Once I had taken several seminars about being present and being aware, I picked up Trauma Stewardship once again and started over, this time with clear intention to be present as I read.
What a difference it made! I would recommend this book to anyone in a helping profession. I like the idea of career specific self help. But feel this info is already available in more engaging books and publications. Still a fair starter book for budding personal care providers. This book was great for anyone looking into or helping others with trauma. I found this to be a helpful tool. This is a great book for educators and any profession that deals with people who are affected by trauma.
We may be using this book as a book study this year with our district's new teachers. Thank you for this resource! This was an excellent book about integrating what makes us well with what serves the common good of the world.
I enjoyed the serious, yet lighthearted approach. The author addressed both the personal and systemic nature of effective self-care. The many case studies were helpful to read real-life examples of applied trauma stewardship.
Highly recommended for all caregivers! This is a must read for all of us who work in with others. It's making me more aware of my own need for self-care and self-reflection. Good book, thought provoking, I paired it with some of the Authors Ted Talks. I highly recommend reading it if you work in a field where you are dealing with Trauma first or Second hand.
It is a great book, we are reading it as an agency at work. So excited for the Author to be at our mid year agency wide staff meeting. This book gave me a different perspective on how to deal with the secondhand trauma that I receive through my job. I was skeptical about reading this book because I thought much of it would be stating the obvious, but it is written in a thoughtful humorous ,compassionate and practical way. In short, it is a book that makes you step back and think about what you are doing.
When I first started reading this book I wasn't sure what to expect. As I continued there were a lot of aha moments. My favorite thing about this book was when she talks about needing a vacation, everyone around her was telling her that she needed a vacation, her family, her friends, her coworkers.
So finally years after they first started telling her that she needed a vacation she went on that vacation. As she is hiking with her family she comes to a cliff, almost a mountain range. She's thinking about the nearest trauma one Center and how many people have committed suicide here, and as she says some of this out loud her family is looking at her like she's crazy.
It's then that her aha moment hit her, that the trauma of her work has affected her. For me I think about that stuff all the time and this is my aha moment, this book; so, as I continue to find my Center this book is helping me. It is helping me into realizing all of my aha moment and how I have trauma from the work that I do; which, is also bringing up the trauma for my past.
As I find myself, to center myself, I can allow myself to help others. The things I learned about myself will indeed help me to avoid carrying the load from my clients in my future endeavors. Self-care is so important in the human services field. I found this book incredible informative and insightful with a plethora of valuable information. I would recommend this book to anyone who works with individuals in stressful life circumstances. I loved this book.
Helped me with a lot of my childhood trauma and looking at situations differently. Excellent book. Came highly recommended by several of my colleagues.
Important information for anyone in social and human services. Insightful read. I selected this book because I work at a school district with a high rate of poverty and thought I might learn something useful to share with our homeless student advocates. So I was very surprised to discover I was experiencing many of the thoughts and behaviors associated with trauma stewardship.
It was also interesting to learn about the experiences of people in career field I would not have associated with trauma exposure.
This book is essential for those in the helping professions. It gives you the warning signs of burnout, steps you can take to combat it, and helps gives you ideas of how to structure your life so that you can prevent it completely.
Self-care is so important!! I enjoyed this book and found a lot of good information in it. The narrator stumbled a little in the beginning, but did a good job overall and was easy to listen to. I really enjoyed the quotes that the author chose to include throughout the book.
The author also included cartoons for each chapter. In the audio book she describes these for the listener. This book combines real-life stories with some self care advice. I choose to get the audiobook version to listen to in the car, but was unable to since it is a MP3 disc. If you have an older disc player you may want to consider getting one of the other versions. I used my computer to listen to it and it worked fine.
I had the privilege to meet Laura this year. She is an amazing speaker and her book is even more thorough. It has definitely put into perspective what it is like when you are surrounded by any level of trauma.
This book is highly recommended to anyone in the field of Social work as well as anyone who has had trauma in their lives. Great book! Had a way of getting me to look in the mirror, and actually see the real me.
Not just the person that keeps going, and handles what ever I need to do, but the person that really is being effected by all this trauma I deal with. I have been to many trainings on self care, however, until I read this book I didn't really understand why I should practice what I have learned.
My thoughts have always been, when I have time someday I will worry about me. Right now I need to just push forward for those that I take care of need my care more then I do. Thank you for opening my eyes. This book isn't just for professionals and students, but important for every day lives. There are different care givers in the book and how to have different relationships with each or learn how others do.
Throughout the book are cartoons that help get the messages across as well. I find it helpful in balancing my mind every day. I recognize so much of myself in this book. I appreciate the author's calm and nonjudgmental style, as well as her humor in the face of truly difficult issues. Her compassion for herself and the examples allowed me to dig deep and reflect on the ways I need to recognize and shift some of my habits and my mentality. I teach in prisons, and it's a difficult thing to hold many conflicting emotions and painful stories for all involved at once.
I appreciate not only the suggested mindframes, but also the clear example that I am not alone in the ways I feel in relation to my work. In my current work field, this book is part of a weekly reading. The paperback version is great! Useful in the human services department but could be shared with many professions. I had the Opportunity to see Laura speak in Medford, Oregon a few months ago. This book is a must read for Social Workers who feel the burnout from working in this career field.
This book beautifully outlines how any of us may fall into burnout and vicarious traumatization, having periodically experienced both over my career and fighting my way out.
This book really gives you a glimpse of reality of the kind of work that we do in social services. I would recommend it to anyone who works close to people who have been affected by some sort of trauma. This book presents many concepts and ideas of self care that those working in this field likely already have heard, many times over, but have not fully embraced yet. Laura presents the information not as a trainer but as someone involved in the work sharing what has worked and not worked with a peer.
This book is full of relatable stories and insights from someone who ignored self care until it was nearly too late. It is worth reading for those tidbits of wisdom that can be personally applied so that one can continue to serve others to their full capacity. She is also great in person and I hear she is coming out with a new book.
Highly recommend! Eye opener in the way of looking at burn out and self care. This is a fantastic book for everyone, especially people in the health care system. It is a must read. It is nice in CD form so that people that are already too busy can read in the car. A lot of great information and validation found in this book around compassion fatigue and burn out.
This book gave me the basic tools to have staying power in a position working with vulnerable and traumatized populations.
I love my work and want to be able to keep doing it. After reading Trauma Stewardship I have key skills I need to decompress after working with a client through a traumatizing event, and not carry forward my negative emotions or stress regarding their experience. The author explored reasons why people are attracted to public service work. She encouraged mindfulness around this from the readers to avoid the risk of burnout and working in an ineffective way. This approach gave me insight into why I have chosen a career in public serve and allowed me to better frame my thinking around my career choices.
The second section of the book gave key tools and habits for maintaining longevity in a public service career and also taking control over the choices the reader makes around their career. This section essentially gave the reader permission to take care of themselves in order to continue their work.
I was already interested in theories surrounding organizational culture before reading this book. I tend to run up against this set of believes when speaking about building supportive organizational cultures. Reading this book gave me a framework for identifying, and calling out harmful mindsets as well as arguments to use with other professional when discussing the importance of addressing secondary trauma within an organization. I really enjoyed reading this book.
It is an extremely topic that does not get enough attention and the author, Laura vanDernoot Lipsky, presents the idea of trauma stewardship with dignity and humor. I appreciated the case studies and examples found throughout the book! In my profession and others, where compassionate healing of trauma within others and myself, this book is a source of wisdom, understanding and peace.
There is now scientific evidence that meditation for at least 8 minutes per day will reverse the freezing effect to our genes and brain cells, and in so doing, reverse trauma.
This book provides several meditation practices. It is loaded with cartoons and humor that wisely drive home important aspects of our lives, thinking and stresses. We are using this book in an organization book circle.
Such a powerful way to meet trauma-informed care and move forward in awareness of self, community and our present and future contributions. I am sharing this book with everyone - my family, friends and co-workers. I am grateful that Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, along with Connie Burk, have taken this path and then brought others and me with them.
This books offered many insights into my interactions with those in trauma. At times, it was like looking in a mirror. This is essential reading for all who tend to the needs of others. You will emerge more comfortable and less stressed. This is a must read for anyone who entering into a new job have been working for many years in an area were you work with others who are experiencing trauma or working for a cause.
As this book not only brings what is often called burnout of empathy fatigue out of the shadows. But also offers simple and doable techniques to find balance as a human. So we can keep living our life with purpose and mission, while doing the hard work we believe while building and maintaining our own relationships and connection with others. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk put together a highly impactful book that addresses the importance of self care following the introduction to a framework for a trauma exposure response that professionals who work with others in trauma experience.
The book also speaks to specific strategies within the framework of the 5 Directions that includes identifying a daily practice of centering one's self. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky has a TED Talk where she candidly and humorously speaks to her experiences in trauma work and self care over the past 25 years, and I also had opportunity to see her speak at the Whole Child Summit in Portland, Oregon this year. She is very engaging, and seeing her on on-line or in person will strengthen your connection to her work.
I had many "ah-ha! Cannot say enough wonderful things about it! This book came to me at a perfect time in my career. I've already recommended it to anyone who will sit long enough to hear my excitement over this book. An essential read for anyone who faces secondary trauma in their work. This book is a must read for anyone working in Social Services.
The writing style keeps you engaged as you learn new self care techniques. An excellent book for those of us who have experienced the effects of secondary trauma. Laura's writing is engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking. I recommend this book!
This book has been an invaluable resource and sounding board for my journey as a public servant, as a woman and as a human being in our society today.
Too often we are encouraged to run ourselves into the ground in effort to show our dedication to our jobs. This book has helped me identify the damaging actions I take in a perverted attempt to show my value.
I am so grateful to the author for writing this book and to the Ford Family Foundation for making it available to me. Otherwise, it may have taken me years of self-abuse to realize that sometimes, I am the one doing the damage to myself!!
I like the use of humor via the cartoons. I can say that I now respect my self-care routine thanks to this book. This is a must read by every social worker out there! Laura has an amazing way of speak to her audience. Her advice is practical and backed by research. This book was very helpful in my own healing of being affected by vicarious trauma and I play her words in my mind daily when I work with those in my community.
A must read for anyone who works aside others affected by trauma, in all its various forms. The concept of "stewardship" in relation to secondary trauma exposure is something that both validates the challenge and honor of the work so many teachers do and don't have a name for. This book provides real ways to balance honor and care with mindful practice. This book walks you through recognizing maladaptive coping mechanisms caused by secondary trauma, and positive coping mechanisms that should be used instead.
It gives the reader many tools to cope with trauma. It comes in handy with the line of work I do Human Services and the effects that vicarious trauma can have on people in this line of work. It gives details and suggestions on how to deal, and address these traumas, as well as skills to help you cope with these types of traumas. Would definitely recommend this book to anyone who feels the strain of vicarious trauma.
This book is amazing! It is real and she knows how to deliver the message in a real life way. If you ever get the chance to see her present, please do! A great woman and author! I like the questions that this book has you ask yourself. Why am I doing this work everyday?
How is it affecting me? If you are feeling some stress when working with others, this is a good book for you. This book was really good. The information and strategies in the book apply to many different types of work. I was also fortunate enough to see the author speak and she is amazing. Not only is she very funny and engaging, but she is also approachable and down to earth. I would say there are some parts of the book I found hard to read, like when there are paramedics talking about being at the scene of accidents involving children and having to deal with the family.
I work in a behavior program at a public school and almost all of my students come from a trauma background. This book has helped me to identify the ways in which my job has affected my own emotional well being and given me strategies for combating "caregiver fatigue.
Great Read, Smooth. I found this book to be very enlightening, reflective and hard to put down at time. I highly recommend this book for ALL. I LOVE this book! I had to buy a copy for myself so I could highlight areas and make notes all over the place. This is not just a good read. It contains a ton of great insight that I have read over and over again!
A rare combination of personal stories, New Yorker cartoons, and gentle insight, the authors assist us to explore secondary trauma, and its effect on the individual, organizations, and society. We are guided through an understanding of our own reactions to trauma in order to better understand trauma stewardship, and the pathway to care for ourselves as much as we care for others.
I enjoyed this book as it was very informative for someone just beginning to explore the realm of trauma informed care. I am on a committee at work regarding this topic and it was recommended reading and worth the time. Thank you for helping broaden my understanding of this topic by having this book available through the foundation. This is a great resource regarding how trauma effects us all. Not only the person directly experiencing the trauma but also those who work with them.
The use of cartoons and personal testimony throughout the book makes it highly accessible for all readers. This book is essential reading for anyone providing services for those affected by trauma.
It helped me immensely. As an educator, I was looking forward to reading this book. It did not disappoint. There were so many practical strategies that help us take care of ourselves so we are ready to take care of our kids. This is an excellent read for anybody working for a cause. The author clearly explains the impacts of trauma and provides excellent questions for reflection about how to balance the trauma with joy and fulfillment.
I wish I had found this guidance earlier in my career! If you are in the field of caregiving, this is the right book for you. This book will walk you through self-care strategies, will help you become aware of warning signs of burn out and compassion fatigue. It is an excellent resource to learn how to protect your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing when working with secondary trauma. I highly recommend it!
This book takes a difficult topic and presents it in a humorous, relevant, and meaningful way. This is a very insightful look at the self care that is necessary to successfully work in a helping profession. This helped me realize that many things that I have shrugged off as just part of the job, but they have impacted my mental and physical health. I plan to work in the helping professions for the rest of my career, and this is a resource that I will come back to over the years to help me identify my own signs of burnout and access strategies to help me be prepared to help others.
I found this book to be heartbreaking and difficult to read because everything sounded so familiar, but also very important. Being kind to yourself and learning how to cope with the stress of exposure to trauma or traumatized clients is hard to prioritize but this book drives home the significance of doing so.
This book is great, especially for those who's careers evolve around trauma. I'm a Victims Advocate and I dove head first in this book! I'm learning lots of tips of how to care for myself while advocating for others. I plan on passing this book onto coworkers when I'm done. Wonderful overview of sources of compassion fatigue, and recommendations for real solutions. Ever wonder why some people thrive in an environment that causes others to be significantly challenged and stressed?
This book helps explain why. My only issue is that it is very dense, so don't expect it to be in your "light reading" pile. Still, very much worth getting, reading, and sharing with other professionals who may be exhibiting signs of burnout. Very helpful book in teaching yourself to manage your health and emotions while taking care of others.
Reviewed through an educator lens As educators try to learn more about dealing with the trauma that students experience, they themselves become deeply effected. Resilience becomes an odd form of sustainability as staff try to do more for more students with fewer resources. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky's book addresses the critical need for self-care in the caring professions. She gives us a compass, but each of us has to find the direction.
Those of you who are about to read this book are at the trailhead of a path that holds great promise for you, for your work, and for those whom you are privileged to work with. In an age when the same ideas get repeated until they lose any meaning, this is a book with fresh ideas. Unlike cookbooks or manuals that invite quick responses that have not been thought out, this book invites us on a journey. On that journey, we are invited to take a fresh look at why we do the work, and how our work must be contextualized in efforts to end oppression and privilege.
We are reminded that the work has inevitable benefits and challenges, that we are stewards not just of those who allow us into their lives but of our own capacity to be helpful, and that a mindful and connected journey, both internally and externally, allows us to sustain the work. We are in this work together, all of us. Our best hope is to understand that it is a long journey. We need to take care of ourselves and each other. Laura has given us a great compass and map to help us on our journey.
Conte, Ph. Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Release 08 May Subjects Self-Improvement Nonfiction. Search for a digital library with this title Search by city, ZIP code, or library name Learn more about precise location detection. View more libraries I am looking forward to reading them early in the morning before brain fog comes on little cat feet.
Hi Mary Ellen, Thank you so very much for letting me know of this glitch — I have fixed it and the kindle option now gives you a mobi file. I am consciously aware of several childhood emotional and physical trauma events, which I have had emotional and behavioral therapy for over the years.
And a year ago, I underwent a productive and insightful Past-Life or Gestational Regression Session with a Therapist, where I indeed discovered some gestational issues of traumatic events that had occurred, that of course my conscious mind did not remember, but which came out in triggerings that I had related when I was exposed around life threatening incidents dealing with young children who I was treating for traumatic injuries presenting to the ER.
I worked in ER trauma triage for 15 years. That is traumatic in itself! It was carried to me, and to two half-sisters out of 4 by mtdna. One of two of my mothers sisters has been diagnosed with CF as well.
Will anything??? How can I over-write this genetic coding???? Or will it just keep reverting back to this genetic determined and preferred state? My body once again came into a screeching halt, after receiving western alopathic treatment methodologies using the CDC standard protocols for treating 2 Tick Borne Infections with co-infections, EBV. This triple antibiotic therapy with Pepsin, and Omeprosal protocol wrecked my immune system and destroyed the balance of my already weakened microbiome after just 3 days into the 14 day protocol.
About 3 months before this incident, I had required a root canal treated w antibiotic trx, and then I was hospitalized due to a positive H Pylori diagnoses after an emergency endoscopy, because my lower abdomen and stomach was in tonic seizure, clenched tight like a board.
Four weeks ago, I was rear-ended in a MVA that was travelling at high speed, and the traumatic concussion , whiplash, physical injuries, and pain of two lumbar fractures and 2 cervical disc bulges, and the ongoing emotional trauma and stress of dealing with the vehicle and accident incidentals, the dr.
This is a learned response! I am unable to tolerate the analgesics, and I am NOT sleeping due to the pain of lying recumbent and also the return of nightmares. Any suggestions? My doctors are clueless where to even start.
If it is not in their standard toolbox of obvious, I will have to lead them to the evidence and suggest possible treatment, whatever it takes to get me in the right treatment path, or hands, or else I am not going to make it through this bout. Dear K, You ask important questions we all really want an answer to. There is also research showing that trauma therapies can reverse changes that turn some genes on or off epigenetics and that healing the effects of trauma can even reverse diseases such as asthma in kids.
The challenge is also what you describe so well — what about the effects of multigenerational trauma and our own exposures throughout life that can add up with time? And how far can we really turn back such effects on our genes and nervous systems to turn off stuck states of freeze or fight or flight? This is huge. I think there are many ways of chipping away at all of these effects and that your ideas are excellent. So that could mean dietary changes that decrease inflammation, exercise of any kind that you can tolerate, mindfulness practices which you are already suggest being familiar with given how much you are tracking and the like.
At this early stage of knowledge about this way of working with health and healing, what we know is that this view is a big and powerful way of thinking about our genes, experiences and symptoms. Try them, and keep plugging away. In my own experience, I have had to keep at it to get ahead of the symptoms that got triggered.
And it has taken many years. I have also seen that each session and each thing I try plants another seed that supports more healing. It also helps me address the new things that happen too. My own journey has been much slower than I ever expected and that may be the nature of this work for some of us. Yet it may also be one of the few things that may be helpful and so we keep at it. You are a pioneer and you are blazing a trail for yourself and also for the rest of us.
You sound to me like you are on a good track with your thoughts even as you are working with these latest significant events and symptoms. Hang in there.
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