ARIELLE SCHWARTZ, PHD is a licensed clinical psychologist, EMDR therapy consultant, and certified yoga instructor with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She earned her masters in somatic psychology through Naropa University and her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fielding Graduate University. Her strength-based approach to psychotherapy is called Resilience Informed Therapy, which integrates a mind-body approach to healing. She is a core teacher with the Maiberger Institute, offering therapist trainings in EMDR therapy and somatic psychology. She specializes in PTSD, complex PTSD, grief and loss, resilience in child development, therapeutic yoga, and healing chronic pain and illness. She believes all people deserve to be empowered by knowledge and is dedicated to offering informational mental health and wellness updates through her heartfelt community presentations, social media presence, and blog.
"This is a practical guide for all those who have experienced
childhood trauma. Drawing upon her extensive practice as a
body-centered psychotherapist, Dr. Schwartz has created a self-care
plan that includes reflective questions and easy to use mindfulness
exercises that can be implemented immediately."
--Barb Maiberger, author of EMDR Essentials: A Guide
for Clients and Therapists and founder of the Maiberger
Institute, an EMDRIA-approved provider of EMDR
Trainings"Dr. Arielle Schwartz combines simplicity,
compassion, humility, and deep knowledge of the field in this book
for sufferers of Complex PTSD. The Complex PTSD Workbook
is an immensely useful guide to negotiating the turbulent waters of
this all too common human malady."
--Betty Cannon, Ph.D., author of Sartre and
Psychoanalysis and Founder of Applied Existential
Psychotherapy (AEP)"I highly recommend this book to anyone
who struggles with childhood trauma and neglect, and their painful
aftermath. Step-by-step, you will find rich resources to help
yourself on your journey to wholeness. Therapists who work with
both mind and body will also find this a welcoming and integrative
book."
--Kathy Steele, MN, CS, private practice and co-author of
Treating Trauma-related Dissociation, Coping with
Trauma-Related Dissociation, and The Haunted
Self"The Complex PTSD Workbook offers
powerful somatic therapy tools for deep healing, complemented by
mindfulness strategies to increase stabilization and enhance
overall wellbeing. Dr. Schwartz's emphasis on finding 'wholeness'
will strengthen your resilience wherever you are in your life."
--Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW, Balance Your Life Coaching &
Psychotherapy, creator of the "Midlife Transition Healing Wave" and
toolbox for Women in Midlife Transitions"Those who suffer
from traumatic stress sometimes find beginning a personal practice
intimidating. The Complex PTSD Workbook, with Dr. Arielle
Schwartz as a compassionate guide, helps readers create a personal
practice using yoga and mindfulness in the service of healing
trauma."
--Rob Schware, Executive Director, The Give Back Yoga
Foundation"Healing from trauma is a profound process, one
that undoubtedly involves confronting outstanding pain and
suffering. In this book, Dr. Arielle Schwartz offers a unique
emphasis on resilience and growth as related to Complex PTSD by
providing a profoundly supportive and essential method for healing
from trauma and grief."
--Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief
Support Network"This is a comprehensive and usable guide
to understanding and transforming complex trauma. Through relatable
vignettes, The Complex PTSDWorkbook explores trauma and
treatment methods in accessible language suited for everyday use.
Readers are invited to use journaling and self-reflection exercises
to review and integrate what they've learned, so that the journey
through the workbook is not only informational but experientially
relevant as well."
--J. Ryan Kennedy, PsyD, Executive Director, Noeticus
Counseling Center and Training Institute
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