- A Look at Trauma: Simple and Complex - Before Doing the Work: Safety, Security, and Intention - Identifying and Writing About What Has Happened to You - Helping Yourself When You Reexperience a Trauma - The Physical Side of PTSD - Dealing With Associated Symptoms of PTSD: Guilt, Survivor Guilt, Shame, and Loss - Difficulty Regulating Emotion - Alterations in Attention or Consciousness: Dealing With Dissociation and Traumatic Amnesia - Somatization: How Trauma Impacts Your Body - How Trauma Impacts the Way You View Yourself - Dealing With Your Perpetrators - Alterations in Your Relationships With Others - Finding Meaning - Final Thoughts and Exercises