Mind Body Psychotherapy

Compassionate Alternative Paths to Healing and Growth - David J. MacDonald, LCSW

Links to Resources

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Professional Training Organizations
EMDR International Association: EMDR Therapy
Hakomi Institute: Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy
HeartMath: Heart Rate Variability Feedback
Induced After Death Communication- IADC Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model of Psychotherapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Model

Here are links to resources that I like and refer to often.

  1. HeartMath’s Quick Coherence Technique
  2. Institute of Heartmath – Great Stress Management, Coherence Building Resources
  3. Health Journeys – Guided Imagery by Belleruth Naparstek
  4. Amen Clinics – Great Brain Health Resources – Pioneers of SPECT Brain Imaging
  5. David Baldwin’s Trauma Pages – Award  Winning Trauma Information Clearinghouse
  6. Trauma 101 – Great Trauma Resource including National Directory of Trauma Informed Therapists

 

Recommended Reading/Listening:

Trauma & Dissociation:

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart Ph.D., Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis Ph.D., Kathy Steele

Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno van der Hart Ph.D

Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach by Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, Onno van der Hart Ph.D

Guided Imagery:

Healing Trauma: Guided Imagery for Posttraumatic Stress by Belleruth Naparstek

Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal by Belleruth Naparstek

Guided Imagery for the Three Stages of Healing Trauma–Nine Meditations for Posttraumatic Stress by Belleruth Naparstek

EMDR Therapy – (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy):

Getting Past Your Past – Francine Shapiro, PhD

EMDR– The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety Stress & Traumas by Shapiro & Forrest

Induced After Death Communication: A Miraculous Therapy for Grief and Loss – Allan Botkin, PhD  with Forward by Raymond A. Moody Jr PhD MD

 

Heart Rate Variability BioFeedback:

HeartMath emWave2 – Personal Biofeedback Device  (This link is for an electronic product)

Transforming Anxiety: The HeartMath Solution for Overcoming Fear and Worry and Creating Serenity by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman PhD

Transforming Stress: The Heartmath Solution for Relieving Worry, Fatigue, and Tension by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman PhD

Transforming Depression: The HeartMath Solution to Feeling Overwhelmed, Sad, and Stressed by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman PhD

Transforming Anger: The Heartmath Solution for Letting Go of Rage, Frustration, and Irritation by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman PhD

 

IFS – Internal Family Systems:

You Are THE One You’ve Been Waiting For, Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships, Richard C. Schwartz, Trailheads Publications, 2008

The Mosaic Mind, Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors,
Regina A Goulding & Richard C. Schwartz,  Trailheads Publications 2002

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, Richard C.  Schwartz, Ph.D.
2001, Trailheads Publications

Internal Family Systems Therapy, Richard C. Schwartz, 1995, Guilford Press

Nathan Meets His Monsters  – Joseph Kropp, PhD

Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition  – Jay Earley

Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process – Jay Earley

 

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy:

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology – Pat Ogden, PhD and Janina Fisher, Phd

 

Crainial Electrical Stimulation (CES) Therapy:

Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation – DAVID DELIGHT