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Recommended Reading for Everyone:
- It's Not Me - Understanding Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation: A Guide for Patients and Professionals by Anabel Gonzalez
- What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
- The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting by Alice Miller
- My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP
- The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, Social Justice by Staci K. Haines
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
- What Happened to You: Conversation on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Oprah Winfrey
- Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Shulman
- Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More by Chris M. Palmer, MD
- Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD
- The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color By Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT
- 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness: Practical Strategies for Emotional Health and Well-Being by Manuela Mischke Reeds
- Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life by Jamie Marich, PhD
- All About Love by bell hooks
- Unbroken: The Trauma Response is Never Wrong by MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD
- No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz, PhD
- The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long
- The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris, MD
- Opening Up by Writing it Down: How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain by James Pennebaker, PhD and Joshua Smyth, PhD
- Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown, PhD, MSW
- The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Real World Mindfulness For Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice At A Time edited by Brenda Salgado
- The Grieving Brain: The Surprise Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Matè
- Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
- Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, PhD
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems by Daniel Amen, MD
- Healing Trauma by Peter Levine, PhD
- Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana
- Tapping In: A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation by Laurel Parnell, PhD
- Homebody by Rupi Kaur
- Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health: A Complete Guide to Food-Mood Connection by Leslie Korn, PhD
- Rest Deck by Tricia Hersey
- Train Your Brain Card Deck by Dr. Jennifer Sweeton
- The DBT Deck by Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, DBTC
Workbooks:
- Complex PTSD Workbook
- The Somatic Therapy Workbook
- Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
- Transforming the Legacy of Trauma
- Finding Solid Group Program Workbook
- Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook
- Recovery of Your Inner Child
- The Racial Healing Handbook
- Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
- Transforming Grief & Loss Workbook
- The Attachment Theory Workbook
- Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control & Ritual Abuse
Free Resources:
- Guided Meditations (UCLA)
- Free Trauma Resources
- Healing from Religious Trauma
- Journal Prompts
- Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method
- Therapeutic Yoga Classes
- 10-Minute Guided Meditation for Self-Compassion
- Ted Talk: Why Things Hurt by Lorimer Moseley
- 707-998-8410 (pre-recorded encouraging messages from kids)
- Grounding Skills (Lisa Najavits, PhD)
- Coping Skills (Lisa Najavits, PhD)
- The Wisdom of Trauma (film)
- Huberman Non Sleep Deep Rest
- Ally Boothroyd Non Sleep Deep Rest
- Liberate: A safe space for the Black community to develop a daily meditation habit
- Pervasive Drive for Autonomy (Autism/PDA)
- 5 Minute Mindfulness Meditation
- F*** That: An Honest Meditation
- Andrew Huberman (YouTube)
- Focusmate
- Addiction: How do we love an addict and how does an addict love herself?
- Beauty After Bruises
- C-PTSD Foundation
- Blue Knot Foundation
- Trauma Related Dissociation: An Introduction
- Supporting a Person who Lives with Dissociative Identities
- Trauma and Memory Fact Sheets
Global Majority/BIPOC:
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Inclusive Therapists
- Black Female Therapists
- Therapy for Black Men
- Loveland Therapy Fund
- Black Mental Wellness
- AAKOMA Project, Inc.
Podcasts:
Other Resources:
Parenting:
- Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy
- Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
- Very Intentional Parenting: Awakening the Empowered Parent Within by Destini Ann Davis
- The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
- No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
- Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE
- Brain-Based Parenting: The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment by Daniel A. Hughes and Jonathan Baylin
- The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
- Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
- The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby's Brain and Transform Their Mental Health Through the Art of Nurtured Parenting by Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD
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Recommended Reading for All Therapists:
- The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration by Daniel Siegel, MD
- Trauma and Dissociation Informed Psychotherapy: Relational Healing and the Therapeutic Connection by Elizabeth Howell PhD
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher, PhD
- An Internal Family Systems Guide to Recovery from Eating Disorders: Healing Part by Part by Amy Yandel Grabowski
- Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex Ptsd with Internal Family by Frank Anderson, MD
- The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma by Laurence Heller, Ph.D., Brad J. Kammer, LMFT
- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
- Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein
- Complex PTSD Treatment Manual: An Integrative, Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery by Arielle Schwartz, PhD
- How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD
- Trauma Treatment Toolbox: 165 Brain-Changing Tips, Tools & Handouts to Move Therapy Forward by Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD
- The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve by Rheeda Walker, PhD
- Easy Ego State Interventions: Strategies for Working with Parts by Robin Shapiro, LICSW
- Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress by Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT
- Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher
- Eight Key Brain Areas of Mental Health and Illness by Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD
- Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy: The Neurobiology of Embodied Response by Terry Marks-Tarlow
- The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, PhD, Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D, Jeffrey Brantley, MD
- Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings, PhD
- Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations: Trauma-Informed Practices to Facilitate Growth by Christine C. Forner
- Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life by Christine Caldwell, PhD
- Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Matè
- The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are by Daniel J. Siegel
- Black Mental Health Matters: The Ultimate Guide for Mental Health Awareness in the Black Community by Aaren Snyder, LMFT
- Healing the Fragmented Child: Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth with Dissociation by Frances Waters
- Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self by Peter Fonagy, György Gergely, Elliot L. Jurist
- Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities: Promoting Equity and Culturally Responsive Care across Settings edited by Monnica T. Williams, PhD, Daniel C. Rosen, PhD, Jonathan W. Kanter, PhD
- 101 Trauma-Informed Interventions: Activities, Exercises and Assignments to Move the Client and Therapy Forward by Linda Curran, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDP-D
- Relational and Body-Centered Practices for Healing Trauma: Lifting the Burdens of the Past by Sharon Stanley
- Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair by Daniel P. Brown PhD, David S. Elliott PhD
- Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz, PhD and Martha Sweezy, PhD, LICSW
- Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz, PhD
Additional Reading for Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders:
- Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults, 3rd Revision by International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
- ISSTD Code of Conduct
- Treating Complex Trauma and Dissociation: A Practical Guide to Navigating Therapeutic Challenges, 2nd ed. by Lynette Danylchuk and Kevin Connors
- Working with Voices and Dissociative Parts: A Trauma-Informed Approach by Dolores Mosquera
- Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach by Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, & Onno van der Hart PhD
- Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders by Joanne H. Twombly, MSW, LICSW
- Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach by Elizabeth F. Howell
- Finding Solid Ground: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Treatment by Bethany Brand, Hugo J. Schielke, Francesca Schiavone, Ruth A. Lanius
- Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical, Historical, and Cultural Issues edited by Emily Christensen, PhD
- Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach by Christine A. Courtois & Julian D. Ford
- Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, 2nd Edition: Scientific Foundations and Therapeutic Models edited by Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois
- Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Techniques and Strategies for Stabilization by Colin Ross, MD
- The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart PhD, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis PhD, Kathy Steele
- Intensive Psychotherapy for Persistent Dissociative Processes: The Fear of Feeling Real by Richard A. Chefetz
- Shelter from the Storm: Processing the Traumatic Memories of DID/DDNOS Patients with The Fractionated Abreaction Technique by Richard P. Kluft, MD
- Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control by Alison Miller
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Recommended Reading for EMDR Therapists:
- Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma by Laurel Parnell, PhD
- When There Are No Words: Repairing Early Trauma and Neglect From the Attachment Period with EMDR Therapy by Sandra Paulsen, PhD
- EMDR Toolbox: Theory and Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation by Jim Knipe
- Looking Through the Eyes of Dissociation: An Illustrated Guide for EMDR Therapists and Clients by Sandra Paulsen, PhD
- EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology by Arielle Schwartz and Barb Maiberger
- Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with Emdr Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols edited by Mark Nickerson
- Treating Depression with EMDR Therapy: Techniques and Interventions by Arne Hofmann, Luca Ostacoli, Maria Lehnung, Michael Hase, Marilyn Luber
- EMDR and Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults: Reclaiming Authentic Self and Healthy Attachments by Ann E. Potter, PhD & Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP
- EMDR and Dissociation: The Progressive Approach by Anabel Gonzalez and Dolores Mosquera
- Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy by Carol Forgash and Margaret Copeley
- Neurobiology and Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation: Toward an Embodied Self edited by Ulrich Lanius, Sandra Paulsen, and Frank Corrigan
- Borderline Personality Disorder and EMDR Therapy by Anabel Gonzalez, Dolores Mosquera
- EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care by Jamie Marich, Stephen Dansiger
- Pain Control with EMDR: Treatment Manual by Mark Grant
- Rewiring the Addicted Brain with EMDR-Based Treatment by Laurel Parnell, PhD
- Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy: A Trauma-Focused Guide by Jamie Marich, Stephen Dansiger
- Ego State Therapy Interventions to Prepare Attachment-Wounded Adults for EMDR by Shirley Jean Schmidt, MA, LPC
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures by Francine Shapiro, PhD
- Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice by Uri Bergmann, PhD
- EMDR Therapy Scripted Protocols: Basics and Special Situations by Marilyn Luber, PhD
- EMDR Therapy Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets: Treating Eating Disorders, Chronic Pain and Maladaptive Self-Care Behaviors by Marilyn Luber, PhD
- EMDR Therapy Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets: Treating Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Mood-Related Conditions by Marilyn Luber, PhD
- EMDR Therapy Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets: Treating Trauma in Somatic and Medical Related Conditions
Advanced Training and Other Resources:
- Ethical Considerations for Using EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation
- The Steve Frankel Group
- Syzygy Institute (IFS + EMDR)
- Kase & Co. EMDR Advanced Trainings
- EMDR Learning Community
- EMDR Advanced Trainings
- Laurel Parnell, PhD
- EMDRIA OnDemand Education
- Arielle Schwartz, LCP, PhD
- EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing by Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II
- Rivers Edge Institute (basic and advanced trainings)
- Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
- April Steele, MSc, BCATR (developing a secure self, imaginal nurturing)
EMDR with Kids (books):
- EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation by Ana Gomez
- EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy with Children: Infants to Adolescents Treatment Manual by Robbie Adler-Tapia PhD, Carolyn Settle, LCSW
- Trauma-Attachment Tangle: Modifying EMDR to Help Children Resolve Trauma and Develop Loving Relationships by Joan Lovett, MD
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