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Structure and contents of the book :
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
i) SENSE OF A FORESHORTENED FUTURE
ii) EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION
iii) NUMBING
iv) ANGER
CHAPTER TWO: PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
i) OVERVIEW
ii) DEPRESSION AND SOMATIZATION
CHAPTER THREE: BIOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
i) ACCELERATED AGEING
ii) THE LIMBIC SYSTEM
iii) THE HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM
iV) BRAIN CHEMISTRY AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS
v) HYPER-AROUSAL AND DISSOCIATION
CHAPTER FOUR: COGNITIVE EFFECTS
i) COGNITIVE ERRORS AND FALSE BELIEFS
ii) GUILT
iii) IDEALIZATION
iv) HALLUCINATIONS
v) INTRUSIVE MEMORIES, FLASHBACKS AND TRIGGERS
vi) ALTERED PERCEPTION OF TIME
vii) RIGID THINKING
viii) FEELING DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS
CHAPTER FIVE: BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS
i) REENACTMENT / REPETITION COMPULSION
ii) SELF-HARM AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVENESS
iii) SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SELF MEDICATION
iv) AVOIDANCE
CHAPTER SIX: SOCIAL EFFECTS
i) INTERPERSONAL SCHEMA
ii) REVICTIMIZATION
CHAPTER SEVEN: DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS
i) ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
ii) DAMAGED BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND REPAIRING THE BRAIN.
CHAPTER EIGHT: CONDITIONS LINKED TO CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
i) ACUTE STRESS DISORDER
ii) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
iii) BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
iv) COMPLEX POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
CHAPTER NINE: RECOVERY
i) STEPS TO RECOVERY FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
ii) TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP THERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
iii) THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF VALIDATION
iv) TIME PERSPECTIVE THERAPY
v) REFRAMING
vi) DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
vi) EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING THERAPY
viii) COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
ix) SOMATIC EXPERIENCING THERAPY AND HEALING THE DYSFUNCTIONAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
x) MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
xi) A WEEK’S NEUROFEEDBACK EQUIVALENT TO A YEAR’S ZEN MEDITATION
xii) COMPASSION FOCUSED THERAPY
xiii) NEUROGENIC TREMORS
xiv) EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE
xv) TRAUMA-SENSITIVE YOGA
xvi) SCHEMA THERAPY
xvii) MENTALIZATION BASED THERAPY
CHAPTER TEN: RESILIENCE.
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Understanding Common Effects Of Childhood Trauma, published 1st June 2020, now available from Amazon for instant download.
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David Hosier MSc holds two degrees (BSc Hons and MSc) and a post-graduate diploma in education (all three qualifications are in psychology). He also holds UK QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). He has worked as a teacher, lecturer and researcher. His own experiences of severe childhood trauma and its emotional fallout motivated him to set up this website, childhoodtraumarecovery.com, for which he exclusively writes articles.
He has published several books including The Link Between Childhood Trauma And Borderline Personality Disorder, The Link Between Childhood Trauma ANd Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and How Childhood Trauma Can Damage The Developing Brain (And How These Effects Can Be Reversed).
He was educated at the University of London, Goldsmith’s College where he developed his interest in childhood experiences leading to psychopathology and wrote his thesis on the effects of childhood depression on academic performance.
This site has been created for educational purposes only.
