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In The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.

Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Dr. Perry explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress -- and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease a child's pain and help him grow into a healthy adult.

This book is a useful tool for talking to children about emotions. The story revolves around a monster who changes color according to the emotions he feels. Embossed elements appear on each page to illustrate the emotion in question.

The Empowering Kids Series is a collection of empathically reflective stories told from the perspective of young children. These books are meant to be used by parents and mental health providers to facilitate the child's verbalization of their feelings and experiences, thereby advancing the healing process and are aimed at validating the readers' experiences and feelings, thereby reducing feelings of shame and isolation.

This book is for anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do. The fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come?.

Specifically written to address children's fear of being apart from the ones they love, The Invisible String delivers a particularly compelling message in today's uncertain times that though we may be separated from the ones we care for, whether through anger, or distance or even death, love is the unending connection that binds us all, and, by extension, ultimately binds every person on the planet to everyone else.

In this article, the use of the neurosequential model of therapeutics to guide play in the healing process is discussed.

This chapter offers information on the neurosequentail model of therapeutics and present case examples to better understand the concepts.

This article is inspired by Maël's story, which illustrates how sexually and gender diverse individuals may experience adversity. It provides ways to help individuals from this community decrease their anxiety and stress.

This article, written by Dr. Christine R. Ludy-Dobson and Dr. Bruce D. Perry provides information on how the role of healthy relational interactions can buffer the impacts of childhood trauma.