6 Best science books like Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse by Jennifer J. Freyd

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Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

By: Jennifer J. Freyd

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory…

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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

Similar categories in Judith Lewis Herman's Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror book and Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
"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 Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

By: Laura Davis , Ellen Bass

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the future The Courage to Heal is an insp… read more

Similar categories in Laura Davis's The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse book and Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help
"People don’t need to be forced to grow. All we need is favorable circumstances: respect, love, honesty, and the space to explore."

-Laura Davis, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

"Often feelings of shame, powerlessness, and self-hate are bottled up with the memories, and as the memories come through, these feelings do, too. Yet healing isn't just about pain. It's about learnin…"

-Laura Davis, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

"Healing isn’t just about pain. It’s about learning to love yourself. As you move from feeling like a victim to being a proud survivor, you will have glimmers of hope, pride and satisfaction. Those ar…"

-Laura Davis, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

"For girls who've been pressured into sex they didn't want, growing into a woman's body can be terrifying. Anorexia and bulimia can be an attempt to say no, to assert control over their changing bodie…"

-Laura Davis, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

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3. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

By: Emily Nagoski

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An essential exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research an… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"What turns us on (or off) is learned from culture, in much the same way children learn vocabulary and accents from culture."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"You can't make someone be patient any more than you can make someone have an orgasm. You create a great context, and then allow it to happen."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"Please tell everyone you know: If you have responsive desire, you are already normal. No one needs to 'crave' sex out of the blue to be a fully healthy person."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"One more thing about women's external genitals. The name for the whole package of female genitalia is "vulva." "Vagina" refers to the internal reproductive canal that leads up to the uterus. People o…"

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: None

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold n… read more

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5. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

By: Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kid… read more

Similar categories in Jinger Duggar Vuolo's Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear book and Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  • nonfiction
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6. 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

Similar categories in Stephanie Foo's What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma book and Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. 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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  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse by Jennifer J. Freyd

9. Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

By: Jennifer J. Freyd

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse book and Jennifer J. Freyd's Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  • social science
  • science
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help

8 Best nonfiction books like Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse by Jennifer J. Freyd

Transform Your Habits

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

Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Laura Davis , Ellen Bass

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

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19 must-read audiobook books like What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

4.46

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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

Meg Kissinger

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

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