Imagination and Adolescent Trauma: The Role of Imagination in Neurophysiological, Psychological, and Spiritual Healing

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Exploring the role of imagination in trauma recovery, the author shares the arresting dreams and stories of traumatized adolescents. Describing the impact of trauma on adolescent health and development, the author provides promising research into the use of breathing skills, HRV Biofeedback, and dream work to promote healthy breathing, emotion regulation, and restorative dreaming. Research suggests that these interventions can decrease post-traumatic distress and assist in the creation of meaningful posttraumatic narratives. The author explores the role of embodied imagination in adolescent spiritual development and posttraumatic growth. These interventions provide clinicians and pastoral caregivers with simple and effective ways of helping adolescents heal from trauma in holistic and dynamic ways that respect the integrated constitution of the human person.

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Mary Caswell Walsh's book integrates well clinical expertise, adolescent trauma case studies, and research in neuroscience, dreaming, and biofeedback into a practical and compelling treatment for adolescent trauma using dream groups and breath awareness.

--Mark Graves, University of Notre Dame

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Mary Caswell Walsh is a licensed marriage and family therapist, consultant, biofeedback trainer, dream researcher, and writer in private practice in Berkeley and Vallejo, CA. She has taught as an adjunct professor in the graduate Certificate in Traumatology and Treatment Program at Holy Names University.