Neuropsychosocial Integration: A Practical Approach to Discharging Trauma and Recovering the Authentic Self

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. For those who have been exposed in some way to adverse lived experiences and/or protracted psychosocial stress, a manifestation of psychosocial trauma is disintegration in the self and in between the body and mind. Integration can be recovered, along with authenticity in the self and well-being in the body and mind, through the toolkit the author presents in the form of the acronym and metaphoric quiverful of SPEARS: Somato-Psycho-Emotional Attunement and Relational Safety. Featuring case studies, this book holds a specific appeal for graduate-student trauma researchers, therapists, and clinicians, as well as lay individuals exploring their own traumas.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by William J. Singletary Preface:Authorship and Research Underpinning Acknowledgments Part I: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Research Chapter One:Introduction to Neuropsychosocial Integration The Neuropsychosocial of Our Native Need Adverse Lived Experiences in Context Structure of the Neuropsychosocial 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 Socioemotionality in Neuropsychosocial Disintegration Psychosocial Trauma in High Definition 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 Part V: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Therapy Chapter Twelve:Neurorelational Integration Neurorelational Well-Being Neurorelational SPEAR Neurorelational Therapy in Reflection Chapter Thirteen: Neuro-Emotional Integration Neuro-emotional Well-Being Neuro-emotional SPEAR Neuro-emotional Therapy in Reflection Chapter Fourteen: Neuropsychological Integration Neuropsychological Well-Being Neuropsychological SPEAR Neuropsychological Therapy in Reflection Chapter Fifteen: Neurosomatic Integration Neurosomatic Well-Being Neurosomatic SPEAR Neurosomatic Therapy in Reflection Part VI: Embracing Neuropsychosocial Integration in Well-Being 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 Posttraumatic Growth Transgenerational Resilience Afterword: Neuropsychosocial Integration in Reflection References Index About the Author

About the Author :
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 and posttraumatic growth across generations. Dr. Maduro 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 child’s health and well-being at the University of Cambridge.

Review :
Dr. Maduro has conjured here a remarkable cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural synthesis of neurobiology, attachment and trauma theory, anti-racism, spirituality and epigenetics. Woven through her passionate prose is her appreciation of the centrality of storytelling, testimony, and bearing witness in the lives of human beings in groups and communities, and she makes generous and compelling use of her own personal lived experience. She brilliantly establishes the autonomic nervous system as the archivist of our life stories and our transgenerationally-transmitted familial and cultural heritages. She foregrounds and honors the suffering and the authority of the Ancestors and the power of 'ances-story' for good or for ill, and she places what she inventively and imaginatively depicts as the quiverful of 'SPEARS' of neuropsychosocial integration in the hands of the generations that are still to come. Here is a giant step forward for the emergent field of psychosocial studies. Neuropsychosocial Integration is a book that teaches about how we heal from trauma in a multidimensional way; neurologically, psychologically and socially. It is holistic in its understanding of trauma, addresses transgenerational trauma, and presents a cultural perspective not often discussed. The author not only discusses the existing knowledge base on trauma, but also introduces their own work in the presentation of frameworks and tools such as ALE's (Adverse Life Experiences), which advances upon the more commonly known ACE's (Adverse Childhood Experiences), which has transformed the field, but also examines the impact of childhood experiences. Furthermore, the author calls attention to the measurement of historical trauma, filling a critical gap in the literature. Little is known or researched about historical trauma, presumably because it is often the story of the marginalized, whose voices are not often elevated, and there are few measurable tools that can be used to measure the impact of such traumas. This addition has the potential to further advance our understanding of ancestral, intergenerational, as well as structural and systemic traumas. Winniey E. Maduro brings a fresh perspective to the experience and recovery of trauma with the focus on a holistic approach to trauma treatment that incorporates neuroscience. This provides a well-rounded approach for clinicians and students. Using a conversational style, Maduro invites us to explore the intersection of self and others, better understand our actions, and honor both our bodies (somatic experience) and wisdom that is passed down from our ancestors. I believe this would integrate nicely and bring a fuller perspective to my Understanding Trauma course materials. This is a conversational book on trauma integration and disintegration that honors spirituality and neuropsychosocial elements in a way that I have not yet seen.