From Trauma to Healing

by The School of Life

ISBN: 9781916753198

Published: 2025-06-10

A guide to understanding our own trauma and finding ways to recover from it All of us have - to a greater or lesser extent - suffered from traumas in our lives, often at a young age. The less we address these traumas, the more they have a habit of manifesting as difficulties in the form of broken relationships, anxieties, depression, or physical symptoms like insomnia and digestive issues. Divided into four chapters, Causes of Trauma, Symptoms of Trauma, Relocating Trauma, and Processing Trauma, From Trauma to Healing guides us through understanding what trauma is, how it can affect us for decades, and how we can liberate ourselves from it in a healthy way. Exercises and question prompts throughout the book, such as word association tests and 'intervieiwng' the body, demonstrate practical ways to recognise your own trauma and encourage the reader to work through their trauma towards healing. At once deeply practical and packed with ideas, the book functions as a humane and wise...