LIFE AFTER TRAUMA
A Workbook for Healing
264 Pages
Dena Rosenbloom, Ph.D. and Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D., with Barbara E. Watkins
The Guilford Press, 2nd Edition, 2010

This book is written by trauma professionals. It contains practical strategies for coping, with the focus on finding a way forward in one's life. Many step-by-step questionnaires and exercises are included.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify five basic psychological needs
• Discuss a variety of traumatic events and their effects on victims
• Explain how trauma changes the way one thinks, the way the body reacts, and the way a person behaves with other people
• Discuss the healing process

REAL LIFE
Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life
319 Pages
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.
Free Press, 2008

The book has identified 7 life challenging issues in peoples' lives. The purpose of the book is to assist in preparing for these crises. The book includes audits, or self-appraisal questionnaires regarding these challenging issues.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Name the 7 most challenging days in a person's life
• Explain how to change one's life before there are crises
• Explain how fear dictates one's choices - and what to do about it.

THE UNTHINKABLE
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
266 Pages
By Amanda Ripley
Crown Publishers, 2008

Since 9/11, there has been a heightened awareness of surviving - all types of disasters. The author has studied and researched many disasters and has consulted with leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts in search of answers to the question posetd in the sub-title.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the behavioral characteristics of those to survivie disasters.
• Explain the phases of a disaster
• Discuss what happens to people in a disaster