Winner of 2023 Best Books Award and 2024 American Legacy Book Awards in Psychology/Mental Health, Traumatization and Its Aftermath explores throughly the complexities of traumatization and is a practical, comprehensive guide to understanding and overcoming the impacts of adverse circumstances.

In these pages, readers will gain valuable insights into trauma's diverse forms and the importance of understanding traumatization on an individual level. This award-winning book, recipient of the prestigious Best Book Award in the Psychology/Mental Health division, answers questions including 'Why don't some people heal as easily as others?' 'Why do some people experience trauma after 'seemingly insignificant' incidents?' and 'Why does overdiagnosis fail so many people?'

Readers can also find criteria for evaluating their own trauma, information on how to heal from a trauma disorder, and better ways for treating complex trauma. Traumatization and Its Aftermath guides readers through each element of the personalized struggle for survival and offers compassionate and patient explanations on how to shorten this struggle―and even prevent it.
Packed with detailed resources and accessible storytelling, this award-winning book is a must-read for clinicians and anyone looking to better understand the mind, body, and natural ability to heal.

About the Author

Antonieta Contreras, a former banker originally educated as a mathematician, is a Gestalt and trauma-trained psychotherapist with a practice in New York. She has spent a decade as a consultant, supervisor, and faculty at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapies (ICP). She lectures on sexual trauma at New York University and oversees consultation of various EMDR groups.

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