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Books for Mental Health Awareness Month
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items A collection of books focused on mental health, largely trauma related issues. I hope this list helps someone take a deeper dive into their own mental health or to help better understand what a loved one may be going through.
My therapist recently recommended this to me! Just getting started, but so far I like it!
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Another therapist recommendation. It was a heart wrenching read. CW: there is twin loss involved and my therapist didn't warn me. It deeply activated my trauma responses and caused a break in trust with my therapist for a while. I hope to go back and...
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
I read this shortly after becoming a mom. It's a unique look into mothering by a Jungian scholar.
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
The most important take away for me was the importance of treating a mental health condition the same way as a physical injury.
The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
I read this when I started therapy. It's a more clinical look at trauma, its impacts, and activities that help you journey toward healing. Having it be more clinical-esq than emotive helped ease me into being comfortable in therapy.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
This book is beautifully written. It takes a look at disordered eating through the lens of myths, metaphors, etc. It's a lovely resource for folks who want to take a step away from the more clinical viewpoint and tackle their thoughts through a more ...
Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling
Absolutely love the author and how she is tackling childhood adversity. It's far more common than you might expect. I almost got to see her speak in person, but then Covid happened. :(
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity
This author writes a ton about dissociation. Something I didn't even know I was doing until I started counseling with a trauma expert.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation
This author also writes a lot of great stuff around trauma!
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma|Paperback
A lovely look at spirituality in addictive behaviors.
Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions|Paperback
I read this book shortly after the twins turned 1. It was so much harder than I thought it would be. In a good way. It really encouraged me to dig deep to end generational trauma.
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive: 10th Anniversary Edition|Paperback
One of the OG books on trauma's impact on the body!
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment / Edition 1|Hardcover
A delightful children's book to help children identify their different feelings.
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions|Hardcover
My husband recently read this book. The facts within it are scary. We all need to keep our kids off screens/social media as much as possible.
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness|Hardcover
There's no such thing as normal!
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture|Hardcover