A learning process, it is true, that should never have had to have happened, but nevertheless something that is in itself a positive. This beautifully written, sensitive volume on how to treat the clients that many deem hopeless is a must read for those working with trauma. It will take you to new places and enable you to reach for your clients and find them when they cannot find themselves. Enjoy!"

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If depersonalization is keeping you from the life you love, then here’s some good news: It's highly treatable. From therapy to self-care, here are… READ MORE Not a self-help book but rather aimed at mental health providers. This was recommended to me by my therapist so I could understand the concept of internal self-alienation and strategies to mitigate. The title is very gnarly, but the concepts in the book are relevant both to folks who have experienced intense / disturbing trauma as well as to folks who might be dealing with a more garden variety kind of trauma caused by an emotionally fraught childhood home life. The concepts in this book overlap/integrate with more well-known concepts such as attachment theory and mindfulness, so it is not as intimidating as the title suggests. The writing is also very friendly. Understanding how trauma produces dissociative symptoms points to the way to the solutions. Dissociation is not the result of a damaged brain, but the result of a learning process.This book is truly enlightening. It brings an original view on trauma and what happens inside. The more I read and the more I identified with the author's ideas. I've been struggling with my demons for a long time and this book gave me hope that there is something I can do to improve the situation. Fisher discusses the ways that dissociation, or alienation, manifests itself in people who have been through extended periods of trauma. She explains a biological mechanism for these symptoms, which makes sense in the light of contemporary neuroscience and the study of human and animal behavior. Adding to the challenge is the fact that many traumatised clients present with overlapping symptoms The key to providing effective interventions for your clients is to shift your perspective so you can

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Codependent behavior could be a response to early traumatic experiences, and you can make significant strides in overcoming it. READ MORE Dissociation — the fracturing of the personality into different parts — is the easiest, and perhaps the only possible, way of doing this.What I find most fascinating about Fisher’s book is the way she shows that people who have experienced complex trauma can progress better in therapy when they have a good understanding of their fragmented personality, what caused it, and what sustains it.

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher – eBook Details Therapists feel helpless and ineffective, and clients feel more shame and hopelessness. TIST changes all that.Personally it made sense to me and clarified reasons for our own behaviour, how I behave with clients sometimes as well. It has also given me a road map to navigate with clients who have deeper issues. I feel more comfortable using the road maps shared to better help my clients evolve, release and grow." Dissociation is particularly essential when the abuse happens at the hands of a primary caregiver who is also responsible for providing food, shelter, and physical protection. In such a situation, the one experiencing abuse has to learn to function in a dual way, seeing the same person both as a threat and a source of essential goods. As the subtitle “Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation” indicates, a central theme of the book is the phenomenon of dissociation, which is found in so many survivors of trauma. My method focuses on treating the effects of traumatic events, as opposed to treating the event itself, and on managing unsafe and addictive impulses as trauma-driven rather than manipulative and attention-seeking. We show clients how to use mindful observation to develop a relationship with their feelings, their impulses, and their traumatized parts. Introducing "language of parts". Probably very "threatening" to the classical psychological and old way to see the human mind with trauma related parts.

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Attachment-Based Yoga and Meditation for Trauma Recovery: Safe, Simple and Effective Practices for Psychotherapy by Deirdre Fay Janina Fisher’s unique blending of IFS ‘parts’ with sensorimotor and mindfulness-based therapy is a terrific enhancement to psychodynamic work. Although grounded in structural dissociation theory and trauma treatment, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors offers insights that will enrich the knowledge-base of therapists treating higher-functioning as well as deeply traumatized individuals. I recommend this remarkable book to all psychotherapists, especially psychodynamic ones, who will discover an extraordinary opportunity to expand their clinical horizons." I am truly inspired by how hard therapists work and how much they put themselves on the line to help their clients. If you want to learn how to treat the clients at the highest risk, the clients most demanding to take on, or those you may have felt ill-equipped to handle, join me in learning this unique and effective method. I thought that the course was excellent. Janina was so kind and compassionate and just lovely in her beingness and her presentations. She is clear and so loving in the way she approaches her clients and her students. I learned so much about how to use words and presence to connect more deeply with clients and how to be welcoming and non judgemental, yet effective and connected....slowly but surely working with the legacy of trauma in us all.I am in love with Janina’s model. It is body-based, collaborative, and anti-oppressive. It has helped me develop more compassion for my clients’ parts, my own parts, and family members’ parts too. This workshop is intended for all mental health professionals including Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Wow, where to even begin! This course has helped on all levels — navigating my own reactions (from my own parts) to client presentations and interactions; understanding the complex layers of fragmented and traumatized clients' internal landscapes; learning about more complex presentations involving clients' parts; more clearly understanding how to apply TIST in sessions (especially how to facilitate un-blending and internal parts work toward repair of ruptures and healing legacies of traumatic environments)."