Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma

Techniques and Tools for Working with Suicidality and Dissociation

By: Joanne Zucchetto, Simone Jacobs, Ly Vick Johnson

Narrated by: Ly Vick Johnson

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases. By depathologizing patients' experiences and behaviors, and moving beyond simply managing them, therapists can reduce their clients' shame and work collaboratively to understand the underlying message that these behaviors conceal.

©2020 Joanne Zucchetto, Simone Jacobs, and Ly Vick Johnson (P)2024 Tantor

A non pathologizing view of trauma

Highly recommended. This book made me feel understood. It answered so many questions I've had for a very long time. Reading this book was like listening to my own thoughts at times.