The Wounded Healer Audiobook By Omar Reda MD, Richard Mollica - foreword, Edward Smink - afterword cover art

The Wounded Healer

The Pain and Joy of Caregiving

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The Wounded Healer

By: Omar Reda MD, Richard Mollica - foreword, Edward Smink - afterword
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
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Finding meaning in trauma work, as a traumatized healer yourself.

The act of caregiving is physically exhausting and emotionally draining, yet caregivers describe it as rewarding and gratifying. Prolonged exposure to human suffering, however, is not without risks - caregivers report high rates of burnout and poor quality of life.

Many care providers believe that their feelings do not matter; that they should ignore their pain, brush off their trauma, wipe away their tears, and just "suck it up". Here, Omar Reda - a Libyan-born American psychiatrist who as an emergency physician and trauma counselor provided care for medical staff caring for victims of trauma - calls upon other healers to break free from cycles of secrecy, toxic stress, and silent suffering so they can continue to empower and inspire those in their care.

Filled with poignant first-person stories and clinical case studies, this book is an impassioned plea for psychosocial trauma care that prioritizes the health of both client and healer.

©2022 Omar Reda; Foreword copyright 2022 by Richard F. Mollica; Afterword copyright 2022 by Edward M. Smink (P)2022 Tantor Mental Health Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health
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As a law enforcement officer, chaplain, & peer he was definitely writing about me. All healers should read this book. This book is a must read for those of who work anywhere in the healing process. Wonderful eye opening book full of points of wisdom and reflection.

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Dr. Omar Reda has written the book that the world needs right now. While written in the context of caregiving, The Wounded Healer is relevant for anyone who witnesses suffering or makes critical decisions about people’s health, safety, life, and liberty. Dr. Reda elegantly weaves his expertise, personal experience, colleague accounts, and evidence-based practical strategies to help us understand ourselves, our colleagues, our families, and forces that are toxic in the workplace. Reda thoughtfully embraces the concept and state of woundedness as an honorable one that effects the strongest, most resilient, most capable, and courageous people.

Those of us who choose caregiving and safeguarding roles tend to be very resilient. While we may be effective at compartmentalizing our moral and traumatic injuries sustained in our roles, none of us can stave off the insidious and deleterious long-term effects that our stress has on our minds, bodies, families, and colleagues without keen awareness and practicing skills. Reda shines light on the fact that no one is immune to stress and trauma, but we all can take measures to protect ourselves and others as well as give and accept compassionate care when it’s our turn.

If we are to have the chance to thrive, we need to understand the forces at play that have a cumulative effect on us, and by default, our loved ones. Dr. Reda shares that like a diseased organ in the body that has a negative impact on other parts of the body, so does our toxic stress affect our family members. Beautifully, Dr. Reda shares practical tips for reducing the burden of occupational stress and trauma on our families, improving overall family management, and engaged parenting that can serve any parent well.

Dr. Reda bravely addresses bias, discrimination, and the “othering” that results in hostile and toxic environments. He brilliantly points out through examples, “The least we can do is not traumatize others with our own bias & prejudices, lest aggression turns into transgression.” In a world full bad behavior in the context of misunderstanding and hurt, shared stories of understanding and overcoming bias are increasingly important.

I am grateful to have this book in print and audio. It’s dog-eared, highlighted, and full of notes. I look forward to sharing it with a variety of communities.

A wise and immediately applicable book for NOW!

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