Transforming Trauma: A Drugless and Creative Path to Healing PTS and ACE

by Heather L Herington

Overview

Transform your trauma and regain control through a pharmaceutical-free approach by Dr Heather Herington

Modern medicine’s answer to post traumatic stress (PTS or PTSD) and the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been pharmaceuticals yet associated mental health problems, including suicide, continue to increase, indicating there must be a more effective alternative. Dr Herington, a naturopathic doctor with 30 years of experience working with survivors of traumatic events in Canada and the US, shows how a pharmaceutical-free approach that includes natural medicine, talking therapies and creative-arts solutions can enable sufferers to regain control of their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781612255
Publisher:	Hammersmith Books Limited
Publication date:	10/20/2022
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Dr Heather L. Herington Bac, NMD, DHANP, has been a naturopathic medical doctor for over 30 years (Bastyr ’87) specializing in PTS/trauma and is now in public practice with her podcast, Dr. Heather Uncensored (https://drheatheruncensored.buzzsprout.com/). As an actor-singer-voice artist (solo show Hidden), she is a member of SAG-AFTRA. An engaging speaker and workshop leader (Moving to Healing), she writes librettos (the children’s musical, The Calling Hour) and creates radio plays based on health conditions that demand a true body-mind investigation. Her websites are drheatherherington.com and heatherherington.com. She has been interviewed on several podcasts and in Authority magazine and her work has appeared in Townsend Letter for Doctors, NDNR.org, Alive, Kinesis and more.

Table of Contents

Foreword David Schleich PhD vii

Introduction xi

Part 1 Roots and Definitions 1

Chapter 1 The history of the experience 3

Chapter 2 Present considerations 15

Chapter 3 A divided perspective 41

Part 2 Setting The Stage 59

Chapter 4 Brain on fire 61

Chapter 5 Optimizing our metabolism 87

Chapter 6 The healing power of nature 107

Chapter 7 Trauma-informed care 141

Part 3 Traversing the Inner World 159

Chapter 8 A way in 161

Chapter 9 The mind-body connection 181

Chapter 10 The arts as refuge 211

Part 4 The Expressive Arts 225

Chapter 11 Writing and visual arts 227

Chapter 12 Music and vocalization 243

Chapter 13 Movement and dance 257

Chapter 14 Acting 267

Part 5 The Path Forward 281

Chapter 15 Putting it all together 283

Epilogue 301

Appendices 309

Appendix 1 Epigenetics 311

Appendix 2 Homeopathic medicines 313

Appendix 3 Plants to support the brain 319

Appendix 4 Dr. Heather's womb exercise 321

Appendix 5 Writing - a sample poem 324

Appendix 6 Visit guidelines for clinicians 325

Appendix 7 Sleep 329

Appendix 8 Acute PTS 333

Appendix 8 The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) 335

Bibliography 343

Resources 349

Acknowledgments 351

References 353

Index 383