Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma: How We Become Fragmented -- 2 Understanding Parts, Understanding Traumatic Responses -- 3 Changing Roles for Client and Therapist -- 4 Learning to See Our "Selves": An Introduction to Working with Parts -- 5 Befriending Our Parts: Sowing the Seeds of Compassion -- 6 Complications of Treatment: Traumatic Attachment -- 7 Working with Suicidal, Self-Destructive, Eating Disordered, and Addicted Parts -- 8 Treatment Challenges: Dissociative Systems and Disorders -- 9 Repairing the Past: Embracing Our Selves -- 10 Restoring What Was Lost: Deepening the Connection to Our Young Selves -- 11 Safety and Welcome: The Experience of Earned Secure Attachment -- Appendix A: Five Steps to "Unblending"--Appendix B: Meditation Circle for Parts -- Appendix C: Internal Dialogue Technique -- Appendix D: Treatment Paradigm for Internal Attachment Repair -- Appendix E: Dissociative Experiences Log -- Appendix F: The Four Befriending Questions -- Index Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One: Alienation from Self: How We Survive Overwhelming Experiences Chapter Two: Understanding Parts, Understanding Traumatic Responses Chapter Three: Parts Instead of Wholes: New Roles for Client and Therapist Chapter Four: Seeing Our 'Selves:' an Introduction to Parts Work Chapter Five: Befriending Our Parts: Sowing Seeds of Compassion Chapter Six: Complications of Treatment: Traumatic Attachment Chapter Seven: Treatment Challenges: Suicidality, Self-Harm, Addictions, and Eating DisordersChapter Eight: Complications of Treatment: Dissociative Disorders Chapter Nine: Repairing the Past: Embracing Our SelvesChapter Ten: Restoring What was Lost to Wounded ChildrenAppendix A: Five Steps to "Unblending"Appendix B: Meditation Circle for PartsAppendix C: Internal Dialogue TechniqueAppendix D: Treatment Paradigm for Internal Attachment RepairAppendix E: Dissociative Experiences LogAppendix F: The Four Befriending Questions