20 must-read nonfiction books like Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma by Gretchen Schmelzer

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Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma

By: Gretchen Schmelzer

4.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For survivors of PTSD and repeated, relational trauma -- and the people who love them. Gretchen Sc…

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1. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By: Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In th… read more

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"Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"The desire for total control over another person is the common denominator of all forms of tyranny."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

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2. The Tao of fully feeling: Harvesting forgiveness out of blame

By: Pete Walker

0.00

Format: 798 pages,

The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame, has been acclaimed by many therapist… read more

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3. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced… read more

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4. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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5. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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6. Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance

By: Kelly McDaniel

4.15

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and p… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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7. The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

By: Nadine Burke Harris

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vuln… read more

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8. Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.34

Format: None pages, Audio CD

None read more

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9. Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

By: Emily Nagoski

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship, from t… read more

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10. Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma

By: Galit Atlas

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning psychoanalyst Dr. Galit Atlas draws on her patients' stories—and her own life experie… read more

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11. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

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12. It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self

By: Hilary Jacobs Hendel

4.22

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Fascinating patient stories and dynamic exercises help you connect to healing emotions, ease anxiet… read more

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  • health
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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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"healing is not just a desired outcome of treatment, it is a potential that is there from the start. We are wired to heal, to right ourselves, to grow and transform. This is not just a metaphor. It is…"

-Hilary Jacobs Hendel, It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self

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13. Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

By: Kristin Neff

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our not… read more

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14. Power of Attachment

By: Diane Poole Heller

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How traumatic events can break our vital connections―and how to restore love, wholeness, and resili… read more

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15. The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization

By: Onno van der Hart

4.43

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Life is an ongoing struggle for patients who have been chronically traumatized. They typically have… read more

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"Survivors become more adaptive when they can invest their energy in realizing that the traumatizing event has happened. This goal requires the realization that nothing can be done to change what happ…"

-Onno van der Hart, The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization

"In principle, the number of parts of the personality in a given individual has little bearing on whether dissociation is at the secondary [OSDD] or tertiary [DID] level. A patient with secondary stru…"

-Onno van der Hart, The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization

"We propose that BPD involves secondary structural dissociation. Consistent with this, Golynkina and Ryle (1999) found that patients with BPD encompassed a dissociative part of the personality that se…"

-Onno van der Hart, The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization

"Most often, the "host" has some recognition of other parts of the personality, although a degree of amnesia may be involved. However, occasionally, the "host" does not know about the existence of oth…"

-Onno van der Hart, The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization

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16. Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

By: Jamie Marich

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Dissociation 101: The go-to guide for understanding your dissociative disorder, breaking the stigma… read more

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17. Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love

By: Amanda E. White

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In this honest discussion of mental health, the founder of Therapy for Women explores our reasons f… read more

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18. Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma

By: Gretchen Schmelzer

4.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For survivors of PTSD and repeated, relational trauma -- and the people who love them. Gretchen Sc… read more

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19. The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole

By: Arielle Schwartz

4.24

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

A mind-body workbook for healing and overcoming Complex PTSD Those affected by complex PTSD, or C-… read more

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"Unresolved trauma can take a significant toll on your physical health. Unresolved childhood trauma is particularly insidious, with effects that are both gradual and cumulative."

-Arielle Schwartz, The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole

"Childhood trauma can range from having faces extreme violence and neglect to having confronted feelings of not belonging, being unwanted, or being chronically misunderstood. You may have grown up in …"

-Arielle Schwartz, The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole

Cover of The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series) by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez,

20. The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series)

By: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez,

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It’s time to heal the invisible wounds of complex trauma and reclaim your mind, body, and spirit. I… read more

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21. Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self

By: Thema Bryant-Davis

4.40

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A road map for dismantling the fear and shame that keep you from living a free and authentic life. … read more

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4.31

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Olga Trujillo

4.11

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