Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook , livre ebook

“Glenn Schiraldi is one of the world’s most trusted experts on stress and resilience. His The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook is the most complete, accessible, and evidence-based healing resource available. The ripples of childhood trauma spread throughout our society affecting every facet of life. Thanks to Schiraldi’s stellar work, there is a now a trusted map to recovery available for lay people and helping professionals alike. This workbook is a game changer with the power to heal lives. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”
—Joan Borysenko, PhD , distinguished pioneer in integrative medicine; and New York Times bestselling author of Minding the Body , Mending the Mind
“Glenn Schiraldi’s The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook shines a light on the realities of toxic childhood stress and the many roads to recovery and joy. The book is a masterful piece. It is about managing and emerging from the traumatic challenges of childhood, and the true genius of Schiraldi becomes quite apparent. Gems of guidance in a step-by-step program of recovery for survivors.”
—Charles R. Figley, PhD , director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute, Dr. Paul Henry Kurzweg chair and distinguished professor of disaster mental health at Tulane University, and founding editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress
“Childhood trauma can lead to a plethora of physical and mental health symptoms, which, if left unaddressed, can disrupt our ability to live satisfying lives or create loving relationships. However, there is hope, and Glenn Schiraldi’s workbook is an indispensable tool for trauma recovery. He has an exceptional ability to translate complex topics into accessible and tangible tools for healing. If you are looking for an exquisite blend of science and compassion, you have come to the right place. I highly recommend this book.”
—Arielle Schwartz, PhD , clinical psychologist, and author of The Complex PTSD Workbook and The Post - Traumatic Growth Guidebook
“A gifted teacher and author of numerous workbooks and sourcebooks on mental health and personal growth, Glenn Schiraldi has penned a culminating work of deep healing. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook seamlessly combines insights and exercises from three burgeoning fields: adverse childhood experiences, trauma therapy, and attachment. Both accessible and comprehensive, it is a resource for clinicians and a gift for all who live with emotional wounds.”
—Hugh K. Marr, PhD , clinical psychologist, author of A Clinician’s Guide to Foundational Story Psychotherapy , and coauthor of What Story Are You Living ?
“ The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook offers a much-needed treasure trove of meaningful trauma-healing strategies that are certain to further many along the road to resilience. Bravo!”
—Donna Jackson Nakazawa , award-winning science journalist, and author of Childhood Disrupted
“Glenn Schiraldi is offering real solutions and strategies for relief and healing that can truly help those of us who are most in need. He has taken important research and time-tested methods, and created user-friendly tools so that we can help ourselves recover from the effects of childhood trauma and negative experiences. This is more than a book: this is a source of guidance for how to experience the truth of the preciousness of your life—guidance we have been waiting for.”
—Cindy Browning, LCSW , eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) practitioner
“Bravo, Schiraldi! The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook carefully guides survivors through the process of understanding and healing from childhood wounds. It is carefully organized to maximize skills learning and practice, and to minimize potential overwhelm when confronting painful feelings and memories. After working through behavior generated from past experiences, the workbook also helps users apply these learnings to disturbing recent or current events. Designed for independent ‘self-help,’ some survivors may choose to use this comprehensive adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) recovery workbook in the context of a therapeutic relationship.”
—Esther Giller , president of the Sidran Institute
“As one who has treated trauma for many years, I have always thought that what happens in our childhood directly impacts our mental and physical health in the now. I recommend Glenn Schiraldi’s workbook to educate you about the impact of ACEs on your present well-being, and the many effective paths to heal those hidden wounds from earlier times that still affect you.”
—Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT , developer of accelerated resolution therapy (ART)
“An integrative approach to healing from traumatic stress that targets mind, brain, body, and soul, this workbook will be an important resource for many who struggle with the lasting imprints of adverse early experiences.”
—Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD , professor of psychiatry, Harris-Woodman Chair in Mind-Body Medicine, and director of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at the University of Western Ontario
“Glenn Schiraldi has provided a much-needed guide for those who have experienced childhood maltreatment in one form or another. He painstakingly discusses in easy-to-understand terms the psychological and medical consequences of early-life trauma, and outlines a series of interventions ranging from trauma-focused therapy to nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness/meditation. This will be helpful to patients, families, and students, as well as the broad spectrum of mental health professionals who deal with adult victims of childhood maltreatment daily.”
—Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD , Matthew P. Nemeroff Endowed Chair in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences, and director of the Institute for Early Life Adversity Research at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
“Drawing on his own rich and diverse background and inspired by a variety of treatment approaches, Glenn Schiraldi has gifted the world a workbook that is destined to be an essential resource for those who have experienced ACEs, which includes nearly everyone. This engaging, accessible volume is filled with diverse, creative exercises that guide the reader to safely revisit and heal the effects of the past on brain and body—all the while imparting hope and confidence that dreams of a future that is free of the constraints of the past can become a lived reality.”
—Pat Ogden, PhD , developer of sensorimotor psychotherapy, author of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy , and coauthor of Trauma and the Body


Publisher’s Note
This publication is designed to provide helpful information on the subject addressed. It is not intended to substitute for needed professional help. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Unless full names are given, names in the cases herein are changed or reflect composites.
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Copyright © 2021 by Glenn R. Schiraldi
New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
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Image of father napping with daughter is reprinted with permission of Megan Warren, Starry Night Art Studio, Fullerton, CA. © 2018 Megan Warren.
Image of mother smiling at child is © Photographer / Stockfresh. Used with permission
“Loving the Body Meditation” from Guilt is the Teacher, Love is the Lesson by Joan Borysenko PhD., copyright ©1990. Reprinted by permission of Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
“Life’s Accomplishments and Internal Resources Exercise” reprinted with permission of James D. Fouts. © 1990.
Cover design by Amy Shoup; Acquired by Tesilya Hanauer; Edited by Karen Levy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schiraldi, Glenn R., 1947- author.
Title: The adverse childhood experiences recovery workbook : heal the hidden wounds from childhood affecting your adult mental and physical health / Glenn Schiraldi.
Description: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020022399 (print) | LCCN 2020022400 (ebook) | ISBN 9781684036646 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781684036653 (pdf) | ISBN 9781684036660 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Adult child abuse victims--Rehabilitation--Problems, exercises, etc. | Psychic trauma--Treatment--Problems, exercises, etc.
Classification: LCC RC569.5.C55 S37 2020 (print) | LCC RC569.5.C55 (ebook) | DDC 616.85/822390651--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022399
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022400
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.
—Jalaluddin Rumi


Contents
Introduction
Part I: About Adverse Childhood Experiences
Chapter 1: Toxic Stress and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Chapter 2: How ACEs Harm the Body: The Mechanisms
Chapter 3: How ACEs Shape Psychology
Part II: Solutions
About Healing
Chapter 4: The Promise of Healing
Self-Care
Chapter 5: Regulate Stress Arousal
Chapter 6: Regulate Strong Emotions
Chapter 7: Take Care of Your Brain
Strengthening and Stabilizing the Nervous System with Imagery
Chapter 8: Attachment Imagery
Chapter 9: Self-Nurturing Imagery
Chapter 10: Exploring I