THINKING THROUGH TRAUMA: A Practical CPT-Informed Guide for Understanding and Healing from Trauma
Here's a matching Gumroad description for Thinking Through Trauma:Trauma changes everything — how you see yourself, how you trust other people, how safe the world feels. This guide won't erase what happened. What it will give you is something more durable: a complete, evidence-based toolkit for changing how you relate to it.Thinking Through Trauma is a 37-page workbook grounded in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) — one of the most well-researched psychological treatments for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms. Written by a licensed clinical psychologist with years of experience in functional restoration, it translates clinical-grade techniques into practical, accessible tools anyone can use.What's inside: Why trauma gets stuck — the neuroscience of threat response, memory, and why avoidance keeps the cycle going The A-event / B-event framework: how to separate what happened from the meanings you've assigned to it How to write your trauma account — with guidance on pacing, safety, and what to look for when you read it back How to identify your stuck points — the distorted beliefs that maintain ongoing suffering — with a complete Stuck Point Log The 12 challenging questions for examining stuck points, plus a worked example and reproducible worksheet An in-depth guide to the Five Themes most disrupted by trauma: Safety, Trust, Power/Control, Esteem, and Intimacy The emotional landscape of trauma — grief, anger, shame, guilt, and numbness — and how to tell natural emotions from manufactured ones Body-based tools for trauma recovery: grounding practices, breathwork, and how to work with your window of tolerance A complete Personal Recovery Plan — with a four-pillar framework, crisis plan, and a letter to yourself A Quick Reference chapter with every tool in one place — ready to use any time This is not a motivational book. It is a working guide — filled with structured exercises, write-in worksheets, and practical frameworks drawn directly from the clinical CPT model. The research behind CPT for trauma is strong. The tools work. This guide puts them in your hands.
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