It’s a mixed bag.  Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists has some profound insights – and also some frustrating perspectives that aren’t consistent with other works and without research cited.  It makes it difficult to know which things are true, and which are not.

I picked up Trauma Treatment: Healing the Whole Person: Meaning-Centered Therapy & Trauma Treatment Foundational Phase-Work Manual after seeing it as a reference at an anxiety workshop.  I was looking for more perspectives on trauma treatment.  What I didn’t know then is that it’s based on Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy.  You

What you see and do changes what you see and do.  It’s a simple statement with profound effects.  It’s a recognition that you can’t see others’ trauma without being changed by it.  You can’t be in the presence of others’ suffering without suffering yourself.  Healing Secondary Trauma: Proven Strategies for

Over 40 years ago, post-traumatic stress disorder was recognized in DSM-III.  Still, we’re finding that people who have encountered trauma are stigmatized and treated with suspicion about whether their symptoms are real.  It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You: Complex Trauma and Treatment unravels trauma and its aftereffects in