A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma (Healing Complex PTSD)

So many great tip and resources that really hit close to home. I loved that at the end of each chapter she asked for feedback to ensure the objective of the chapter was reached.

Excellent book for a Newbie who is just being introduced to the subject, as I am. I tried a total of 3 different “intro” books and this one was, by far, the best at explaining and actually gave some story examples to help.

The most important book I’ve ever purchased. The magnitude of the importance of this book on my road to recovery from childhood trauma is only rivaled by the horrifying (and eventually healing) experience of reading Stop Walking on Eggshells as it explained my mother’s confusing , invasive, invalidating and dangerous behaviors. A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD reaffirms my experience and has brought into focus the myriad of unexplainable behaviors, mental and physical symptoms that can all be tied to complex trauma. The road to recovery is beautifully explained and again affirms the somatic work I’ve done that actually helps heal and has brought so much relief through the years. If you suspect you or someone you love suffers from CPTSD I would highly recommend this book (I’m now hoping to work through the accompanying workbook with my therapist).

This book is absolutely amazing! It managed to validate and give me tools to heal my experiences, and all without giving too many triggering details of others stories. The author even reminds you to pace yourself, and those gentle reminders were so reassuring as I worked through the exercises. This book has given me hope, healing, and restored my confidence in my future. 5 stars!

Great information for a beginner regarding CPTSD. The book contains numerous healing exercises to help you manage CPTSD symptoms. Good read.

I enjoyed this book. It is easy to read for any level and takes a compassionate, understanding tone. There is mention of turning to faith a couple times, so this book can’t be considered secular. Overall, it was an enlightening read and I will recommend it to some of my clients.

Excellent book. Recommend to anyone that thinks they have experienced trauma in their life that has caused complex-ptsd. Book is geared towards lay person or therapist. Very relatable. Not triggering but provokes thoughtful analysis. Great explanations of terms and understandable.

Not that it's about who has had a harder life. But, some of the stories in this book either are purposefully watered down or simply don't even fit the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. I understand that C-PTSD is relatively new and still being defined in general, but the watered down examples early on made me put this book down and stop reading. It wasn't until later when I no longer needed any of the advice in its pages that I picked it back up. So lesson is that by using "real life" stories as examples you lose the audience you are seeking to help while captivating those who probably aren't in distress.

I found this book very useful, helped me to better understand how childhood abuse has affected so many areas of my life. I have done the eye movement therapy and it was amazing how much it helped.

Reading through some people's stories was helpful to recognise c-ptsd. However as I don't know any one who knew well on this conditions, it would have been nicer to be written some self help ideas from experts' point of view.Overall, this book proved my theory isn't wrong! And types of my c-ptsds became clear that made me possible to deal with the panic attack and depression which caused by c-ptsd.

This is an amazing book to help the healing process. It touches on all points of pain and suffering in my life and hits the feelings with precision. Her words are easy to follow and relatable. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has experienced childhood trauma and want to heal. Also recommend to partners who want to provide added love and support.

複雑性トラウマ障害の各々の症状及びそれらへの対処法（さまざまなトラウマセラピーから採用された方法）について、非常にコンパクトにまとめられており英語表現も難しくないです。このような分かりやすい本が翻訳されて、複雑性トラウマの理解が日本の医療、教育、福祉の世界に浸透していくことを希望しています。みなさん、トラウマ・インフォームドを超えた、トラウマ・プルーフなコミュニティ・世界の構築に向けて力を合わせましょう。　※トラウマ関連の書籍について他にもレビューを書いて紹介していますので、よかったら参考にしてください。

This book has been put together incorrectly. Someone should notify the publisher. I'm sure it's a good book but the formatting is terrible!