Reclaiming Life after Trauma: Healing PTSD with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Yoga
Written by Daniel Mintie and Julie K. Staples
Narrated by Daniel Mintie
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About this audiobook
• Combines cutting-edge Western cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and ancient Eastern wisdom to heal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Teaches Kundalini yoga practices specifically designed to reset parts of the brain and body affected by PTSD
• Presents a fast-acting, holistic, evidence-based, and drug-free program for eliminating PTSD symptoms and restoring health, vitality, and joy
Trauma, the Greek word for “wound,” is the most common form of suffering in the world today. An inescapable part of living, the bad things that happen to us always leave aftereffects in both body and mind. While many people experience these aftereffects and move on, millions of others develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)--a painful, chronic, and debilitating barrier to happiness.
Reclaiming Life after Trauma addresses both the physical and psychological expressions of PTSD, presenting an integrative, fast-acting, evidence-based, and drug-free path to recovery. Authors Daniel Mintie, LCSW, and Julie K. Staples, Ph.D., begin with an overview of PTSD and the ways in which it changes our bodies and minds. They present research findings on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and yoga, giving the reader insights into how these powerful modalities can counteract and reverse the physical and mental aftereffects of trauma.
The authors provide a suite of simple, powerful, and easily learned tools readers can put to immediate use to reset their traumatized bodies and minds. On the physical side, they teach four Kundalini yoga techniques that address the hypervigilance, flashbacks, and insomnia characteristic of PTSD. On the psychological side, they present 25 powerful CBT tools that target the self-defeating beliefs, negative emotions, and self-sabotaging behaviors that accompany the disorder.
Drawing on many years of clinical work and their experience administering the successful Integrative Trauma Recovery Program, the authors help readers understand PTSD as a mind-body disorder from which we can use our own minds and bodies to recover. Woven throughout the book are inspiring real-life accounts of PTSD recoveries showing how men and women of all ages have used these tools to reclaim their vitality, physical health, peace, and joy.
Daniel Mintie
Daniel Mintie, LCSW, is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University's School of Medicine and a cognitive-behavioral therapist, teacher and writer with 30 years experience in the field of integrative wellness. He hosts the weekly interactive webinar All Things CBT. Daniel has taught CBT at universities and training centers worldwide. He is the author of My Tropic of Cancer and Dharma Wheels and coauthor of Reclaiming Life after Trauma. Daniel lives and has a clinical practice in Taos, New Mexico.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book introduces you first to the stigmas and current thoughts on PTSD and what it is derived from. It also goes over the structures of the brain and which portions are affected by PTSD. There are exercises or as the book calls them "experiments" in relaxation techniques to assist with the symptoms of PTSD. The author presents the book almost like a workbook.The exercises use cognitive therapy which is the cutting edge in psychology right now. This book is extremely helpful for anyone who suffers from PTSD, panic attacks or anxiety attacks. I would highly recommend this book!