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Trust after Trauma: A Guide to
Relationships for Survivors
Were you ever traumatized? Are you now dismayed to
find that traumatic events not only shattered your internal sense of
well-being, but also left you withdrawn or isolated? This book helps guide you through a process of
strengthening your existing bonds, building new bonds (of your choice),
and ending self-perpetuating cycles of withdrawal, isolation and
loneliness. Step-by-step exercises help you learn how to manage your
emotions, handle unresolved issues, accept realistic limitations, and
find ways to make your relationships a place where you can experience
healing from the pain of your past. A special section is devoted to
grieving and your relationship to people who died as the result of the
trauma. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Taking an Inventory of Your Relationships 2. Exile: Feeling like Frankenstein 3. Trust 4. Relationships and the Physiology of Trauma 5. Limited Psychic Energy: Causes and Coping
Techniques 6. Guilt 7. Mindsets 8. When Your Loved Ones Set Off your Triggers 9. Positive Contributions of Trauma to
Relationships 10. You and Your Traumatized Self 11. Protectiveness, Entitlement and Jealousy 12. Revictimization and Reenactment 13. Telling Your Story 14. To Significant Others Appendix A: Helpful Books and Resources Appendix B: Reactions to Traumatic Stress
Reviews of Trust After Trauma “In Trust
After Trauma, Dr. Matsakis takes on the make-or-break issue of trust
in survivors’ relationships. She shows her readers what it takes to
develop the capacity for wise, selective, eyes-open trust. This gives
them a real shot at a flourishing life.” Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D. author of
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat
Trauma and the Undoing of Character Carole A. Rayburn, Ph.D., past president of the
APA’s division of the Psychology of Religion and the Clinical Psychology
section of the division of the Psychology of Women. “For the trauma survivor and the field
professional, Dr. Matsakis has written one of the most informative and
sensitive books on surviving violent trauma.
I Can’t Get Over
It
covers most useful techniques and self-help suggestions for safe
recovery, empowerment, and growth following trauma.”
Yigal
Ben-Haim, Ph.D., with the Veterans Assistance Center, Berkeley,
California
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