Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Practical Approach to Discharging Trauma and Recovering the Authentic Self

Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Practical Approach to Discharging Trauma and Recovering the Authentic Self explores the incidence of psychosocial trauma in ordinary life as it persists across generations. From the Latin word to make "whole," integration speaks to wholesomeness in the body and mind and authenticity in the self that is presented to the world. A manifestation of psychosocial trauma, thus, is disintegration in the self and in between the body and mind that brings suffering. A suffering that, the book argues, can be met with a quiver of metaphorical spears with which integration can be recovered along with authenticity in the self and wellbeing in the body and mind.

The book is written for a diverse audience as it speaks to the experience of those who come to ordinary life having been exposed in some way to adverse lived experiences and protracted psychosocial stress that leave us wounded and those who respond well to therapy through which we recover from our woundedness and lead more fulfilling lives. This scope holds a specific appeal for graduate-student trauma researchers, therapists, clinicians, as well as lay individuals exploring their own traumas.

Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Practical Approach to Discharging Trauma and Recovering the Authentic Self explores the incidence of psychosocial trauma in ordinary life as it persists across generations. For those who have been exposed in some way to adverse lived experiences and/or protracted psychosocial stress, a manifestation of psychosocial trauma is disintegration in the self and in between the body and mind. Integration can be recovered, along with authenticity in the self and well-being in the body and mind, through the toolkit the author presents in the form of the acronym and metaphoric quiverful of SPEARS: Somato-Psycho-Emotional Attunement and Relational Safety. Featuring case studies, this book holds a specific appeal for graduate-student trauma researchers, therapists, and clinicians, as well as lay individuals exploring their own traumas.