Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women's Workbook

Trauma can turn your world upside down; afterward nothing may look safe or familiar. And if you are a woman studies show that you are twice as likely than your male counterparts to suffer from the effects of a traumatic event sometime during your life. Whether the trauma is physical sexual or emotional these events can overwhelm you destroying your sense of being in control and altering your attachments to others. If left unaddressed the resulting psychological trauma can lead you to a wide range of destructive symptoms like anxiety depression substance abuse phobias personality disorders flashbacks emotional numbing and nightmares. This book offers proven-effective step-by-step exercises you can use to work through and minimize the consequences of a traumatic event.

Paperback: 408 pages

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (August 1 2000)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1572241993

ISBN-13: 978-1572241992

Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1 x 11 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds