The list of resources below have been tremendously helpful to me. I hope you find them useful as well. I have found EMDR and The Pathway to be especially effective in dealing with trauma and addictions.

EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a god send to anyone suffering from the after effects of trauma. While by no means a quick fix, it is much faster than traditional talk therapy alone, can provide more thorough healing, avoids much of the retraumatization that can occur in traditional therapy, and produces less transference between client and therapist.

The Pathway (The Solution) enables you to "turn off the drives to go to excess" and is an extremely effective way of staying in emotional balance while healing. You learn to manage your feelings on a daily (and if needed, minute by minute) basis in order to stay balanced and not have to turn to outside sources (addictions) to soothe/nurture yourself. The ability to do this was a missing piece of the "healing puzzle" for me for many years. I'm grateful to have found it and equally grateful to be able to share this information with others.

EMDR Books

EMDR in the Treatment of Adults
Abused As Children
By Laurel Parnell

EMDR : The Breakthrough Therapy
for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress,
and Trauma
by Francine Shapiro,
Margot Silk Forrest

The Solution

The Pathway
By Laurel Mellin

Creativity & Spirit

Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression
By Stewart Cubly
~Simply the best book I've every read on the
subject of unblocking your creativity. Thank you
Patrice!

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path
to Higher Creativity
By Julia Cameron

If You Want to Write : A Book about
Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland

Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on
Writing and Life
Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts
on Faith
Anne Lamott

Art As a Way of Knowing
By Pat. B Allen

She Who Was Lost Is Remembered
By Lousie M. Wisechild

The Courage to Heal
By Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Eva Mary
By Linda McCarriston
Read Linda's poem: Healing the Mare

The Miracle of Mindfullness
By Thich Nhat Hanh

No Death, No Fear: Comforting
Wisdom for Life
By Thich Nhat Hanh

Wherever You Go There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Growing Myself
By Judith Handelsman

EMDR Institute

The Solution (The Pathway)

National Resource Listings for
Incest Survivors

RAINN

Male Survivor Issues and
Resources

Liberal (=sane) Radio!
http://airamericaradio.com/


ToriAmos.com
A most courageous artist and survivor.

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