Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy
Bringing the Body into Treatment
$41.53
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2015
Summary
When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma—whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example—talk therapy isn’t always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioral pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.
In cases of complex trauma, mental health professionals…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393709506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393709507 |
| Author: | David Emerson, Jennifer West |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 432g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 147mm x 218mm |
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Critics Review
“This user-friendly, easily read book provides ample case vignettes, suggested language and photo images of yoga forms to use…I would encourage all counsellors and therapists to try it—you may be pleasantly surprised.” – Therapy Today
David Emerson
David Emerson, an accomplished yoga instructor, lecturer, and trainer, is founder of the Black Lotus Yoga Project, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to teaching yoga to individuals with PTSD. He is also coordinator of the yoga services program at The Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts, and serves as the lead trainer in a number of yoga retreats and workshops at Kripalu, among other venues.
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