The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook by Arielle Schwartz

The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook by Arielle Schwartz

Traumatic life experiences can be devastating and they inevitably shape who you are. Such events can also become a powerful force that awakens you to an undercurrent of your own aliveness. Trauma recovery involves learning to trust in your capacity for new growth. In order to grow, we must make use of our suffering in order to find our happiness.

Within these pages, you will find an invitation to see yourself as the hero or heroine of your own life journey. A hero's journey involves walking into the darkness on a quest for wholeness. This interactive format calls for journaling and self-reflection, with practices that guide you beyond the pain of your past and help you discover a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Successful navigation of a hero's journey provides opportunities to discover that you are more powerful than you had previously realized.

Written by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, bestselling author of The Complex PTSD Workbook, this healing guide provides a step-by-step approach to trauma recovery that integrates:

- Mindfulness & yoga

- Somatic psychology

- EMDR therapy

- Parts work therapy

- Relational therapy

Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, an internationally sought-after teacher, a therapeutic yoga instructor, and a pioneer in the treatment of PTSD and complex trauma. The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Post Traumatic Development Guidebook, A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, and The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual are five books based on her integrated, mind-body approach to trauma healing. Her books, guided trauma healing workshops, and applied polyvagal theory in yoga for trauma recovery all reflect her unique blend of spirituality and science. Dr. Schwartz is a skilled educator who instructs therapists on how to use EMDR, somatic psychology, parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based therapies to treat trauma and complex trauma. She possesses a depth of knowledge, passion, love, compassion, and delight, as well as a succinct method of communicating complex ideas to lay audiences.

She is a long-time meditation and yoga practitioner with a love of the outdoors, which she brings to her work as the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado, where she provides psychotherapy, supervision, and consultancy. The road of trauma rehabilitation, according to Dr. Schwartz, is an awakening of the spiritual heart. You can learn to believe in your own ability to expand. Visit drarielleschwartz.com to learn more.