Resources and Recommended Reading

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD

Author: Dr. Arielle Schwartz

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A guide and map for recovering from childhood trauma

Author: Pete Walker

We All Have Parts! A Little Book with Big Ideas About Healing Trauma

Author: Colleen West, LMFT

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Author: Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy

Author: (Audible) Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices

Author: Deb Dana, LCSW

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Author: Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP

The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships

Author: Diane Poole Heller, PhD

Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapist

Author: Janina Fisher, PhD

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents

Author: Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships

Author: Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People

Author: Judith Orloff, MD

Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home

Author: Toko-pa Turner

Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents