again.

Betrayal and the Path of the Heart

Self-Help

Relationships

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