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I haven't read it but apparently it's uses Inner Child Therapy which is good. There are many different methods for dealing with PTSD, you just have to see what's out there and find what works best for you. Some current effective methods for PTSD are EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. Some methods used in the past that are not considered effective today for PTSD are talk-therapy, exposure therapy and CBT.

I use a combination of EMDR, Somatic Experiencing and IFS (similar to Inner Child) with a therapist. Best not to try to do these things all alone, isolation is not very condusive to healing. Another good thing to look into if it fits is Complex PTSD, which is worse than incident specific PTSD (think soldiers, car accidents, etc), because Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is the result of prolonged trauma and often from childhood, which may be sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical abuse, etc. The least understood and by far the most damaging is the emotional neglect or abuse. It can happen if the parent has a mental illness, is traumatized, depressed, is alcoholic, stressed by the environment, etc. CPTSD can be a more helpful diagnosis if it fits because it can lead to more effective therapies.

People who unknowingly have CPTSD often unconsciously gravitate towards abuse and trauma in life, and sometimes will seek help for PTSD because of specific events, but don't address the underlying trauma from childhood which is the cause. Now that the world is starting to recognize developmental trauma and CPTSD though, people are starting to get the help they need.