The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook - A Guide to Healing

This is a wonderful book. After completing one other book on PTSD last summer, I found I was desperate for more help by last Christmas. This book took me further along the healing journey. The cognitive behavioral therapy exercise, eye movement exercise, thought field therapy and life review exercises helped me process my anger and despair more effectively. As a result, I can now see my life in a constructive light (while I await more counselling and EMDR.)

The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery and Growth is a wonderful textbook. You will learn about the various symptoms of PTSD including nightmares and flashbacks of past traumatic events. This book is great for both patients and psychiatrists to read. I gives you a better insight into PTSD. I give it a 5 Star Excellent rating. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, Psychiatrist, Hallandale Beach, FL

I purchased this book in April after beginning therapy and first being diagnosed with chronic PTSD. I have suffered multiple traumas in my life: This book has been an excellent supplement to my therapy. It has helped me see fully realize the extent of my symptoms and also to see how the secondary symptoms have affected my relationships with others and thus gain perspective on much of the criticism I have endured through the years from colleagues and peers. PTSD affects all areas of the sufferer's life, including interpersonal relationships, school, the workplace, and the home. I am only now understanding how my PTSD has affected my life, and beginning to get a glimpse of a more positive future ahead. Futhermore, it has helped me to see that a positive support system is essential to recovery, and I do not have that within my family, so it will have to be cultivated from my friends. I also highly recommend this book for its straight forward, no nonsense style. I am a graduate business student at a top program and upon my diagnosis, I was able to integrate reading "Sourcebook" in with my heavy courseload without feeling like I was wasting time on a publication that was too much talk and not enough solution.

Schiraldi took a complex issue and makes it easy to grasp in a well-organized format. It is useful for both the general reader who wants basic information and those who wish to do more in-depth reading. I was impressed with how the physiological concepts are explained, and wish I had read this book before taking introductory psychology courses. I have recommended it to people who have the diagnosis but also to anyone who has or knows someone with a mental illness of any type because much of the information is widely applicable, although what he writes about PTSD is invaluable. Overall I would highly recommend the book without reservation for anyone seeking information on mental illness and especially as a resource for PTSD, it should be a staple in the library of anyone studying the disorder.

This book may well become the best friend of every person recovering from PTSD. I frequently find myself turning to this book for direction and comfort when the symptoms become overwhelming. It is a powerfully effective tool against the panic and feelings of isolation that I face as a person with PTSD. The clear, concise explanations, acceptance of the reality of these symptoms, and specific instructions and suggestions for professional and self-treatment, organized in an easy-to-read format, have proven invaluable in my own recovery. Glenn has taken the fear and confusion of PTSD and turned it into an understandable and manageable situation. I would recommend this book to anyone suffering from PTSD. It may save your life, and will certainly save your sanity. I can't say enough good things about it. It has, truly, changed my life.

This book on PTSD is very helpful in explaining the symptoms, remedies, and recommendations for individuals dealing with PTSD. I recommend it to anyone who feels they may suffer from PTSD, as it is a great relief to hear about other cases and symptoms of PTSD. Because of this book, I have realized that I'm not nuts and I'm not alone in my symptoms or in my diagnoses.

As a psychotherapist, I am always struck by the overwhelming complexity of PTSD and the layers of self-denial and avoidance reactions that often isolate a sufferer from the core emotional and sensory trauma. This book helps untangle the chaos of traumatic anxiety and gives us a better way to manage PTSD. I use mindfulness meditation therapy to work with trauma and find it to be most helpful. You might like to learn more about this approach, I also recommend 'The Path of Mindfulness Meditation' available through the store.

Hey there,
This book is unbelievably good. It has essential covering on a wide range of topics. Like shame/guilt, pain, sexual healt aspects. I haven't found any week spots in it.
It has concrete action suggestions, is written clearly and with a relaxed tone that can only come from someone who is educated, has great experience and has got it together completely. It is down to earth and couldn't be better for a non-expert self-healer and one doesn't have to be a genious to use it.
I respect the author much and feel grateful towards him.
By the way I find the book very helpful from time to time on various issues.

I had gone through so much sadness, suffering and despair before coming across this book by chance. When I started reading it, it was as if I had awakened from a long coma, as if I was stepping out of a thick fog. Finally everything was starting to make sense! Schiraldi's writing style is clear and to the point, friendly without being patronizing. His description of the illness and treatment methods inspired me strength and confidence, now I know I can beat this thing! I very highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers from PTSD, as well as to all those who study this illness, there's much to learn from it. Thank you, Dr. Schiraldi, you don't know how much your book meant to me!

A thorough look into the lives of trauma survivors, how trauma develops into PTSD, the effects of this condition, and recovery techniques. An excellent resource for those understanding a loved one with PTSD.

Dr. Schiraldi has a gift for making this very complex condition simple to understand. I think this book will be very useful for both the people suffering from trauma and the mental health professionals who help them. It is an oasis of practical principles and skills with many useful, detailed instructions. It leaves me with a feeling of hope, that much can be done to reduce the suffering of PTSD.

Dr. Schiraldi has a gift for making this very complex condition simple to understand. I think this book will be very useful for both the people suffering from trauma and the mental health professionals who help them. It is an oasis of practical principles and skills with many useful, detailed instructions. It leaves me with a feeling of hope, that much can be done to reduce the suffering of PTSD.