CPTSD Workbook- About time :)

I was looking at some books tonight and saw where there was a CPTSD workbook now. I ordered the PTSD workbook a year or so ago, lost interest in it. I was wondering if anyone had used the CPTSD workbook yet? Or even knew about it.

The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole
by Arielle Schwartz PhD, Jim Knipe PhD
Publication date:01/10/2017
Wow it is new!

Hi Trace! I had no idea there was a workbook out. Thanks for the info on this. I'm going to take a quick view on this and read some reviews on it.

Do you know why you lost interest in it? Did it help you at all?

I lost interest in the PTSD workbook, I haven't gotten the CPTSD workbook yet. Will be interesting if the same information is in both books. I hope not. It would be great to have something specifically tailored to CPTSD. The publication date on the CPTSD book was Jan. 7th or 10th, 2017 really recent so there may not be many reviews yet.

I have this book. It is ok, but it suggests it is used alongside therapy.

Cool, I haven't gotten my copy yet. Should be here today though. I'm anxious to see how it compares to the PTSD workbook. The PTSD was a real snooze fest for me. I'm hoping this one has more things to keep my interest. That's a little disappointing that they suggest a T working with you on it

I've purchased so many workbooks over the years, and they too were a snoozefest. We don't have any "trauma" psychologists around here. We're lucky just to have any psychiatrists/psychologists at all. Are there any other resources available for working through PTSD? In all the different types of therapies I have tried over the years, nothing has helped. I just have so much anger.

Have you looked into Pete Walkers books. He is really the pro at CPTSD in my opinion. Sorry your area is so low on appropriate resources, truthfully most are. Not sure why people don't want to go into trauma counseling , maybe it's too much work, too hard for them and they would rather have the easier cases. I shouldn't say that because I really don't know which are easy and which are not. Looks like there would be a large business opportunity with all the trauma cases I've seen out here. It is very frustrating. But that doesn't help us at all to stay in that place , ya know, keep looking, read the posts of others and see if something they have tried clicks with you as being a possibility.

Thanks, Trace14! Never heard of Pete Walker, but I will definitely be checking his books out. Sounds like what I need...a pro at CPTSD!

In my opinion, Pete Walker book, Complex PTSD: From surviving to thriving, is an absolute read/apply if you have a complex trauma. Complex PTSD have a range of symptoms as you gonna see in the book. what I suggest doing is pin pointing the most persistent issues, such as Perfectionistic thinking, abandonment mélange feelings, toxic shame, etc, and try to work individually on these issues. Pete Walker book is the roadmap to start with, but in my opinion it takes more than that toward recovery. Toxic shame for example, and after psycho educating yourself, you will relate to it a lot and you need higher level work such as Gershen Kaufman books and John Bradshaw books too to work on it. I mentioned toxic shame in particular because, and Pete Walker agrees, no CBT or psychotherapy will advance the recovery unless you address this problem. A lot of patients don't get that much from therapy because the therapist don't try to heal the Toxic shame first.

Cognitive self help books don't work alone, emotional healing, esp grieving work is also a must according to Pete Walker, and I agree with him, since I tried to advance my recovery with a lot of CBT bull **** without any avail.

My best wishes

Hi Trace14, I had the opportunity to phone consult Pete Walker!! after about 6 months of waiting list I made it, yayyy.

You also may want to check out another CPTSD forum, there's a lot of information there and Pete Walker even mention's it in his book. He came there for a chat one night :O
My Community - Index

Agree, Pete Walker "gets us" hoping that more therapist will some day.

Wow, that must have been amazing. He mentions a CPTSD forum My Community - Index in his book. I'm an inactive member there, but anyway, he came there for a chat one night. It was great.