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Respark: Igniting hope and joy after trauma and depression
How can we respark joy and hope after despondency, numbness or trauma? Acclaimed psychotherapist and trauma expert, Graham Music, in his 6th book, distils decades of experience to deliver a roadmap for reigniting zest and passion in troubled adults and children.
In these testing times many feel unmotivated and have lost their mojo. Some are listless, retreating inwards after trauma or loneliness, some become addicted to screens or meaningless activities, and many have lost passion in the face of life's challenges .
Through fascinating tales from the consulting room and daily life, this book provides a ground-breaking model to regenerate hope. Music weaves together cutting-edge science, profound personal stories, therapeutic wisdom, and deep humanity. He outlines exactly how to understand and heal from a wide range of emotionally blunted states such as dissociation, depression, or helplessness.
Whether you are a therapist, a professional, a parent, or anyone looking to find personal inspiration, this book offers a captivating and hope-filled journey, showing how people can rediscover the vitality and desire to live richer lives.
In these testing times many feel unmotivated and have lost their mojo. Some are listless, retreating inwards after trauma or loneliness, some become addicted to screens or meaningless activities, and many have lost passion in the face of life's challenges .
Through fascinating tales from the consulting room and daily life, this book provides a ground-breaking model to regenerate hope. Music weaves together cutting-edge science, profound personal stories, therapeutic wisdom, and deep humanity. He outlines exactly how to understand and heal from a wide range of emotionally blunted states such as dissociation, depression, or helplessness.
Whether you are a therapist, a professional, a parent, or anyone looking to find personal inspiration, this book offers a captivating and hope-filled journey, showing how people can rediscover the vitality and desire to live richer lives.
176 pages, Paperback
Published January 20, 2022
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February 13, 2022Graham Music is one of my favourite writers in counselling, psychotherapy and mental health. Consistently engaging and accessible, he has a gift for integrating a wide range of research and theory, and distilling ideas, and bringing them to life.
Written during the coronavirus pandemic, Respark reflects on the collective impact of this time of collective fear and enforced social disconnection as an entry-point to thinking about the various ways our nervous systems are shaped and primed by experience with consequences for social and emotional functioning. The engaging central metaphor effectively illuminates the various and embodied impacts of trauma. Material from psychoanalysis, attachment and developmental theory and neuroscience perspectives is deftly brought to life through case studies and autobiographical anecdotes. But more than anything, the book is warm, human and hopeful. It invites us - both as practitioners and socially-interconnected human beings - to become nervous-system whisperers; attuning to unsparked, mis-sparked or desparked states to reset, rekindle and regulate for healthy, easeful zest and vitality in ourselves, our clients and our loved ones.
Written during the coronavirus pandemic, Respark reflects on the collective impact of this time of collective fear and enforced social disconnection as an entry-point to thinking about the various ways our nervous systems are shaped and primed by experience with consequences for social and emotional functioning. The engaging central metaphor effectively illuminates the various and embodied impacts of trauma. Material from psychoanalysis, attachment and developmental theory and neuroscience perspectives is deftly brought to life through case studies and autobiographical anecdotes. But more than anything, the book is warm, human and hopeful. It invites us - both as practitioners and socially-interconnected human beings - to become nervous-system whisperers; attuning to unsparked, mis-sparked or desparked states to reset, rekindle and regulate for healthy, easeful zest and vitality in ourselves, our clients and our loved ones.
February 27, 2022
We come to life through the eyes of another.
When that witnessing other is unwell, unavailable or traumatized or unable to attune to us due to some other factor, we either fail to spark into life or spark into behaviours like addiction or disembodied intellectualization that emerge from a profound disconnect with our deepest being.
Much of mental health care focused on eliminating symptoms rather than on reconnecting with our essence, and the potential for hope and joy that naturally flow from this process.
Deceptively simple, there is great depth in this book. This kind of simplicity can only be sourced from many years of dedicated, compassionate and open-minded clinical experience.
In this wonderful book, the author shares generously of his own experiences, from rich clinical material and through integrating multiple fields including trauma and attachment theory, developmental psychology, embodiment, psychoanalytic literature and more.
Chapters on 'spectrums and protective shells' and 'post-Covid-malaise' are highly informative.
If you are a clinician in any of the mental health care disciplines, or are curious about igniting or reigniting your spark, or the spark of someone close to you - whether you suffer from addiction or depression or simply a sense of something missing - I highly recommend you spend some time with Respark.
When that witnessing other is unwell, unavailable or traumatized or unable to attune to us due to some other factor, we either fail to spark into life or spark into behaviours like addiction or disembodied intellectualization that emerge from a profound disconnect with our deepest being.
Much of mental health care focused on eliminating symptoms rather than on reconnecting with our essence, and the potential for hope and joy that naturally flow from this process.
Deceptively simple, there is great depth in this book. This kind of simplicity can only be sourced from many years of dedicated, compassionate and open-minded clinical experience.
In this wonderful book, the author shares generously of his own experiences, from rich clinical material and through integrating multiple fields including trauma and attachment theory, developmental psychology, embodiment, psychoanalytic literature and more.
Chapters on 'spectrums and protective shells' and 'post-Covid-malaise' are highly informative.
If you are a clinician in any of the mental health care disciplines, or are curious about igniting or reigniting your spark, or the spark of someone close to you - whether you suffer from addiction or depression or simply a sense of something missing - I highly recommend you spend some time with Respark.
October 5, 2023
Add Spark into your life before 2023 ends!
Are you yearning to have that spark in life again?
Maybe you just need a road map to guide you along the way to making lasting changes in your life.
Inspired by lessons as a psychotherapist, Graham Music has written the insightful book Respark.
Using his therapy experience Graham Music explains that the spark we have leads us to a happy joyous life.
Many people have lost their spark and Graham walks you through the process to Respark your life.
Life is too short to not be enjoying it to the fullest!
Check out his book to add spark to your life before 2023 ends.
Are you yearning to have that spark in life again?
Maybe you just need a road map to guide you along the way to making lasting changes in your life.
Inspired by lessons as a psychotherapist, Graham Music has written the insightful book Respark.
Using his therapy experience Graham Music explains that the spark we have leads us to a happy joyous life.
Many people have lost their spark and Graham walks you through the process to Respark your life.
Life is too short to not be enjoying it to the fullest!
Check out his book to add spark to your life before 2023 ends.
September 25, 2023
As a fan of Psychology I really enjoyed this book. Graham really dives into his methods and processes he uses to help many different cases of trauma and many other mental health issues. It's fascinating to see the tailer made steps he makes for each individual to best receive the the care they need. this book is also helpful to use as a guide to work through your own traumas or depression and get back to a happy more enjoyable life.
January 17, 2025
I feel like I got a much better insight into a therapist's mind from reading this book. It was repetitive but delivered the message and ideas nicely. I was interested by the structure and and conversational delivery of what the author considers to be novel academic concepts. I was moved by the personal stories of the author and his patients. Very well researched and well referenced with some fascinating quotes and research.
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October 17, 2023This book shows how hopelessness can become a way of life and that it’s possible to bring the spirit back
September 4, 2022
I loved this book.
Graham brings into Respark all the uncertainty, hope and compassion of his clinical work with patients with deep seated difficulties. His joy in being able to support their progress in visible and infectious.
I have always appreciated the breadth of Graham's clinical interests and the way he is always on the look out for new approaches which might help his patients. His insights of the interactions between and and physical states were particularly striking.
This inspiring book is of interest to all those who work in the area of mental health.
Graham brings into Respark all the uncertainty, hope and compassion of his clinical work with patients with deep seated difficulties. His joy in being able to support their progress in visible and infectious.
I have always appreciated the breadth of Graham's clinical interests and the way he is always on the look out for new approaches which might help his patients. His insights of the interactions between and and physical states were particularly striking.
This inspiring book is of interest to all those who work in the area of mental health.
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