Trauma Informed Books that center research, science and inclusive care
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Instead of The Body Keeps The Score, read...
Instead of She Comes First, read...
Instead of How to do The Work, read
Instead of The Body Keeps The Score, read...
Alternatives to Bessel Van Der Kolk's work that provide a more inclusive, integrated lens on healing trauma and how the body metabolizes our lived experiences.
Explores racialized trauma and healing
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma
A memoir detailing healing from complex trauma
What My Bones Know: Memoir of Healing
Addresses historical trauma and practice
Decolonizing Therapy
Explores inherited family trauma
It Didn't Start with You: Inherited Trauma
Reflections on childhood trauma
What Happened to You?: Trauma & Healing
Focuses on the body's instinctual capacity to heal trauma
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Levine
Instead of She Comes First, read...
books on sex, pleasure and intimacy
Essential for understanding female sexual response and debunking myths
Come as You Are: New Science to Transform Sex Life
For maintaining intimacy in long-term relationships
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
Celebrates self-love and masturbation
Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving - Betty Dodson
Uses mindfulness to overcome sexual blocks
Better Sex Through Mindfulness: Women’s Guide
A mind-body guide for sexual trauma survivors to reclaim desire
Healing Sex: Mind-Body Approach to Sexual Trauma
Practical tools for survivors to find pleasure and safety
Reclaiming Pleasure: Sex Positive Guide
Explores diverse queer experiences
Queer Sex: Trans & Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy
Science-backed insights on sexual desire
Tell Me What You Want: Science of Desire
Instead of How to do The Work, read
books that center evidence based healing instead of pop psychology and pseudoscience
A great introduction to IFS and parts work
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness
Focuses on deep trauma healing
Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD
Empowers survivors of child abuse
The Mosaic Mind: Empowering Tormented Selves
Applies IFS to intimate relationships
You Are the One You've Been Waiting For
IFS from the lens of working with intimate relationships
Intimacy from the Inside Out
Integrates IFS with spirituality for deeper healing journeys
Parts Work: Healing Journeys with IFS & Spirituality
Focus on how boundaries create an invitation on how to engage, not keep people out
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide
A must read for anyone that has the expereince of a parent with a personality disorder
