The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner’s Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment Audiobook (Free)

Explains trauma using a combination of the Five Components (from Traditional Chinese Medicine) and an impression perspective; for professionals of a variety of modalities, including acupuncturists, somatic therapists, therapeutic massage therapists, and mental wellness providers.

Combining Eastern and Western trauma physiology, clinician-educators Alaine Duncan and Kathy Kain present a fresh map for acupuncturists, medical practitioners, mental wellness providers, and body-oriented clinicians to help restore balance in their patients. Using principles from Acupuncture and Asian Medicine (AAM), alongside explanations from the threat response from Traditional western bio-behavioral technology, they explain common physical symptoms, psychological presentations, and pathways for healing for five survivor ‘types’ comprehensive by the writers and correlated to the Five Elements of AAM. This ancient/modern integrative zoom lens illuminates the varied manifestations of traumatic stress in its survivors–chronic pain, autoimmune illness, insomnia, metabolic problems, and mental wellness disorders–and brings new desire to survivors of trauma and the ones who deal with them.