You Are Not Your Trauma: An ACT Guide for Healing from Within

by Robyn D. Walser, Darrah Westrup

It is a simple fact, and a powerful You are not your trauma. Noted psychologists Robyn D. Walser and Darrah Westrup have devoted their careers to helping people move beyond the pain of trauma and reclaim their lives. In this compassionate book, Drs. Walser and Westrup show how you can harness the proven tools of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on your own. Step by step, ACT helps you build safety and resilience. Learn new ways to confront feared feelings and sensations, detach from thoughts and self-beliefs that keep you stuck, and reconnect with a sense of meaning and purpose. The book is filled with exercises and guided practices (including audio tracks at the companion website) as well as stories of others on the recovery journey. The path to healing starts here.

Genres: Self Help

260 pages, Hardcover

Published August 13, 2025

Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I particularly enjoyed this book because it is primarily adressed to people strugling with trauma and it is build like a workbook, with valuable psychoeducational content, as well as exercises and inspiring quotes. The language is accesible to people that don't have studies in mental health disciplines. I also believe it is a great resource for therapists to use it as support for the psychotherapy process.

[Shane H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent self help resource. The ACT approach is revolutionary and practical. The authors are knowledgeable and compassionate; many interesting and helpful experiential exercises. I will be referring back to and practicing these exercises to increase psychological flexibility and connect with my values.