The Mind-Body Connection in PTSD Therapy

In his practical guide to working with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dr. Ariel Schwartz, a clinical psychologist and specialist in C-PTSD, presents a multifaceted approach to the therapy of C-PTSD cases. Outlined in the form of understandable therapeutic exercises-questionnaires, theoretical foundations, and case studies from practice, Dr. Schwartz's method will become a useful tool in the arsenal of various specialists working with psychological trauma: from psychologists to psychiatrists. Various approaches aim to shift the patient's attention from internal experiences and retrospectives to the sensations of their own body and its possibilities in the present moment.

The book addresses the following aspects of working with "embodiment":
- relational therapy (mutual or collaborative emotion regulation);
- subpersonalities therapy;
- cognitive-behavioral therapy;
- EMDR therapy;
- as well as the foundations of polyvagal theory, psychosomatic practices, and complementary medicine.