Elese’s Trauma Book Recommendations

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle - Mark Wolynn

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey

The Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté

Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists - Janina Fisher

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter A. Levine & Ann Frederick

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

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

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

It’s Not Your Fault: Why Childhood Trauma Shapes You and How to Break Free - Alex Howard

Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of the Body - Peter A. Levine

Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma - Galit Atlas

Healing Your Lost Inner Child: How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life - Robert Jackman

Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds - Thomas Hübl

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