Healing in Your Hands - by Kate Truitt (Paperback)

About the Book

The power to heal the wounds of your past, create your present, and build your future is in your own hands. Written by Dr. Kate Truitt, a psychologist, neuroscientist, and trauma expert, Healing in Your Hands is the first book of its kind to integrate the neuroscience of trauma with cutting-edge research on self-havening - a groundbreaking technique that draws on the power of mindful touch to heal even the most profound traumatic stress. It weaves together powerful client stories, insights from the field of neuroscience, and personalized havening practices to create a complete self-healing program that anyone can use. - With the simple and effective tools in this book, you will learn how to: - Draw upon your brain's amazing ability to heal itself - Build a trusting relationship with your mind and body - Soothe your nervous system in moments of reactivity - Create feelings of safety, agency, and personal empowerment ... all with the palms of your own hands.

Book Synopsis

The power to heal the wounds of your past, create your present, and build your future is in your own hands.

Written by Dr. Kate Truitt, a psychologist, neuroscientist, and trauma expert, Healing in Your Hands is the first book of its kind to integrate the neuroscience of trauma with cutting-edge research on self-havening--a groundbreaking technique that draws on the power of mindful touch to heal even the most profound traumatic stress. It weaves together powerful client stories, insights from the field of neuroscience, and personalized havening practices to create a complete self-healing program that anyone can use.

With the simple and effective tools in this book, you will learn how to:

• Draw upon your brain's amazing ability to heal itself
• Build a trusting relationship with your mind and body
• Soothe your nervous system in moments of reactivity
• Create feelings of safety, agency, and personal empowerment

...all with the palms of your own hands.

Review Quotes

"Ever wish you could have a therapist always on hand? Using the latest discoveries in neuroscience, Dr. Truitt has produced a guide for emotional self-care. Her approach uses the healing power of touch to rewire the brain to allow the best of you to shine. Ready when you are!"
--Ronald Ruden, MD, PhD, creator of the Havening Techniques

"Finally--a clear, comprehensive, easy-to-read resource on regulating and caring for your brain! Focusing on an innovative psychosensory modality called self-havening, Dr. Truitt teaches us how to relax the brain, generate a sense of internal safety, and create new neural pathways to build resilience and emotion regulation, enabling you to be in the 'driver's seat' of your own brain. Dr. Truitt uses her personal experiences, as well as those of her clients, to illuminate common struggles--including procrastination, relationship difficulties, parenting, and burnout--and their (astonishing) resolution using these approaches. She takes the mystery and confusion out of mind-body interactions, addressing complex theories in a straightforward way so readers will immediately be able to use her strategies to enhance their well-being and mental health. Healing in Your Hands is an essential, remarkable book. It offers an unequivocally hopeful approach to struggle and suffering--a blueprint for us to build a future based on resilience, purpose, and connection. In the tradition of The Body Keeps the Score, it is destined to be a bestseller."
--Holly K. Shaw, PhD, RN, professor at Long Island University and the University of Minnesota, director of the Center for Nursing Leadership and Engagement at the United Nations, and president of the US board of directors of the Akshar Foundation

"While exploring a groundbreaking paradigm, the 'psychosensory techniques, ' Dr. Truitt's engaging storytelling makes learning neuroscience accessible to all. Her client narratives give the reader a connection to the real world and an actionable way forward. This beautifully crafted guide is the toolkit of tomorrow, here today, ready to use."
--Steven J. Ruden, DDS, co-founder and developer of the Havening Techniques

About the Author

Kate Truitt, PhD, MBA, is a licensed clinical psychologist, applied neuroscientist, and internationally recognized expert in the neuroscience of trauma, stress, and resilience. She is honored to be one of the developers of the Havening Techniques. Dr. Kate resides in Los Angeles, CA, and has dedicated her life to empowering healing and wellness through the integration of neuroscience into clinical care and self-healing practices.