The handbooks

I’ve written several autonomics handbooks since the publication of The Neurobiology of Connection.

What is a handbook?

Well– the way I mean it is a short book focused on application. A concise portable reference book with essential information.

Unlike, say, The Neurobiology of Connection, or GROUND, which are encyclopedic, the handbooks are succinct: brief, to-the-point.

The first one is called Autonomic Compass: Finding Home in Your Nervous System.

It is the simplest comprehensive overview of the new foundation model, and an introduction to all the key concepts of our work. It is about 150 pages.

Then there is Autonomic Triage: A Handbook for Responders. This is the simplest manual about our work, clocking in at 92 pages, and at 4 x 6 inches small enough to fit into a pocket, glovebox, or emergency kit. Every camp counselor, school counselor, and first responder should read this, IMHO.

Then there is The Role of Autonomics in the Origin and Healing of Chronic Illness, which I wrote during a period of collaboration with Dr. Eric Gordon, founder of the Gordon Medical Group, an internationally-recognized expert in complex chronic illness, attempting to demystify the role of the Autonomic Nervous System in chronic illness. Hint: early childhood experiences of placating.

Finally (I suppose it is a handbook) there is the very brief guide that we’ve written for patients of somatic therapy. We sell this as a 10-pack: the booklet is 40 pages, and 4x6 inches in size. It was initially created for clients of the Autonomics Clinic, and is the first thing we send them to help them prepare for our work together. If you are a practitioner working in an autonomically- or somatically-informed matter, this is a simple way to orient your patients/clients to what you are doing, so that you can make better use of your time and their money.

If enough people ask for it, I’ll finish Flow Architecture: The Autonomics of Elite Performance.

Anyhow, shop our handbooks in our bookstore here: