The Pain We Carry, Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT
The Pain We Carry, Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT
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The Pain We Carry
Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color

Author: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT, Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

Narrator: L. Malaika Cooper

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/17/2023


Synopsis

If you are a person of color who has experienced repeated trauma—such as discrimination, race-related verbal assault, racial stigmatization, poverty, sexual trauma, or interpersonal violence—you may struggle with intense feelings of anger, mistrust, or shame. You may feel unsafe or uncomfortable in your own body, or struggle with building and keeping close relationships. Sometimes you may feel very alone in your pain. But you are not alone. This groundbreaking work illuminates the phenomena of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) as it is uniquely experienced by people of color, and provides a much-needed path to health and wholeness.

In The Pain We Carry, you'll find powerful tools to help you understand and begin healing from repeated trauma. You'll discover ways to feel safer in your body, build self-compassion and resilience, and reclaim your health and wellness by reconnecting with your sense of self and your ancestral wisdom. You'll learn how trauma is connected to grief, how it can affect both the mind and the body, and how it can persist from one generation to the next. Most importantly, you'll find the validation you need to begin mending your heart, and the skills you need to live a life of intention—even in the midst of an oppressive system.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lizzie

The Pain We Carry is a non-fiction book written by a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, intended to be read by people of color who are wanting to navigate the Complex PTSD that comes from the trauma of racism. I read this book not as a person of color, but as a white therapist. I work with many......more

Goodreads review by Tasha

I believe this a book that belongs amongst the giants who dominate the field of mental health, therapy, and anti-racism scholars. This is a book that belongs with Brene Brown, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Maté, Joy DeGruy, Resmaa Menakem, and so many others. We need Natalie's voice where ever BIPOC heali......more

Goodreads review by Dora

This book unraveled layers of pain, of the little things that are presented as 'responsibility' that actually are years of generational trauma- and it took me back to my childhood and to the history and how I saw people who were black like me being treated. It's interesting that the title talks of u......more

Goodreads review by Ash

4.5 Stars “When you’re having to be a chameleon that changes colors to match your environment for survival and in order to be accepted and loved…imagine what that does. Your heart breaks receiving explicit messages from groups in power—that the only way you will be truly loved and accepted is through......more

It took me all month to get through this book but that is due to how phenomenal it was! I listened to the audiobook and immediately went to order a physical copy for my bookshelf. Every black person needs to read this for obvious reasons, but every white person should read this also to learn and gain......more