The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for CPTSD Heal from Complex Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder

Powerful and evidence-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help you heal from traumas, balance emotions, and feel safe in the present moment.
If you've experienced chronic, multiple, or ongoing instances of trauma, you may be experiencingcomplexpost-traumatic stress disorder, or CPTSD-and one-size-fits-all treatment methods just aren't enough. In this evidence-based workbook, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) expert Sheri Van Dijk combines cutting-edge research and evidence-based skills to help you feel safer and more stable, and recognize and reconcile traumas, so you can take charge of your life.
Based in DBT, polyvagal theory, and other proven-effective modalities, this powerful and accessible workbook will help you process and manage intense emotions, free yourself from self-destructive behaviors, and feel more stable-andsafe-in the present. You'll also find customizable skills to help you:
Overcome hypervigilance, psychic numbing, and avoidanceRecognize and eliminate dissociation as a survival instinctMinimize the toll your traumas are taking on your physical healthBuild and maintain healthy relationshipsWork through distress as it arises-beforeit reawakens traumaFind meaning and purpose in your life
What happened to you in your past wasn't your fault, and it doesn't have to define your future. Drawing on the best practices of DBT and polyvagal theory, this vital workbook will help you begin healing and reclaim wholeness.