The trauma of everyday life
By: Mark Epstein, MD
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781594205132
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Stress (Psychology); Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Psychological aspects
Description: Reveals how traumatic experiences can be used for positive mental development, challenging mainstream beliefs about healing and moving past trauma to explain how pain can provide learning opportunities and connect people to the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: The way out is through; title: Primitive agony; title: Everything is burning; title: The rush to normal; title: Dissociation; title: Curiosity; title: Going forth; title: Feelings matter; title: Implicit memory; title: Dreams of the Buddha; title: Reflections of mind; title: A relational home.