Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Practical Approach to Discharging Trauma and Recovering the Authentic Self explores the incidence of psychosocial trauma in ordinary life as it persists across generations. From the Latin word to make "whole," integration speaks to wholesomeness in the body and mind and authenticity in the self that is presented to the world. A manifestation of psychosocial trauma, thus, is disintegration in the self and in between the body and mind that brings suffering. A suffering that, the book argues, can be met with a quiver of metaphorical spears with which integration can be recovered along with authenticity in the self and wellbeing in the body and mind. The book is written for a diverse audience, as it speaks to the experience of two thirds of us who come to ordinary life having been exposed in some way to adverse lived experiences and protracted psychosocial stress that leave us wounded, and the seventy-five percent of us who respond well to therapy through which we recover from our woundedness and lead more fulfilling lives. This scope holds a specific appeal for graduate-student trauma researchers, therapists, clinicians, as well as lay individuals exploring their own traumas.
Winniey E. Maduro, PhD, is a research psychologist and lecturer in the neurobiology of the psychosocial. Her research focuses on neuropsychosocial adaptations to adverse lived experiences (ALE) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) across generations. She lectures internationally on psychosocial trauma and resources, teachers and supervises integrative psychotherapy and research methods at the University of South Wales, and is a specialist examiner for psychology and child's health and well-being at the University of Cambridge. Her educational background includes a PhD in Social-Educational-Developmental Psychology from the University of Manchester and a master's degree in education psychology and social change from the University of Linkoeping.
Foreword by William M. Singletary Acknowledgments Part I: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Research Preface: Authorship and Research Underpinning Chapter One: Introduction to Neuropsychosocial Integration The Neuropsychosocial of Our Native Need Adverse Lived Experiences (ALE) In Context Structure of the Neuropsychosocial Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in Context Part II: Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in Context Chapter Two: Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in Perspective Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in the Dance of Life Selfhood In Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration: Native SPEARS Chapter Three: Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in the [In]Authentic Self Resilience in the Authentic Self: Resilience SPEARS The Authentic Self in Concept and Context Authenticity as a State of Self-Possession Automaticity in the [In]Authentic Self Chapter Four: Neuropsychosocial Dis-Integration in the Dynamic Self The Self as Host of Life Stories: Survival and Pathological The Developing Self in the Absence of Pathology The Functioning Self in a State of Pathology The Protective Self Neurodynamics and Intelligence SPEARS Metaphorical SPEARS for Neuropsychosocial Acrobatics Chapter Five: Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration: Featuring Psychosocial Trauma Automaticity in Neuropsychosocial Disintegration Disintegration in the Psyche And Soma Socio-emotionality in Neuropsychosocial Disintegration Psychosocial Trauma in High Definition Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in Ancestry Part III: Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration in Ancestry Chapter Six: Ances-Story in Neuropsychosocial [Dis]Integration Transgenerational Trauma in Context The Neurobiological of Transgenerational Trauma Chapter Seven: Psychosocial Trauma as Legacy: Beginning in Early Life The Neuropsychosocial of Transgenerational Trauma Social-History of Psychosocial Stress: Beginning in Utero Psychosocial Stress in Adaptive Defenses and Personality Spectrum of Autonomic Activation in Adaptive Defenses Chapter Eight: Psychosocial Trauma Across Generations: In Practice Psychosocial Trauma in Intergenerational Family Life Legacy of Transgenerational Trauma in Destiny Transgenerational Neuropsychosocial Disintegration Part IV: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Process Chapter Nine: Neuropsychosocial Integration: Structures, Resources and Processes Neuropsychosocial Integration Essential Structures Neuropsychosocial Integration Essential Resources Neuropsychosocial Integration Fundamental Processes Chapter Ten: Neuropsychosocial Integration: Aims and Steps Centering Authenticity in Neuropsychosocial Integration Essential Aims and Steps in Neuropsychosocial Integration Centering the Survivor for Neuropsychosocial Integration Chapter Eleven: Neuropsychosocial Integration: Stages and Considerations Neuropsychosocial Integration Core Stages Neuropsychosocial Integration Core Considerations Neuropsychosocial Integration in Therapy Part V: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Therapy Chapter Twelve: Neuro-Relational Integration Neuro-Relational Wellbeing Neuro-Relational SPEAR Neuro-Relational Therapy in Reflection Chapter Thirteen: Neuro-Emotional Integration Neuro-Emotional Wellbeing Neuro-Emotional SPEAR Neuro-Emotional Therapy in Reflection Chapter Fourteen: Neuro-Psychological Integration Neuro-Psychological Wellbeing Neuro-Psychological SPEAR Neuro-Psychological Therapy in Reflection Chapter Fifteen: Neuro-Somatic Integration Neuro-Somatic Wellbeing Neuro-Somatic SPEAR Neuro-Somatic Therapy in Reflection Embracing Neuropsychosocial Integration in Wellbeing Part VI: Embracing Neuropsychosocial Integration in Wellbeing Chapter Sixteen: A Survivor's Guide to Neuropsychosocial Integration Neuropsychosocial Integration as Purpose Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Clinical Approach Journaling Our Integration and Authentic Self-Discovery Chapter Seventeen: Beyond Psychosocial Trauma and Disintegration Post-Traumatic Growth Transgenerational Resilience Afterword: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Reflection References Index About the Author
