Family After PTSD. How to Become the Parent of Your Dreams

Have you experienced a psychological trauma, but want to raise happy, confident children—and still don’t understand how your past experience affects your parenting today?

This book is a careful and deep exploration of how PTSD shows up in the family: from understanding the nature of trauma to specific parenting approaches tailored for 5 types of parents.

Trauma is not a sentence and not a reason to give up the joy of being the mother or father you dreamed of. Mindfulness, support, and practical tools will help you cope with anxiety and create a home with warmth, safety, and love.

Every parent wants their children to grow up happy and confident. But how do you maintain closeness and care if, inside, the consequences of traumatic experience live on? This book shows in detail how PTSD affects relationships within the family and the parenting style.

• The basics of PTSD: what it is, how it affects the psyche, and how it may show up in the role of a parent.
• 5 types of parents: what fears and challenges are characteristic for them, which parenting strategies help, and how to change limiting internal beliefs.
• How to become the parent of your dreams: how to apply knowledge and methods in practice to strengthen healthy family relationships.

Psychological trauma is not a label and not a reason to write off your parenting. A mindful approach and support help reduce anxieties and raise children in an atmosphere of love and resilience.