Online Resources
Welcome to the online resource page for childhood trauma survivors. Healing from childhood trauma is a journey. One that requires tools and information.
The tools and suggested reading presented here represent the most basic information to help you begin your healing journey. If you have questions about these resources or technical difficulties with the audio files, please contact Anne Marck via e-mail at thesurvivorscompass@gmail.com
Please read the Disclaimer & Disclosure notice before beginning.
GETTING STARTED:
Read A Note To Survivors.
What Are The Stages of Healing?
Learn More About the Stages of Healing HERE.
Steps & Tools for the Stages of Healing
1) Acknowledgement and support – creating safety inside and outside.
2) Releasing the trauma, naming the thoughts and feelings, telling your story.
3) Reframing the beliefs that trauma taught and changing dysfunctional behaviors.
THE TRUE SELF AND THE TRAUMA VOICE:
Learn about the stages of healing and the concept of a true Self, the trauma voice, and meditation as an important tool for developing mindfulness and an internal place of safety > How To Get Started On the Road to Recovery & Reclaiming the Real You
What is Self?
What is Self? – Printable PDF
What is Self Exercise – Printable PDF
Gratitude Exercises – Printable PDF or > Learn More About Gratitude Exercises HERE
What is the Trauma Voice?
Learn More About the Trauma Voice HERE
What is Mindfulness?
Learn More About Mindfulness & Meditation HERE
What is Heart Activated Breathing?
Meditation Exercise – Practice Heart Activated Breathing
Add Meditation Music to Your Practice: Soothing Relaxation
Get Started Now – Experience Your True “Self”
If you want to get started with The Survivor’s Compass Method, you can try the first exercise, The Pool Meditation, with the playlists below. Through daily practice, you can begin to change your thoughts, experience the positive emotions you crave, and harness the power of your mind for healing.
First, download the script for The Pool Meditation and learn about the concept of a true “Self” in this FREE PDF: How To Get Started On The Road to Recovery & Reclaiming the Real You
What is Self?
Self is calm and peaceful, loving and open, compassionate and kind, curious and courageous, creative, connected and confident. Self is the source of infinite wisdom, clarity, consciousness, our deepest Being, ever growing and ever evolving. The goal is to get Self in the “seat of consciousness,” to become Self-led.
Print the characteristics of the true “Self” with this FREE PDF: What is Self?
The Pool Meditation
“I used that meditation last night before dinner and fell asleep for half an hour. It was amazing! The best sleep I’ve had in weeks. Then I slept really well all night too. Thank you SO MUCH!” —Tess
Troubleshooting the Pool Meditation: Some people get anxious imagining themselves dropping through a pool of water. If you feel threatened by this, simply tell yourself “this is magic water and I can breathe down here.”
Exercise #1 Pool Meditation: VOICE ONLY INSTRUCTIONS
After you have learned the Pool Meditation exercise from the voice only recording, you can use the music only playlist (below) or create your own to continue practicing with music.
To use the meditation playlist, follow Anne Marck on Spotify (to play without commercial interruption you will need to purchase Spotify Premium. Note: We are not affiliated with Spotify Premium).
Pool Meditation: MUSIC ONLY PLAYLIST
More Resources for Survivors
To join The Survivor’s Compass private group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AnneMarckLMT
RECOMMENDED READING:
Healing from Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life, Jasmin Lee Cori, MS, LPC
The Survivor’s Compass: From Trauma To True Self – A Self Directed Approach to Healing Childhood Trauma, Anne Marck
Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting Edge Psychotherapy, Jay Earley, PhD
Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book for the IFS Process by Bonnie J. Weiss, LCSW (a companion book to Jay Earley’s book, above)
Breaking Free from the Victim Trap, Diane Zimberoff
DISCLAIMER
This website contains the opinions and ideas of the author. The physical and/or mental health-related information provided on this website, www.thesurvivorscompass.com, and the linked site at www.annemarck.com, is not intended to serve as medical or mental health care advice, substitute for a professional medical or mental health care provider appointment or to be used for diagnosing or treating any physical or mental illness.
Users of this website are advised to consult with their medical and/or mental healthcare providers before making any decisions concerning their physical or mental health. The author and publisher specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, that is incurred as a consequence, directly, or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents of this website.
DISCLOSURE: These book links contain Amazon affiliate codes. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. By using affiliate links to purchase your books, you support our effort to support survivors. Thank you! – Anne Marck, LMT