Transforming Trauma, James S. Gordon
Transforming Trauma, James S. Gordon
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Transforming Trauma
The Path to Hope and Healing

Author: James S. Gordon

Narrator: Will Damron

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperOne

Published: 09/10/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A world-recognized authority and acclaimed mind-body medicine pioneer presents the first evidenced-based program to reverse the psychological and biological damage caused by trauma.In his role as the founder and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), the worlds largest and most effective program for healing population-wide trauma, Harvard-trained psychiatrist James Gordon has taught a curriculum that has alleviated trauma to populations as diverse as refugees and survivors of war in Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel, Gaza, and Syria, as well as Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, New York city firefighters and their families, and members of the U. S. military. Dr. Gordon and his team have also used their work to help middle class professionals, stay-at-home mothers, inner city children of color, White House officials, medical students, and people struggling with severe emotional and physical illnesses. Transforming Trauma represents the culmination of Dr. Gordon’s fifty years as a mind-body medicine pioneer and an advocate of integrative approaches to overcoming psychological trauma and stress. Offering inspirational stories, eye-opening research, and innovative prescriptive support, Transforming Trauma makes accessible for the first time the methods that Dr. Gordon—with the help of his faculty of 160, and 6,000 trained clinicians, educators, and community leaders—has developed and used to relieve the suffering of hundreds of thousands of adults and children around the world.

About James S. Gordon

Dr. James Gordon is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, former researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, and a clinical professor of psychiatry and family medicine at Georgetown Medical School. He has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic, as well as numerous professional journals, and has been featured on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and NPR.


Reviews

Goodreads review by diane rogers on September 30, 2019

Following the February 14, 2018 shooting massacre at my school, I never thought I would be able to return to the school and teach again. The skills in this book provided me with all of the tools I needed to bring a year of healing, learning, and love to my students. Also, I can honestly say his mode......more

Goodreads review by Tatiana on September 26, 2019

We live in a world where the idea of trauma as insoluble is perpetuated. In his work with The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and in the pages of The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma, Dr. James Gordon offers us all a hopeful counter-narrative: healing from trauma is possi......more

Goodreads review by Gina on February 18, 2020

Overall pretty good. There are some things that I question, like avoiding aluminum and a technique from the Bhagwan Shree Rajnesh (that may raise more alarm bells for Oregonians). Like, maybe if you are doing some actual good things for yourself then if some that mean nothing get mixed in you think......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 30, 2021

As with all self help books, you take what works and leave the rest. There are things worth taking in here.......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on April 19, 2020

I listened to this book on audiobook which I would recommend. It's a self help book that describes different strategies for relaxation and coping with stress, which are actually very helpful for people that are quarantined. Some of it is well known techniques like deep breathing etc but its timely i......more