Part I. Understanding Your Reactions to Trauma
1. Understanding your reactions to traumatic life events
2. Understanding your responses to traumatic events: Your brain, your motives, and your emotions
3. Understanding your trauma memories: Flashbacks, nightmares, and intrusive thoughts
4. Understanding shame and self-criticism in relation to traumatic events
5. Understanding your need for compassion in your life
Part II. Developing Your Compassionate Mind Skills
6. Preparing your mind for compassion: Attributes of compassion
7. Preparing your mind for compassion: The beginnings of skills development
8. Developing your skills to access compassionate feelings
Part III. Using Your Compassionate Mind to Soothe Your Traumatized Mind
9. Using compassion to understand your life story
10. Using your compassionate mind to resolve your shame-filled flashbacks
11. Using compassionate letter writing to bring compassion to your trauma story
12. Moving on in your life with compassion
