Supportive Resources
Supportive Resources For Trauma Healing and CPTSD
The resources that I Suggest are things that have been supportive and helpful for myself and my clients.
I hope they are for you as well.
Trauma Healing Books
Complex PTSD: From Surviving To Thriving by Pete Walker
The Tao of Fully Feeling by Pete Walker
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
In An Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
The Complex PTSD Workbook by Arielle Schwartz
Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre
Codependency
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody
Inner Child Healing & Self-Acceptance
Homecoming by John Bradshaw
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search For the True Self By Alice Miller
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
Warming the Stone Child by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Adult Children of Alcoholics
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Spiritual Healing and Growth
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
There Is Nothing Wrong With You by Cheri Huber
A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
The Undefended Self by Susan Thesenga
True Refuge by Tara Brach
Highly Sensitive Person
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
Relationships
Sacred Relationships by Boone and MacDonald
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
Grief and Loss
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore
Unattended Sorrow by Steven Levine
The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel
Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery
Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
Support Groups
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families
SAMSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Suicide Hotlines
Please reach out for support if you are struggling. You are not alone.
https://988lifeline.org/
https://nationaltoolkit.csw.fsu.edu/resource/national-hopeline-network-suicide-crisis-hotline-1-800-442-hope4673