The Pain We Carry Workbook

If you are a person of color who has experienced repeated trauma from the toxic stress of—discrimination, racialized violence, racial stigmatization, traumatic grief, legacies of intergenerational trauma, poverty, sexual trauma, interpersonal violence, or the remnants of colonial and historical trauma—you may struggle with intense feelings of anger, rage, mistrust, fear, anxiety, depression, or shame. You may feel unsafe or uncomfortable in your own body, or find it difficult to build and keep close relationships. Sometimes you may feel very alone in your pain. But you are not alone.

Written by an author of color and based on her pivotal book, The Pain We Carry, this workbook provides a practical, step-by-step, and culturally informed approach to healing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) as it is uniquely experienced by people of color. Using skills drawn from internal family systems (IFS) therapy and ancestral wisdom, you will learn how to feel safe in the present, build self-compassion, and find personal liberation and wholeness—despite living within an oppressive social system.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2025
• Edition ‏ : ‎ Workbook
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1648484832
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1648484834
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.18 x 7.99 x 10 inches