Buddhist Practices for Healing Trauma

While many mental health books draw on secular mindfulness, Buddhist Practices for Healing Trauma offers something deeper: a comprehensive healing path grounded in the full breadth of Buddhist wisdom. Drawing from ancient sutras, traditional metaphors, and modern psychology, Tim Desmond-a psychotherapist and longtime student of Thich Nhat Hanh-guides readers through a journey of strengthening, acceptance and transformation.Each short chapter offers a concrete practice, from visualising your five-year-old self to embracing suffering as compost for growth. Interwoven with teachings on non-self, the Discourse on Happiness and the transformational power of loving-awareness, this book goes beyond symptom relief to support deep spiritual and emotional healing. Gentle, profound and accessible, this is not just a guide to feeling better-it's a path towards liberation. For readers seeking trauma recovery through Buddhist practice-not just Buddhist-flavoured therapy-this book offers a rare and authentic resource.