Books to Help with Trauma, Recovery & Personal Growth
Trauma & Nervous System Healing
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk
Unlearn Your Pain, Howard Schubiner, M.D.
Unlearn Your Anxiety & Depression, Howard Schubiner, M.D.
Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment, Audio Book, Babette Rothschild
Healing Anxiety and Depression, Daniel G. Amen
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Rick Hanson
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal, Donna Jackson Nakazawa
The Last Best Cure, Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Divided Mind, John E. Sarno, M.D.
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, Daniel J. Siegel,M.D.
Cult Dynamics & Recovery
Cults in Our Midst, Margaret Thaler Singer
Crisis of Conscience, Raymond Franz
Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse, Gillie Jenkinson
Combating Cult Mind Control, Steven Hassan
Take Back Your Life, Janja Lalich
The True Believer, Eric Hoffer
Educated, Tara Westover
Mindfulness, Acceptance & Presence
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety, Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Walking in Wonder, John O’Donohue
Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg
The Instinct to Heal, David Servan-Schreiber
The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer
Meaning, Identity & Personal Growth
Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
What Matters Most, James Hollis
On This Journey We Call Our Life, James Hollis
Creating A Life, James Hollis
How Then, Shall We Live?, Wayne Muller
Conscious Living: Finding Joy in the Real World, Gay Hendricks
The Five Things We Cannot Change…and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them, David Richo
How To Be An Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration, David Richo.
Coming Home to Who You Are, David Richo
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have, Mark Nepo
Broken Open, Elizabeth Lesser
Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood, Wayne Muller
Atlas of the Heart, Brene Brown & Brynlee Brooke
Rising Strong, Brene Brown
The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mate
EMDR & Trauma Processing
Getting Past Your Past, Francine Shapiro
EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma, Francine Shapiro
Tapping In: A Step-By-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation, Laurel Parnell
8 Keys To Safe Trauma Recovery, Babette Rothschild
