The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook - by Arielle Schwartz (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Traumatic life experiences can be devastating and they inevitably shape who you are. Such events can also become a powerful force that awakens you to an undercurrent of your own aliveness. Trauma recovery involves learning to trust in your capacity for new growth. In order to grow, we must make use of our suffering in order to find our happiness.

Within these pages, you will find an invitation to see yourself as the hero or heroine of your own life journey. A hero's journey involves walking into the darkness on a quest for wholeness. This interactive format calls for journaling and self-reflection, with practices that guide you beyond the pain of your past and help you discover a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Successful navigation of a hero's journey provides opportunities to discover that you are more powerful than you had previously realized.

Written by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, bestselling author of The Complex PTSD Workbook, this healing guide provides a step-by-step approach to trauma recovery that integrates:

- Mindfulness & yoga

- Somatic psychology

- EMDR therapy

- Parts work therapy

- Relational therapy

Review Quotes

An extraordinary guide through the non-linear process of trauma recovery, written with the wisdom of a deep, compassionate, skillful Teacher and Therapist. This is a book to be savored and worked with slowly, in sections over time, alone or explored in therapy. For those just beginning, the first two Chapters are a remarkably gentle introduction to the terrain of trauma and healing, of therapy and resilience. The mid-section explores the 'heavy lifting' of trauma work, best supported by a secure therapeutic relationship. The final two chapters weave together the extraordinary gifts of transformation inviting us to explore the deepest meaning-making that is so often the 'silver lining' of recovery. I recommend this book wholeheartedly to laypersons, clients, and Clinicians - both seasoned and emerging. A gift for all of us.--Carol Anna McBride The Trauma Project

In The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, Dr. Arielle Schwartz presents her vast knowledge and understanding of neuroscience in a user-friendly way. Appropriate for clinicians and survivors of trauma alike, the skills and insights presented in this volume will help to transform lives. Wherever you are at in your healing journey, I highly suggest that you add it to your library. --Jamie Marich, PhD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT

The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook by Dr. Arielle Schwartz is by no exaggeration a comprehensive guide to life. For the curious, it is written in an easy to understand manner with real life examples. For the studied professional, it contains insights beyond practical learning and into compassion for individuals. This book is not an overnight read. It could easily be a lifelong guide, to be studied in pieces when a person is ready, and returned to for further study and reflection for decades. The volume of wisdom and knowledge in this book is just incredible. For individual study, I would recommend purchasing several blank journals for reflection. Through this book, you will be guided to grow, guided past and through obstacles that are currently visible or invisible, and guided to live life to your fullest potential. --Doe Zantamata, author of Improve your Life in 80 Days

About the Author

Arielle Schwartz, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, EMDR Therapy consultant, certified yoga instructor, and writer with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She is a specialist in mind-body approaches to healing trauma. She is a trainer for therapists and specializes in PTSD, Complex PTSD, Therapeutic Yoga for trauma, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth, . She believes that all people deserve to be empowered by knowledge and is dedicated to offering informational mental health and wellness updates through her heartfelt community presentations, social media presence, and blog. Her psychotherapy practice is called resilience informed therapy which offers an integrative, strength-based approach to trauma treatment.