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