Recommended Readings

Complex-Trauma/Trauma

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma By Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD
  • The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control & Becoming Whole By Arielle Schwartz, PhD
  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma By Pete Walker
  • Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship By Laurence Heller PhD & Aline La Pierre, PsyD
  • Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors By Janina Fisher

Couples

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love By Amir Levine, Rachel S.F. Heller
  • The Five Love Languages By Gary Chapman
  • Getting the Love We Want By Harville, PhD
  • Hold Me Tight By Dr. Due Johonson
  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
  • Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch PhD
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work By John M. Gottman, PhD

Emotions

  • Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone By Brene Brown
  • The Language of Emotions By Karla McLaren
  • Wil I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers By Karyl McBride, Ph.D.

Parenting/Children

  • No-Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind By Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
  • The Whole Brain Child By Daniel J. Seigel & Tina Payne Bryson
  • Raising Human Beings By Ross Greene