From Wisdom 2.0 2019 in San Francisco.
16:35 min
CLEAR ALL
PTSD is an extremely debilitating condition that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event.
When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely.
As a child, Sheila Wise Rowe was bused across town to a majority white school, where she experienced the racist lie that one group is superior to all others.
As a Filipino-American, Jo Encarnacion understands the intergenerational trauma and pain triggered by the latest wave of Asian hate and violence. She also understands that staying silent is no longer an option.
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A guide for tending to the traumas of anti-Asian violence and racism.
“In the moment, how many times have you felt something was off and your well-meaning friends have met you with, ‘Well, are you sure? Where’s the evidence?’” asks Jasmine Marie, an Atlanta-based breathwork practitioner and the founder of Black Girls Breathing.
From pioneering therapist Cathy A. Malchiodi, this book synthesizes the breadth of research on trauma and the brain and presents an innovative framework for treating trauma through the expressive arts.
While art therapy traditionally focuses on therapeutic image-making and the cognitive or symbolic interpretation of these creations, Cornelia Elbrecht instructs readers how to facilitate the body-focused approach of guided drawing.
Can increased creativity be a coping strategy for dealing with trauma?
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From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues—a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement—now in paperback, timed to its theatrical opening in New York. “A triumph of artistry and empathy.” —Naomi Klein “A crucial step forward . . .