Psychological trauma can put a stranglehold on your life. Childhood abuse, car accidents, sudden death of a loved one, the list goes on and on. You try and put things in the past and forget about them, but it can be hard to move on. Your friends and family may tell you to "get overit," "move on," and "just snap out of it." You try, but it's not that easy. The more they tell you things like that, the worse you feel, because now you are a failure, in addition to everything else. But there is a better way. We have developed a program that will let you take charge of your recovery from psychological trauma. START-NOW is an easy acronym that spells out eight point plan to recovery. It lets you be in charge, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Taking charge of your own recovery from psychological trauma is a powerful tool. This seminar will cover the points in the recovery program outlined by psychiatrist and stress researcher J. Douglas Bremner, MD, in his new book You Can't Just Snap Out of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma. We will cover a number of ways you can get on the road to self recovery from psychological trauma, like stress reduction techniques, meditation, mindfulness training, and anxiety reduction strategies, as well as changes in lifestyle that can improve your mood and how you feel about yourself. We also offer tips to partners and families to help them understand what you are going through. The START-NOW program has easy to remember point to help you on the path to recovery, teaching principles like seeking safety, talking about trauma, learning altruism, and many others. "Dr Bremner has written a must-have how-to guide to recovery from psychological trauma that is clear and easy to follow. This long awaited book from the eminent expert and researcher on traumatic stress is an excellent resource for self recovery for trauma survivors." --Robert Lemelson, PhD, adjunct professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and documentary filmmaker. "Dr. Bremner and Lai Reed have distilled their extensive, scholarly knowledge of trauma, its effects, and its treatment into a practical, usable, reader-friendly format. You Can't Snap Out of It should prove very helpful for survivors of all types of trauma, including combat. The book provides many strategies and exercises for coping trauma and for recovering from it." Colin A. Ross, M.D., author Trauma Model Therapy
Author Biography:
Dr J. Douglas Bremner is a Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at Emory University School of Medicine. He was the original Medical Director of the inpatient unit of the National Center for PTSD for treatment of Vietnam combat veterans and has a 25 year career of research and treatment of PTSD related to both combat and childhood abuse. He has written multiple books and hundreds of research articles, some of which are the most highly cited in his field. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and teenage son and he has one grown daughter who recently graduated from the University of Chicago. Lai Reed, M.B.A., is Associate Director at the Emory Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked for over a decade on clinical research studies of both victims of childhood abuse and combat veterans with PTSD. Prior to that she ran an inpatient treatment unit for the treatment of children and adolescents with a history of childhood trauma - substance abuse disorders. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.
