Dear Colleagues and Friends…..
I am writing to introduce you to my latest book. The Soulful Journey of Recovery gathers the best research from all of my previous books into one, easy and engaging read. In it you will find:

• Up-to-date research on the issues that those healing from relational trauma deal with.

• Exercises after chapters so that the reader can personalize the information and make it work for them. 

• Charts and diagrams so readers can see how things fit together at a glance. 

• Bonus pages on tiandayton.com with guided imageries to continue healing and teach skills of self-regulation and interesting talks by leading professionals to expand on understanding and information.

• This book is designed to make recovery come alive for readers, it has an experiential component which is consistent with the kind of therapy I do.

Why is this book good for ACAs and Children of Adverse Childhood Experiences?
ACAs and children who have grown up with abuse, neglect and/or relational trauma form deep relational wounds that can play out throughout their lives. They can also lead to physical and mental health symptoms in adulthood. Growing up with addiction is considered an adverse childhood experience. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that a quarter of children in the U.S. grow up in households where there is substance abuse, and studies suggest that children of addicts are eight times more likely to develop an addiction of their own.

Why is this book good for addicts?
Addicts are often self-medicating unresolved relational trauma, the kind that creates a feeling of disconnection from self and others. If this pain isn’t addressed and understood, it may become the pain pump that fuels relapse. 

Why is this book good for family members?
First of all living with addiction is traumatizing, additionally many addicts and spouses of addicts bring relational trauma from childhood into their marriages and that trauma seeps into their partnering and parenting. The Soulful Journey of Recovery helps clients to begin the healing process from relational trauma, in a focused and contained manner.

How can Treatment Centers incorporate Soulful Journey?
Down time work: Soulful Journey is ideal downtime reading exercises. Clients can read, do exercises and even share their work with others continuing upon the important work of consolidating their learning and treatment experience. They can also do guided imageries on their own or in a group or listen to interesting lectures. 

Is this useful for family members and alumni?
Readers will have all of the most up-to-date research on relational trauma so that they can understand what happened to them as children, how it impacted them and why they may still be living this pain out in their adult lives and relationships.

How can Recovery Coaches, Peer Support Groups and average readers use The Soulful Journey of Recovery?
Soulful Journey is an interactive “go to” that lays out a map of healing and recovering from Relational Trauma. Because it includes exercises it can be a cornerstone of interactive study with coaches and peer support groups. The guided imageries can be done at home or listened to as a group where there can be rich and healing sharing afterwards.

Making recovery real is a day at a time process. The Soulful Journey of Recovery is a handbook for that life-changing journey of recovery that we all care about so deeply.

With warm regards,
Tian