The Body Keeps The Score & MORE

The Body Keeps The Score is a -if not the- seminal book on how trauma affects the body and how to heal from such trauma. Here we suggest some similar books for those who want to learn even more.
Updated October 2, 2022
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The Body Keeps The Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." --Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher...
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "This book is a gift! I've been practicing their strategies, and it's a total game changer."--Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead "A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves,...
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Oprah Winfrey
Paper Book
ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand....
Everyday Trauma: Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life
Tracey Shors PhD
Paper Book
A neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especially for women--and how we can learn to heal ourselves Everyone experiences trauma. Whether a specific harrowing event or a series of stressful moments that culminate over time, trauma can echo and etch itself into...
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
Bruce D. Perry
Paper Book
In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children--and outlines the path to recovery How does...
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
Megan Devine
Paper Book
As seen in THE NEW YORK TIMES * READER'S DIGEST * SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH * HUFFPOST   Featured on NPR's RADIO TIMES and WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your...
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller--with more than one million copies sold! If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your...

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