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Reclaiming Life after Trauma: Healing PTSD with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Yoga
Integrative tools for healing the traumatized mind and body
• Combines cutting-edge Western cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and ancient Eastern wisdom to heal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Teaches Kundalini yoga practices specifically designed to reset parts of the brain and body affected by PTSD
• Presents a fast-acting, holistic, evidence-based, and drug-free program for eliminating PTSD symptoms and restoring health, vitality, and joy
Trauma, the Greek word for “wound,” is the most common form of suffering in the world today. An inescapable part of living, the bad things that happen to us always leave aftereffects in both body and mind. While many people experience these aftereffects and move on, millions of others develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)--a painful, chronic, and debilitating barrier to happiness.
Reclaiming Life after Trauma addresses both the physical and psychological expressions of PTSD, presenting an integrative, fast-acting, evidence-based, and drug-free path to recovery. Authors Daniel Mintie, LCSW, and Julie K. Staples, Ph.D., begin with an overview of PTSD and the ways in which it changes our bodies and minds. They present research findings on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and yoga, giving the reader insights into how these powerful modalities can counteract and reverse the physical and mental aftereffects of trauma.
The authors provide a suite of simple, powerful, and easily learned tools readers can put to immediate use to reset their traumatized bodies and minds. On the physical side, they teach four Kundalini yoga techniques that address the hypervigilance, flashbacks, and insomnia characteristic of PTSD. On the psychological side, they present 25 powerful CBT tools that target the self-defeating beliefs, negative emotions, and self-sabotaging behaviors that accompany the disorder.
Drawing on many years of clinical work and their experience administering the successful Integrative Trauma Recovery Program, the authors help readers understand PTSD as a mind-body disorder from which we can use our own minds and bodies to recover. Woven throughout the book are inspiring real-life accounts of PTSD recoveries showing how men and women of all ages have used these tools to reclaim their vitality, physical health, peace, and joy.
• Combines cutting-edge Western cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and ancient Eastern wisdom to heal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Teaches Kundalini yoga practices specifically designed to reset parts of the brain and body affected by PTSD
• Presents a fast-acting, holistic, evidence-based, and drug-free program for eliminating PTSD symptoms and restoring health, vitality, and joy
Trauma, the Greek word for “wound,” is the most common form of suffering in the world today. An inescapable part of living, the bad things that happen to us always leave aftereffects in both body and mind. While many people experience these aftereffects and move on, millions of others develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)--a painful, chronic, and debilitating barrier to happiness.
Reclaiming Life after Trauma addresses both the physical and psychological expressions of PTSD, presenting an integrative, fast-acting, evidence-based, and drug-free path to recovery. Authors Daniel Mintie, LCSW, and Julie K. Staples, Ph.D., begin with an overview of PTSD and the ways in which it changes our bodies and minds. They present research findings on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and yoga, giving the reader insights into how these powerful modalities can counteract and reverse the physical and mental aftereffects of trauma.
The authors provide a suite of simple, powerful, and easily learned tools readers can put to immediate use to reset their traumatized bodies and minds. On the physical side, they teach four Kundalini yoga techniques that address the hypervigilance, flashbacks, and insomnia characteristic of PTSD. On the psychological side, they present 25 powerful CBT tools that target the self-defeating beliefs, negative emotions, and self-sabotaging behaviors that accompany the disorder.
Drawing on many years of clinical work and their experience administering the successful Integrative Trauma Recovery Program, the authors help readers understand PTSD as a mind-body disorder from which we can use our own minds and bodies to recover. Woven throughout the book are inspiring real-life accounts of PTSD recoveries showing how men and women of all ages have used these tools to reclaim their vitality, physical health, peace, and joy.
192 pages, Paperback
Published June 12, 2018
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I'm Daniel Mintie, a cognitive-behavioral therapist, teacher and writer based in Taos, New Mexico USA.
As I myself experience the personal and professional challenges my patients and students bring to me, I regularly utilize many CBT tools in my own life. Over the years I’ve grown ever-more grateful for CBT’s powerful presence in my life and in the lives of countless patients, colleagues and students. I'm very excited about a recent new direction in my work: teaching basic CBT to laypeople worldwide who want to share these tools in their own communities.
I’ve written three books, including "My Tropic Of Cancer: Living & Dying With A Dread Disease" forthcoming from Livingwell Publishing in January 2021. I have taught cognitive-behavioral therapy at universities and training centers worldwide, including Georgetown University in Washington, DC; the University of New Mexico; the Feeling Good Institute in Mountain View, California; the National Institute For Mental Health And Neuroscience in Bangalore, India; Mexico City’s Universidad Hebraica; and the Zentrum fur Psychotherapie in Stuttgart, Germany.
I'm Daniel Mintie, a cognitive-behavioral therapist, teacher and writer based in Taos, New Mexico USA.
As I myself experience the personal and professional challenges my patients and students bring to me, I regularly utilize many CBT tools in my own life. Over the years I’ve grown ever-more grateful for CBT’s powerful presence in my life and in the lives of countless patients, colleagues and students. I'm very excited about a recent new direction in my work: teaching basic CBT to laypeople worldwide who want to share these tools in their own communities.
I’ve written three books, including "My Tropic Of Cancer: Living & Dying With A Dread Disease" forthcoming from Livingwell Publishing in January 2021. I have taught cognitive-behavioral therapy at universities and training centers worldwide, including Georgetown University in Washington, DC; the University of New Mexico; the Feeling Good Institute in Mountain View, California; the National Institute For Mental Health And Neuroscience in Bangalore, India; Mexico City’s Universidad Hebraica; and the Zentrum fur Psychotherapie in Stuttgart, Germany.
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June 6, 2018
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An innovative way to combat the PTSD by applying a combination of CBT and Yoga. This is a perfect companion for people with PTSD, family members and therapists.
An innovative way to combat the PTSD by applying a combination of CBT and Yoga. This is a perfect companion for people with PTSD, family members and therapists.
May 7, 2018
The book introduces you first to the stigmas and current thoughts on PTSD and what it is derived from. It also goes over the structures of the brain and which portions are affected by PTSD.
There are exercises or as the book calls them "experiments" in relaxation techniques to assist with the symptoms of PTSD. The author presents the book almost like a workbook.
The exercises use cognitive therapy which is the cutting edge in psychology right now. This book is extremely helpful for anyone who suffers from PTSD, panic attacks or anxiety attacks. I would highly recommend this book!
There are exercises or as the book calls them "experiments" in relaxation techniques to assist with the symptoms of PTSD. The author presents the book almost like a workbook.
The exercises use cognitive therapy which is the cutting edge in psychology right now. This book is extremely helpful for anyone who suffers from PTSD, panic attacks or anxiety attacks. I would highly recommend this book!
March 12, 2018
A very necessary book. I myself have PTSD issues I deal with and have found CBT to be a significant help. I am very interested in trying the kundalini yoga techniques outlined here. I find it helpful to do the exercises with another person but everyone is of course different. Thoughtful and well-written.
My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
August 8, 2018
Excellently researched and PTSD symtoms well explained ...but mostly ..includes practical meditative tools for recovery and video explanation..Highly suggested if your trauma keep you in the past and in pain...
July 1, 2018
Thank you Healing Arts Press and Netgalley for an ARC of this book in return for my honest review.
This is a great book for giving an understandable explanation of my PTSD affects sufferers, the brain areas affected and the way thinking becomes distorted in the process. The book contains great diagrams, graphs and usable exercises as well as giving examples of people’s experiences of PTSD.
I was interested in understanding more about CBT and this book gave me an easy to read understanding as well as giving a complimentary understanding of yoga, particularly kundalini yoga basics in the process.
I would Recommend this book to anyone wishing to have a better understanding of PTSD, but also anyone hoping to have a better understanding of their stress responses and having access to useful tools to reduce stress in their life.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this helpful, interesting book.
This is a great book for giving an understandable explanation of my PTSD affects sufferers, the brain areas affected and the way thinking becomes distorted in the process. The book contains great diagrams, graphs and usable exercises as well as giving examples of people’s experiences of PTSD.
I was interested in understanding more about CBT and this book gave me an easy to read understanding as well as giving a complimentary understanding of yoga, particularly kundalini yoga basics in the process.
I would Recommend this book to anyone wishing to have a better understanding of PTSD, but also anyone hoping to have a better understanding of their stress responses and having access to useful tools to reduce stress in their life.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this helpful, interesting book.
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