Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Orientation -- Overview of Warrior Renew -- Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory -- A Holographic Reprocessing Approach for Healing Trauma -- A Transformational Approach to Healing -- A Guide for Using This Text -- Using This Text in a Group -- Setting Expectations -- Starting and Ending on Time -- Confidentiality -- Eating/Drinking During Group -- Storing Books Between Sessions -- Opening and Closing Group Sessions -- Group Format -- Benefits of Covering a Single Chapter Over Two Sessions -- Group Agreements -- Joining the Military -- Share Warrior Renew: Healing From Military Sexual Trauma -- Chapter 1: What Is Military Sexual Trauma? -- Sexual Trauma -- You are Not Alone -- Military Sexual Trauma -- Why is Sexual Trauma Higher in the Military? -- Complications of MST -- Reporting Sexual Trauma -- Sexual Trauma and Men -- Understanding Sexual Assaults -- Normal Reactions to Sexual Trauma -- Common Symptoms After MST -- Homelessness and MST -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Four Things to Consider When Healing from MST -- Chapter 1 Summary Points -- This Week's Closing Exercises (See Appendix B) -- Signal Breath -- Cleansing Breath -- Relaxation Sandwich -- Chapter 2: Coping With Feelings -- Feelings . . .? -- Some Common Avoidance Strategies -- The Meaning of Feelings -- Feelings Come From Our Thoughts -- Feelings are Physical Sensations -- Feelings Come and They Go -- Feelings are Responses, Not Facts -- Feelings are Part of Neural Networks -- Experience -- Skills to Identify and Release Feelings -- Your Own Biofeedback Machine -- The Biofeedback Machine is Practiced Like This -- Decoding Your Feelings -- It is Practiced in Six Steps -- Step 1: Getting Centered -- Step 2: Focusing on Sensations in Your Body -- Step 3: Identifying the Feelings.

Step 4: Decoding the Message -- Step 5: Releasing the Feeling and the Tension -- Step 6: Deciding on Your Response -- The Box of Feelings -- Feelings Come and They Go -- Chapter 2 Summary Points -- Chapter 3: Nightmares and Getting a Good Night's Sleep -- Sleep and Nightmares -- Good Sleep Habits -- Insomnia -- Presleep Routine -- Setting a Good Intention -- Engaging Your Senses -- Creating an Invisible Negativity Shield -- What is a Nightmare? -- Nightmare Remedies -- The Rational and Experiential Systems -- Example of a Symbolic Representation in a Dream -- The Lemon Exercise -- Understanding Nightmares -- Dream Journal -- Rescripting a Dream -- My Sleep Routien -- The Power of Smell -- Nightmare Sachets -- How to Make a Bedside Sachet -- Chapter 3 Summary Points -- Chapter 4: Triggers and Anxiety -- Triggering Anxiety -- Understanding Triggers -- Pavlov's Dogs -- Normal Reactions to Stress -- Normal Versus PTSD Reactions to Stress -- Healing Triggers and Anxiety -- COPE-ing With Anxiety Caused by Triggers -- The Gift of Triggers -- Panic Attacks -- Phobias -- Phobia Treatment: Systematic Desensitization and In Vivo Exposure -- Agoraphobia and Social Phobias -- Anxiety Worksheet -- Step One: Identifying a Relaxing Place -- Step Two: Identifying Triggers -- Step Three: Gaining Perspective -- Step Four: Go Back to Your Relaxed Imagery -- More Relaxation Skills -- Healthy Distraction -- Exercise -- Self-Expression -- Mindful Awareness -- One-Minute Mindfulness Exercise -- Anxiety Log -- Chapter 4 Summary Points -- Chapter 5: Anger and Resentment -- Dealing With Anger and Resentment -- The Downs and Ups of Anger -- Rage -- Resentment -- Why Hold Onto Resentment? -- Exploring Your Anger -- Anger Trigger -- Anger Level -- Physical Response -- Response -- A Word on Forgiveness -- Charting Anger -- Automatic Writing -- Poetic Justice.

Finding Freedom Through "Radical Acceptance" -- Redirecting Energy -- Chapter 5 Summary Points -- Chapter 6: Remembering and Understanding Trauma -- Remembering Trauma -- Remembering Events of Trauma -- Stress and Memory -- Holographic Memory -- A Holographic Approach -- So, are You Living Your Life Like a Vector or a Point? -- Holographic Reprocessing: An Introduction -- What is an Experiential Hologram? -- Experiential Holograms Versus Triggers -- Replaying Holograms -- Characteristic Coping Style -- A Case Example -- Five Questions to Keep You in the Present and Out of the Holographic Trap -- Writing About Trauma -- Chapter 6 Summary Points -- Mini Review: See if You Can Answer the Following Questions -- Chapter 7: Defining Relationship Patterns -- Attachment: The Foundation of Human Relationships -- Elements for a Healthy, Secure Attachment -- Elements for Insecure Attachment -- Military Family -- Where are You Along the Continuum? -- Elements That May Influence the Formation of Various Experiential Holograms -- Types of Emotional Traumas or "Core Violations" -- Neglect Trauma -- Disapproval/Rejection Trauma -- Betrayal Trauma -- Endangerment Trauma -- What is Marty's Experiential Hologram? -- Why You Make Perfect Sense -- What is Your Hologram? -- Writing Exercise -- Shifting Relationship Patterns -- Considering MST -- Common Core Violations of MST (Circle all that apply) -- Chapter 7 Summary Points -- Chapter 8: Guilt, Self-Blame, and Shame -- The Drain of Shame, Self-Blame, and Guilt -- Shame -- Self-Blame -- Types of Self-Blame -- Behavioral Self-Blame -- Characterological Self-Blame -- Putting Blame Where Blame Is Due -- Guilt -- Guilt and Manipulation -- Guilt and Grief -- Perpetrators of Sexual Trauma -- Addressing Shame, Self-Blame, and Guilt -- Creating a "Responsibility Pie" -- Understanding Context and Multiple Points of View.

Multiple Truths -- Releasing Shame, Self-Blame, and Guilt -- Chapter 8 Summary Points -- Chapter 9: Losses and Grief -- Loss and Grief -- The Many Facets of Loss -- Defining Your Losses -- What is Grief? -- Afraid -- Alone -- Betrayed -- Bitter -- Confused -- Depressed -- Sad -- Disconnected -- Helpless -- Hopeless -- Numb -- Overwhelmed -- Vulnerable -- Yearning -- Humans Love Meaning -- The Way Life Should Be -- Delayed Grief -- Complicated and Disenfranchised Grief -- Working Through Grief -- Traumatic Growth -- Mining Golden Nuggets in the Dirt -- Being Present -- Gratitude List -- Healing Attachment, Holograms, and the Brain -- Reprocessing -- A Few Questions to Assist You in Reprocessing -- Exercise: Recalling Last Night's Dinner -- Do Not Revisit an Image of Truama! -- Preparation for Reprocessing -- Chapter 9 Summary Points -- Chapter 10: Healthy Intimate Relationships -- Healthy Relationships: A Balancing ACT -- Levels of Loving Relationships -- Stage 1: Dependence -- Stage 2: Independence -- Stage 3: Interdependence -- Soap Bubbles of Perceived Reality -- Sternberg's Triangles of Romantic Love -- Relationship Check-Up -- Exercise: Giving and Taking -- Building Trusting Relationships -- Let's Talk About Sex -- For Those Not in a Relationship or Planning on Ever Being in One -- Ground Rules and Agreements -- Common Symptoms in the Bedroom -- How to Handle Triggers and Anxiety Related to Sexual Activity -- Emphasis on Intimacy Instead of Sex -- Disclosure About Past Traumas -- Considerations for Disclosure -- Tips for a Positive, Loving Sexual Experience -- Thoughts About Love -- Chapter 10 Summary Points -- Chapter 11: Effective Communication -- Sending and Receiving Messages -- The Many Facets of Communication -- Words -- Tone -- Emphasis -- Body Language -- Using Words, Tone, Emphasis, and Body Language -- Round 1 -- Round 2 -- Round 3.

Round 4 -- Rights and Responsibilities -- A Word on Listening -- 3-Minute Listening Exercise -- Exercises in Effective Communication -- Scenario 1: Returning an Item to a Store -- Speaking Your Truth -- Part 1: Handling Requests -- Challenging Requests -- Scenario 2: Handling Requests -- "Baiting" and Escalations -- De-Escalating -- Scenario 3: De-Escalating an Angry Person or Volatile Situation -- Chapter 11 Summary Points -- Chapter 12: Meaning, Purpose, and Joy -- Defining Your Life -- Washing Machine -- Who are You? -- Possibilities -- Clarifying Values -- Values as Your GPS for Life -- Defining Your Values -- Purpose -- Acting in Ways That are Consistent With Your Values and Purpose -- Contribution -- Being a Contribution -- Imagining the Effects of Your Contribution -- Future Self -- Finding Joy -- What Brings You Joy? -- Final Imagery Exercise -- Chapter 12 Summary Points -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix A: Opening Exercises -- Orientation: Group Introductions -- Chapter 1: Names and Building Safety -- Chapter 2: Movement and Building Safety -- Chapter 3: Building Trust -- Chapter 4: Building Group Cohesion -- Chapter 5: Expressing with the Body -- Chapter 6: Introducing Sound -- Chapter 7: Combining Movement and Sound -- Chapter 8: Exploring Power -- Chapter 9: Community -- Chapter 10: Exploring Balance -- Chapter 11: Interactive Communication Exercises -- Chapter 12: Trust Revisited -- Review week -- Appendix B: Closing Exercises -- Orientation -- Chapter 1: Signal and Cleansing Breat hs -- Chapter 2: Relaxation Skills -- Chapter 3: AromaTherapy -- Chapter 4: Guided Imagery -- Chapter 5: Quiet Music and Introduction to Mindful Awarenes -- Chapter 6: Musical Bells and Chimes -- Chapter 7: Chanting and Toning -- Chapter 8: Exploring Power -- Chapter 9: Release and Mindful Awarenes -- Chapter 10: Exploring Balance and Love imagery.

Chapter 11: Staying Grounded and Energy Cleansing.