Overcoming Your Childhood Trauma: Trauma-Informed Therapy Techniques and Exercises to Support Deep Healing

by Sostenes B. Lima LCSW, Erica Lima LCSW

Overview

Embark on your trauma recovery journey with this safe and empowering workbook for healing childhood trauma

Drawing from their years of experience working with trauma, licensed clinicians Sostenes B. Lima and Erica Lima empower adult survivors with the resources and skills they need to heal old wounds and replace unhelpful defense mechanisms with healthier coping strategies. Learn to process your past, make meaningful changes in the present, and build a future that feels freer and more hopeful—without revisiting traumatic memories in painful detail.    

Key features of this workbook: 

• Understanding Trauma. Learn about the effects of childhood trauma and build up your internal resources so you can rewire the survival mind and strengthen your core self 
• Practical, Guided Exercises. Utilize clinically proven skills, techniques, and tools to achieve meaningful progress, no matter how unique and complicated your journey 
• Trauma-Informed Care. Explore multiple therapy modalities to best fit your needs, including attachment-based, EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and more    
• Compassionate and Integrative. Set your own pace for your healing work and use a body-centered approach to stay grounded and safe when releasing stuck trauma 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593886359
Publisher:	Zeitgeist
Publication date:	07/09/2024
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192

About the Author

Sostenes B. Lima, LCSW, is a licensed therapist and the cofounder of Sunset Trauma Therapy in California and North Carolina, where he specializes in working with trauma survivors. He has extensive training in psychodynamic and attachment-based therapy and incorporates trauma-focused therapeutic modalities such as EMDR, mindfulness, and somatic-based therapies into his practice.

Erica Lima, LCSW, is a licensed therapist and the cofounder of Sunset Trauma Therapy in California and North Carolina, where she specializes in working with people who have experienced trauma and childhood neglect and who struggle with people-pleasing, perfectionism, relationship OCD, and more. Erica has received specialized training in Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Somatic Parts Work (IFS) with Level 3 Certification, Somatic Attachment Therapy, Hakomi therapy, and Cultural Somatics for Racial Equity.