The Trauma Heart: We Are Not Bad People Trying to Be Good, We Are Wounded People Trying to Heal--Stories of Survival, Hope, and Healing

Most recently, she established The Guest House, in Ocala, Florida, a luxury treatment center offering cutting-edge treatment for trauma and addiction in an elegant setting. She is the founder of The RefugeA Healing Place, which grew to become one of the foremost leaders in treating trauma/PTSD and addiction. . Her presentation and seminars on trauma, resilience, PTSD and sexual trau­ma resolution are known throughout the world. at Rutgers and M.A. from New York Institute of Technology. She is also the founder of Spirit2Spirit Healing, offering trauma training to professionals and healing trauma intensives to clients. She is a Certi­fied Addiction Professional in Florida, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, a Certified Hypnotist, EMDR and a specialist for healing trauma and PTSD. About the AuthorJudy Crane (Ocala, FL) earned her B.A. She has

The Trauma Bible - Please buy this book! This is an outstanding book oriented around Judy Crane's work throughout her career in issues related to trauma and addiction. I have never written a review, but this book has been so transformational for me that I feel the need to review it in the hope that others who are searching for answers might be led to read it. I suspected for years that I might have some residual issues resulting from my childhood. This book made me realize the connection between my early ye. A massive synthesis of a vast subject Addicts of all stripes, in accordance with their twelve step programs, locate the beginning of their histories at the point of their first drink or drug, or their first addiction-generated crisis. There's nothing inherently wrong with this traditional methodology. It makes a good start on confronting the addiction and its consequences.However, the ghastly' hard and cold statistical fact is that this is rarely sufficient to prevent relapse. Judy Crane reaches much fur. Doug Witt said Unravel the story to understand the behaviors. I've read many books on addiction and mental health, but Judy's new book struck a chord for me. Her mantra, "when you unravel the trauma story, the behaviors make sense," is special. It gently reframes the shaming labels of selfishness and self-centeredness to one of self-preservation. The behaviors, though not the best, were for the purpose of protection and self-preservation. That notion can give someone the space to want to try to change.Three practical take-aways

at Rutgers and M.A. Judy Crane (Ocala, FL) earned her B.A. She is the founder of The RefugeA Healing Place, which grew to become one of the foremost leaders in treating trauma/PTSD and addiction. She has nearly three decades of experience working in both residential and outpatient settings. Her presentation and seminars on trauma, resilience, PTSD and sexual trau­ma resolution are kno

Many people caught in the web of addiction don't identify as trauma survivors until their personal, familial, intergenerational, and in-uterine history is exposed. For almost 30 years Judy Crane has worked with clients and families who are in great pain due to destructive and dangerous behaviors. The majority of people addicted to substances or process addictions such as relationship disorders, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, gambling or pornography are trauma survivors. Unfortunately, relapse is inevitable without trauma resolution that can only take place once their history is exposed. In The Trauma Heart, Crane explores the many ways that life's events impact each member of the family. She reveals the essence of trauma and addictions treatment through the stories,