Description
Book SynopsisModern medicine's answer to post traumatic stress (PTS or PTSD) and the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been pharmaceuticals yet associated mental health problems, including suicide, continue to increase - there has to be a more effective alternative. Dr Herington, a naturopathic doctor with 30 years of experience of working with survivors of traumatic events in Canada and the US, shows how a pharmaceutical-free approach that includes returning the body's biochemistry to balance with natural medicine (lifestyle, nutrition, homeopathy and botanicals) and allowing survivors to tell or reframe their personal story through talking therapies and the creative arts solutions can enable those survivors to regain control of their lives.
Table of ContentsI: Roots and definitions: PTS - the history of the experience; Present considerations; A divided perspective; II: Setting the stage: Our brain; Optimizing our metabolism; The healing power of nature; Trauma-informed care; III: Traversing the inner world: A way in; The mind-body connection; The Arts as a refuge; IV: The expressive Arts: Writing and visual Arts; Music and vocalization; Movement and dance; Acting; V: Full spectrum treatment: Putting it all together; Epilogue; Appendices: Some thoughts on epigenetics; Visit guidelines for clinicians; Homeopathic medicines; Plant adaptogens for the brain; Writing; Sleep; Acute PTS.
