Trauma Treatment Toolbox: 165 Brain-Changing Tips, Tools & Handouts to Move Therapy Forward

I am a newly licensed therapist with many clients who struggle from trauma-related symptoms. I have bought so many books on trauma, anxiety, and coping skills and this is by far the BEST purchase I've made in regards to having descriptions, tips, scripts, and handouts to give to clients for so many different coping skills in managing trauma. I love how it has a box for each tool that specifically tells you what symptoms are addressed - below the box it tells you how to explain the benefits of utilizing these tools to your clients for managing symptoms. I absolutely cannot wait to use this book with my clients and it will definitely be a staple that I use in my office!

I really like this book. I have read other books that explain trauma that were helpful but this workbook explains trauma in a way that’s easier to understand. The book gives a flow to treatment and where to begin vs just giving a bunch of suggestions. Also the worksheets are concrete tools you can do in sessions with accompany psychoeducation that clients can understand. It doesn’t go over your head & that’s so important. Happy I made this purchase.

I love this book. It’s such a good resource for my patients who have trauma history and I love the handouts that have information regarding the brain, it makes it easy to explain to the patients how trauma has effected the areas of the Brian. It also has really good exercise to help cope with trauma.

Amazing information. Easy read. The only (bad) thing is that you have no way to access to print the handouts.

Skimmed through the book.The format: a pictorial explanation in simplistic terms as to what happens in different parts of the brain as a result of certain "stimuli"/"events". The Toolbox mentioned in the title is different techniques of (can you guess?!) - Meditation!Top down (Brain focused), Bottom up (Body focused).Pick up any book from any "health", "spiritual", "motivational" expert, what's the common theme? "Meditation", focused breathing/visualization. Are there any more books needed on the topic?Not really.Still an interesting read if you are interested in learning what's going on inside of you. You may forget after a while, but good to know.Why not focus more on just getting in the habit of Meditation. Read 10000s of pages to resort back to this centuries old practice.

This book is a huge help with guiding my trauma recovery clients through their healing process! The presented techniques , such as penulation and titration, empower clients to build their own toolbox to help manage their stress responses and so much more! I’m a CertifiedTrauma Recovery Therapist and I highly recommend this book.

This book is a great resource for many different mental health fields. As an addiction and trauma therapist, this text has made my job so much easier. The book and site associated with it provides perfect print out sheets. These easy to use sheets can be used with both adolescent and adult population.

Great book with handouts and techniques to help people from the top-down or bottoms-up approach to treating trauma or stress responses.

Dr. Sweeton's text is written for the mental health professional but a lay person can pick it up and use the exercises contained within to heal their brain and nervous system from the effects of trauma. Recommended.

Love this person's work.Clear consice and very straightforward language.Fully reccomend

Very useful in clinical practice. I work primarily with individuals suffering from PTSD and other trauma-related disorders and this book has been helpful (for client handouts especially)

Bit wordy and technical

Well laid out