Body Remembers : Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment

Rothschild, a psychotherapist and trauma therapist, teacher, and trainer, continues her discussion in The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment to improve and expand on trauma treatment options, covering theory, principles, and their application in practice. She challenges the idea that clients with posttraumatic stress disorder must revisit and process their memories to recover from their traumas and details expanded methods for healing, then discusses the autonomous nervous system and its regulation, sensory stabilization, trauma treatment planning, and tools and interventions for stabilizing and healing trauma, utilizing good memories, making the processing of trauma memories easier and safer, and using mindfulness, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and yoga. She includes applications of body awareness, body memory, and body resources as adjuncts to trauma treatment. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)