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The Wounded Healer: The Pain and Joy of Caregiving
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. Click HERE for a book discussion with the author. |
UNTANGLED: A Go-To Empowerment Guide for Parents and Caregivers of Traumatized Children
Untangled is a reader-friendly, visually bold, and highly practical guidebook for parents, caregivers, advocates, and professionals, written by a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, trauma survivor, and loving parent impassioned to make healing and empowerment possible for traumatized families and communities around the world so that future generations can thrive.
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Passion Rooted in First-hand Experience
It was during the armed conflict in 2011 that a group of fighters found Dr. Reda caring for trauma surviving children in Libya. The fighters indicated that Dr. Reda was needed on the frontlines of the fighting.
Dr. Reda let them know that tending to the psychosocial needs of the children was indeed his frontline. After 12 years in exile, Dr. Reda was able to return to Libya. While the Libyan people’s physical wounds were prevalent, their psychological trauma often went unnoticed. Due to the stigma and lack of education, mental health is not typically a focus in Libya. Trauma survivors needed psychosocial care. Dr. Reda found that trauma experienced in war zones is similar to the dysfunctional cycles and family dynamics of trauma survivors in elsewhere. This book is about the example of the prophet Muhammed and how he was a safe role model taking care of the psychosocial needs of the youth around him. |
Generation of ISIS
Unfortunately, violence is becoming the latest human pandemic. The world is growing more dangerous every day with no sign of relief in the foreseeable future.
This writing is by no means a message of pessimism or discouragement, but is rather a realistic look into the root causes and risk factors for youth violence and radicalization, as well as an attempt at paying special attention to prevention and early intervention in order to eradicate this ugly and fatal malignancy. |
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