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Healing Your Traumatized Child: A Parent's Guide to Children's Natural Recovery Processes
Healing Your Traumatized Child explains how children (from birth to age twelve) can recover from traumatic experiences with their own parents acting as guides through the healing process. From bee stings and broken bones to wildfires and school shootings, most children experience some type of trauma while growing up. Luckily, children are born with the ability to recover from trauma, but they need help in order to do so. With the information in this book, parents will learn to identify their children's symptoms of trauma and facilitate their children’s innate healing mechanisms.
Beginning with background information about pioneers in childhood trauma and ending with two chapters of powerful and inspiring true case histories, this book clearly explains the impact of trauma on children as well as the basic principles of healing. Parents will gain many practical skills to help their children recover, including surprisingly simple play-based activities
An additional benefit of this approach is that it helps solve behavior problems. Many of children’s difficult behaviors are indications of unhealed trauma. Parents will learn to interpret the underlying reasons for these behaviors and find solutions without using punishments or rewards. The author also explains how children’s developmental stages affect their reaction to traumatic events and which techniques are most effective at each age.
Based on studies in the neurobiology of trauma, cognitive neuroscience, child development, and psychotherapy, this is a well-researched book with over 100 scientific references. The charts scattered throughout the text provide handy summaries of major points. An additional feature is a useful glossary of terms.
Beginning with background information about pioneers in childhood trauma and ending with two chapters of powerful and inspiring true case histories, this book clearly explains the impact of trauma on children as well as the basic principles of healing. Parents will gain many practical skills to help their children recover, including surprisingly simple play-based activities
An additional benefit of this approach is that it helps solve behavior problems. Many of children’s difficult behaviors are indications of unhealed trauma. Parents will learn to interpret the underlying reasons for these behaviors and find solutions without using punishments or rewards. The author also explains how children’s developmental stages affect their reaction to traumatic events and which techniques are most effective at each age.
Based on studies in the neurobiology of trauma, cognitive neuroscience, child development, and psychotherapy, this is a well-researched book with over 100 scientific references. The charts scattered throughout the text provide handy summaries of major points. An additional feature is a useful glossary of terms.
- GenresParentingNonfiction
168 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2022
44 people want to read
About the author
Aletha J. Solter
16 books80 followersAletha Solter, Ph.D. is a Swiss/American developmental psychologist, parenting consultant, and director of the Aware Parenting Institute. She holds a Master's degree in human biology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland (where she studied with Dr. Jean Piaget), and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
When Aletha's first child was born in 1977 (following a traumatic birth) she did not find any parenting books that advocated attachment-style parenting and non-punitive discipline while taking into account the impact of stress and trauma on children's development.
The first book she wrote, The Aware Baby (revised in 2001), is the one that she would have found helpful as a new mother. The Aware Baby has been translated into many languages and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Her six other books have also been translated into many languages. All of her books are based on scientific research.
Aletha has led workshops for parents and professionals in 18 countries and is recognized internationally as an expert on attachment, trauma, and non-punitive discipline. She has appeared on TV in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and Asia. She lives in Southern California and is the mother of two grown children. She is also a proud grandmother.
She founded the Aware Parenting Institute in 1990 to help spread this approach around the world. There are now certified Aware Parenting instructors in 27 countries. For more information, please visit the Aware Parenting Institute website at www.awareparenting.com. You can also find us on Facebook.
When Aletha's first child was born in 1977 (following a traumatic birth) she did not find any parenting books that advocated attachment-style parenting and non-punitive discipline while taking into account the impact of stress and trauma on children's development.
The first book she wrote, The Aware Baby (revised in 2001), is the one that she would have found helpful as a new mother. The Aware Baby has been translated into many languages and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Her six other books have also been translated into many languages. All of her books are based on scientific research.
Aletha has led workshops for parents and professionals in 18 countries and is recognized internationally as an expert on attachment, trauma, and non-punitive discipline. She has appeared on TV in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and Asia. She lives in Southern California and is the mother of two grown children. She is also a proud grandmother.
She founded the Aware Parenting Institute in 1990 to help spread this approach around the world. There are now certified Aware Parenting instructors in 27 countries. For more information, please visit the Aware Parenting Institute website at www.awareparenting.com. You can also find us on Facebook.
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August 25, 2022
Full disclosure: I am the author's daughter and I helped edit this book.
An essential book that covers the neurobiology of how trauma happens and how healing occurs, many practical suggestions for supporting the healing process in children, and real-life anecdotes of this approach being used. Highly recommended!
An essential book that covers the neurobiology of how trauma happens and how healing occurs, many practical suggestions for supporting the healing process in children, and real-life anecdotes of this approach being used. Highly recommended!
September 14, 2023
Eğer daha önce Aletha Solter’in bir kitabını okuduysanız ve travmaya dair temel bilgileriniz varsa bu kitap size ekstra bir şey katmayabilir. Yazarın özellikle Bilinçli Bebek veya Oyun Oynama Sanatı kitaplarını önerebilirim. Onun dışında, kitabın en büyük artısı vaka örnekleri oldu- o noktada da çocuğu travmatize etmeden travmayı yeniden ziyaret edebilmenin dengesini iyi kurmak gerektiğinin yeterince vurgulandığını düşünsem de gerçek hayatta aynı travmatik olaydan etkilenmiş bir ebeveynin o dengeyi koruması her zaman kolay olmayabilir.
February 8, 2024
My child went through a medical intervention at a young age and I found the experience we've been through almost exactly in the pages of the book. I like the analogies and the writing style. It can reveal some things you never thought that can be related.
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