The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process: Transcend Your Toughest Times

by David Berceli

Overview

The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process: Transcend Trauma with Body-Based Healing Techniques

Heal your nervous system. Release stored tension. Reclaim your life.

If you're struggling with stress, anxiety, or unresolved trauma, you're not alone—and you’re not broken. In The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process, trauma recovery expert David Berceli, Ph.D., introduces a powerful, body-based approach to healing called TRE®—Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises.

This pioneering somatic method works with your body’s natural ability to release deep muscular patterns of stress, often caused by PTSD, emotional pain, or chronic anxiety. Through a series of safe, simple tremor-inducing movements, TRE® helps restore your body’s nervous system regulation and promotes emotional resilience.

In this trauma healing guide, you'll discover:

• The science behind trauma stored in the body
• A step-by-step guide to trauma release exercises you can do at home
• How to reduce symptoms of PTSD, chronic stress, and anxiety
• The connection between the nervous system and emotional well-being
• How to access your body’s natural capacity for self-regulation and healing

Whether you're a trauma survivor, a mental health professional, or simply seeking a holistic method for stress release, this book offers a gentle, effective pathway to recovery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897238400
Publisher:	Namaste Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David Berceli is an international expert in the areas of trauma intervention and conflict. He is the founder and CEO of Trauma Recovery Assessment and Prevention Services and he lives in Arizona.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     xiii
Foreword   Robert Scaer, MD     xv
Making Sense of Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma     1
Life Is Traumatic     3
A Really Different Approach     4
Align Yourself with What Is     6
When Life Turns Up the Heat     7
Trauma Is Individual in Nature     8
A Shock to the System     10
Learning to "Suck It Up"     10
Stress and Family Life     13
Insight from Hurricane Katrina     15
A Life Sentence?     17
When a Professional Isn't Available     18
A Window Opens     18
"Help Me Heal Myself"     20
Clues from an Ancient People     21
A Cry for Help     22
Designed to Handle Trauma     23
Beyond "Talking It Out"     24
When Life Doesn't Work Out the Way It's Supposed To     25
Getting Inside Our Head     26
How the Brain Processes Trauma     27
Trauma Can Wreck Your Health     28
How Illness Results from Trauma     29
How Our Instant-on Button Gets Stuck     32
A Protective System Gone Awry     33
Stuck in thePast     34
Resurrecting the Past     35
Beyond the Therapist's Couch     37
The Wisdom of the Body     39
It Takes More Than Traditional Counseling     41
Bringing the Body into the Picture     41
Getting at the Muscles     42
How the Body Copes with Trauma     44
Trembling with Fright     45
Tremoring Is Good for Us     46
If You Tremble Are You Out of Control?     47
Holding It in     48
Testing the Theory     50
All Tensed Up     52
What Your Gut Instinct Is     54
When Objectivity Is Impaired     55
Three Musketeers     56
Drowning in Trauma     59
Heart-wrenching Effects     61
Far-reaching Consequences     62
Vicarious Trauma     63
Wearing Us Down     64
Am I Going Crazy?     65
A Personal Experience     66
Home from the Battlefront     67
Clues to Trauma-induced Behavior     67
Breaking the Silence     68
The Women's Movement Opened Our Eyes     70
Resolving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder      71
Overwhelming Stress     72
"My Body Is Racing at 1000 RPM"     72
The Opium Sensation     74
A One-Two Punch     75
Why We Sometimes Freeze Up     76
Identifying Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder     78
"Things Like That Don't Happen to Us"     79
Flawed Assumptions     80
Traumatized Children Become Traumatized Adults     81
Reversing Generations of Neglect     83
A Unique Band of People     84
A Price We Can Afford     85
Trauma in the Workplace     87
Trust Is Essential     87
Encoded Not to Trust     88
Signs of Trauma in the Workplace     91
Mending Strained Relationships     91
Fostering Corporate Longevity     92
Healing Our Division     95
Reconnecting Alienated Parties     96
"I Hated Everyone to the Point of Paranoia"     96
How We Learn to Discriminate     97
Stereotyping Is a Defense     98
"God No Longer Existed for Me"     101
A Shattering Experience     102
A Spiritual Awakening     102
Our Spiritual Self     104
Solitude-a Key to Reinventing Ourselves     106
Forgiving Life for Its "Failings"     108
Forgiveness May Not Come Easily     109
"I Was More Terrified and Angry Than My Family"     111
Take Responsibility for Your Wellbeing     113
Tough Times Can Make You Stronger     114
Making Sense of Traumatic Times     115
Mother Teresa Shines a Light     116
Trauma As Our Teacher     118
Trust in the Goodness of Life     118
No Way But Forward     120
A Soldier Shows the Way     121
"Even Death Was Better Than This Inner Numbness"     122
"I Am Still Alive!"     123
Sleepwalking Through Life     124
The Body and the Present Moment     127
Tremors and the Body's History     128
Spirituality Through the Body     128
Tremors and the Body     129
Tremors and Consciousness     132
Tremors and Physics     132
The Trauma Release Process (TRP)     135
The Trauma Release Process     137
How Often?     140
Your Tension Is Unique to You     141
A Word of Caution     142
The Exercises      143
Personnel Working in Trauma Environments     197
The Labyrinth of Negotiation and Mediation     200
A Vibrational Approach     204
Endnotes     206