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The Power of Self-Healing
- Author
- Dr Sarah Woodhouse
- Narrator
- Sarah Woodhouse
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 9 October 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Empowering and important – this fascinating book will forever change how you approach trauma healing – Julia Samuel MBE, psychotherapist and author
Take back control in this powerful guide to breaking and healing patterns of trauma, one day at a time.
In this revolutionary book, acclaimed psychologist Dr Sarah Woodhouse demonstrates that to heal our trauma and be truly well we must take action every single day. Through gripping case studies and interviews with some of the world’s leading trauma experts, The Power of Self-Healing demystifies the process of trauma healing with resources and tools you can start using today.
Childhood trauma leads to a profound loss of agency and choice. It traps us in autopilot, repeating subconscious patterns like compulsive busyness, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, overthinking, avoidance and self-blame. These patterns are meant to help us survive and cope, but over time take a huge toll on our sense of self, relationships, well-being and physical health.
To be truly well, we have to take responsibility and start to create real change in ourselves and our lives. One hour of therapy a week isn’t enough, healing needs to happen the other 167 hours of our week too.
This book is the map you’ve been waiting for, guiding you to where you need to be to truly thrive. As you learn and implement the 11 Principles and 4 Capacities of self-healing, you will create powerful changes in yourself, your family, your community and the world around you.
Critics Review
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Empowering and important – this fascinating book will forever change how you approach trauma healing.
Julia Samuel MBE, psychotherapist and author
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A revolutionary book that will uplift and inspire you as it gently guides you into true healing.
Zoe Blaskey, founder of Motherkind and author
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This book is hopeful, human, and deeply helpful. Sarah helps you understand why you feel the way you do, and how to start changing your patterns, without shame.
Anna Mathur, psychotherapist and author
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an accessible, empowering primer on trauma, rooted in our most current understanding of the nervous system, memory, and healing
Ingrid Clayton, clinical psychologist and author
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a powerful, refreshing, and deeply honest guide for those ready to stop outsourcing their healing and start reclaiming it
Denise Duffield-Thomas, author of Chill and Prosper
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Details
- Author
- Dr Sarah Woodhouse
- Narrator
- Sarah Woodhouse
- Duration
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399424370
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas, Popular psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Coping with / advice about stress and stress-related issues or topics, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Power of Self-Healing: Take action over your trauma, written and read by Dr Sarah Woodhouse Empowering and important – this fascinating book will forever change how you approach trauma healing – Julia Samuel MBE, psychotherapist and authorTake back control in this powerful guide to breaking and healing patterns of trauma, one day at a time.In this revolutionary book, acclaimed psychologist Dr Sarah Woodhouse demonstrates that to heal our trauma and be truly well we must take action every single day. Through gripping case studies and interviews with some of the world’s leading trauma experts, The Power of Self-Healing demystifies the process of trauma healing with resources and tools you can start using today.Childhood trauma leads to a profound loss of agency and choice. It traps us in autopilot, repeating subconscious patterns like compulsive busyness, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, overthinking, avoidance and self-blame. These patterns are meant to help us survive and cope, but over time take a huge toll on our sense of self, relationships, well-being and physical health.To be truly well, we have to take responsibility and start to create real change in ourselves and our lives. One hour of therapy a week isn’t enough, healing needs to happen the other 167 hours of our week too.This book is the map you’ve been waiting for, guiding you to where you need to be to truly thrive. As you learn and implement the 11 Principles and 4 Capacities of self-healing, you will create powerful changes in yourself, your family, your community and the world around you.
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