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Are you trying to find a way to tame your inner critic while also eradicating the shadows from your mental landscape? Cleaning the Dark Lands makes it easy to start your recovery from PTSD by making it as simple as pulling out a well-chewed pen and some creative supplies. Because sometimes, when you're trapped in a dark place, it helps to cover the nightmare with glitter and doodles. This innovative reinterpretation of the typical therapy workbook draws on both personal experience and medical advice, offering: The much-needed confirmation that PTSD is a illness that can be treated with time and effort and that it's both real and valid. The chance to control your symptoms in a novel and beneficial way, regardless of your literary or artistic abilities. A self-directed recovery path that is continuously in line with your current needs and abilities. A diversion from the intimidating image of infinite lines and blank pages that comes with journaling by offering stimulating and thought-provoking prompts. A diverse range of therapeutic techniques that have been scientifically shown to be effective will help you actively improve your mental toughness and stability just when you need it the most. A lighthearted introduction to the effectiveness of mindfulness art techniques and transformational storytelling. So, let Cleansing the Dark Lands act as your best friend and much-needed guide through the difficult moments. And with a few pens, some time, and a little self-honesty, you can give yourself a creative method to begin your PTSD recovery.

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Cleansing the Dark Lands is an imaginative collection of strategies to creatively assist in the exploration of one's lived experience of PTSD. A survivor of trauma herself, VJ has drawn from her journey through PTSD to produce a truly inspired, artistic guide for others. Our individual experience of trauma is unique, as is our own journey of survival, growth and renewal, but to have the compassionate guidance of a fellow survivor, provides an unparalleled adjunct to clinical therapy. Wing Commander Sharon Bown (Ret'd) Author of One Woman's War and Peace - A nurse's journey in the Royal Australian Air Force Ambassador for Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health

Cleansing the Dark Lands is an imaginative collection of strategies to creatively assist in the exploration of one's lived experience of PTSD. A survivor of trauma herself, VJ has drawn from her journey through PTSD to produce a truly inspired, artistic guide for others. Our individual experience of trauma is unique, as is our own journey of survival, growth and renewal, but to have the compassionate guidance of a fellow survivor, provides an unparalleled adjunct to clinical therapy. Wing Commander Sharon Bown (Ret'd) Author of One Woman's War and Peace - A nurse's journey in the Royal Australian Air Force Ambassador for Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health

Cleansing the Dark Lands is an imaginative collection of strategies to creatively assist in the exploration of one's lived experience of PTSD. A survivor of trauma herself, VJ has drawn from her journey through PTSD to produce a truly inspired, artistic guide for others. Our individual experience of trauma is unique, as is our own journey of survival, growth and renewal, but to have the compassionate guidance of a fellow survivor, provides an unparalleled adjunct to clinical therapy. Wing Commander Sharon Bown (Ret'd) Author of One Woman's War and Peace - A nurse's journey in the Royal Australian Air Force Ambassador for Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health

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VJ Cast is an Australian non-fiction author, colouring book creator, introvert, and co-parent of a teen on the spectrum. She has spent over two decades struggling with mental illness. Fibromyalgia enjoys kicking her ass, so she's close friends with many hot water bottles. She's likes clothes with pockets (!!), replaying the Mass Effect series, table-top role-playing games, and making a mess with more craft projects than she can handle. She's definitely a cat person. She dislikes (most) social media, having to wear makeup, photographs of herself, and watching her child grow up. She lives on a small island off the coast of South East Queensland (Australia) with an amazing abundance of wildlife and way too many friendly mosquitoes. Her hair colours, like her medications, are subject to change.

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