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by Jacqueline Jackson (Author)
Unite Modern Psychology & Traditional Practices to Create Your Personalized Path to Recovery
Trauma can feel like a puzzle with missing pieces, and Western medicine often offers only part of the solution. In this empowering guide, Jacqueline Jackson invites you to take control of your healing journey with a holistic, tailored approach.
Drawing from her own experiences as a social worker, reporter, yoga teacher, and support group facilitator, Jackie demystifies transformative modalities like Reiki, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), therapeutic yoga, chakra healing, somatic experiencing, and tapping. Jackie presents these modalities in clear, accessible terms for those seeking hope and renewal.
Discover how trauma lingers in your body and explore over a dozen research-backed tools that will help you release its hold. Craft a self-care toolkit for lasting resilience and recovery. Jackie blends the latest psychological therapies with ancient, complementary healing practices. With her guidance, you can both survive trauma and thrive beyond it.
"A highly accessible, empathetic, and valuable guide on how to thrive, and not just survive trauma and significant stress."
--Vanessa Elias, owner and founder of Thrive with a Guide, support group facilitator for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), and certified parent coach
Author Biography
With a background in social work, newspaper reporting, and sales/marketing, Jacqueline Jackson brings a grounded, compassionate approach to her work as a writer, yoga practitioner, and group facilitator with Other Parents Like Me--a national online network supporting caregivers of children facing mental health challenges. She is certified in the Invitation to Change Approach (ITC) through the Center for Motivational Change and Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA).
Jackie is an experienced, registered yoga teacher (ERYT-500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP(R)) with Yoga Alliance. Since being certified in 2001, she has shared her meditations, stress reduction, and lifestyle management skills with thousands of people in a variety of settings, in person and online. Jackie completed her year-long comprehensive yoga therapy certification in 2013, her trauma-informed yoga certification in 2016, and her Somatic EMDR certificate in 2025.
She is a lifelong learner and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). In 2025, she launched and co-facilitates year-long, Yoga Alliance-accredited, 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Jackie also co-facilitates her local Livestrong at the Y cancer survivor program.
She is the author of Urge Overkill: A Story of Breaking Free and Holistic Trauma Healing: Strategies to Integrate the Body, Mind, and Spirit. Visit her at JacquelineJackson.net.
