Book List
Suggested Reading
Daring Greatly - Brene Brown
Imperfect The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown
Rising Strong How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live - Brene Brown
I thought It Was Just Me (But it Isn’t) - Brene Brown
How to Meet Your Self: the Workbook for Self-discovery - Dr. Nicole Lepera
How to be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationship - Dr. Nicole Lepera
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Mate
What Happened to You? Conversations of Trauma, Resilience and Healing - Bruce Perry
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most - Douglas Stone
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, And Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van Der Kolk, Bessel
Workbook for: The Body Keeps the Score: Summary and Workbook, Brain, Mind, And Body in the Healing of Trauma
Sober Curious - Ruby Warrington
Somatic Healing
Polyvagal Practices: Anchoring the Self in Safety - Deb Dana
Polyvagal Card Deck: 58 Practices for Calm and Change - Deb Dana
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body - David Emerson
The iRest Program for Healing PTSD: A Proven-Effective Approach to Using Yoga Nidra Meditation and Deep Relaxation Techniques to Overcome Trauma - Richard C. Miller
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy - Francine Shapiro
Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook: Somatic Skills to Help You Feel Safe in Your Body, Create Boundaries and Live with Resilience - Erika Shershun
Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook: Somatic Skills to Help You Feel Safe in Your Body, Create Boundaries and Live with Resilience - Erika Shershun
Family Relationships
Break The Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma - Dr. Mariel Buque
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members - Sherrie Campbell
When Pleasing You is Killing Me - Les Carter
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself - Nedra Glover Tawwas
Intimacy After Trauma
compiled by Emilia Pacholec, Registered Psychotherapist at New Moon Psychotherapy
Reclaiming Pleasure - Holly Richmond
The Sexual Healing Journey - Wendy Maltz (Trigger warning (lots of abuse examples)
Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook - Erika Shershun
Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski (book and workbook)
Unfuck Your Intimacy - Faith Harper
The Ultimate Guide to Seduction and Foreplay - Jessica O’Reilly and Marla Renee Stewart
Better Sex Through Mindfulness - Lori A. Brotto (book and workbook)
With Sprinkles On Top - Stefani Goerlich
“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam. ― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn