Engaging Resilience: Heal the Physical Impact of Emotional Trauma: A Guide for Bodywork Practitioners (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542765251)

Do you have clients who never seem to get better or their relief is only temporary? Engaging Resilience is an introductory guide for bodywork professionals interested in creating long lasting changes for their clients through understanding how trauma is held in the body and how to safely and effectively release it. In this book, you will learn: - the range of trauma issues that clients bring to a session - how to work appropriately with trauma when it arises in a session - why it is important for every body work practitioner to understand how trauma affects the body - how bodywork can be a key to healing trauma - how to recognize signs of trauma - how trauma tightens the muscles and connective tissue through a kind of tension called bracing - why trauma can be the reason clients keep coming back with the same problem - how to create safety through working in small steps - the difference between shock trauma and developmental trauma About the Author: Lissa Wheeler is a certified practitioner of Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) and Self Regulation Therapy (SRT), who has been a practicing bodywork professional for more than 40 years. She holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Leslie University.

Author: Lissa Wheeler Ma
ISBN-10: 1542765250
ISBN-13: 9781542765251
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2017
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.36d