Trauma Reading (and resource) List

Apr 01, 2025

Trauma Reading List

My top picks:

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté (Author)  Daniel Maté (With)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-myth-of-normal-trauma-illness-and-healing-in-a-toxic-culture-gabor-mate/17446136?ean=9780593083888

 

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey (Author)  Bruce D. Perry (Author)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-happened-to-you-conversations-on-trauma-resilience-and-healing-oprah-winfrey/14596716?ean=9781250223180

 

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

Bessel Van Der Kolk (Author)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-body-keeps-the-score-brain-mind-and-body-in-the-healing-of-trauma-bessel-van-der-kolk/6679040?ean=9780143127741



The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris (Author)

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-deepest-well-healing-the-long-term-effects-of-childhood-trauma-and-adversity-nadine-burke-harris/265927?ean=9781328502667

 

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 (Author)  Maia Szalavitz (Author)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/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-an-maia-/12411229?ean=9780465094455






Other reads/ authors I recommend (not all are trauma specific) :

 

Authors:

Gabor Mate

Dr. Daniel Siegel (The Whole Brain Child, Mindsight, etc.)

Peter Levine (Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma)

 

Books: 

 

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--And Keep--Love

Amir Levine (Author)  Rachel Heller (Author)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/attached-the-new-science-of-adult-attachment-and-how-it-can-help-you-find-and-keep-love-amir-levine/6718109?ean=9781585429134 

 

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Amelia Nagoski (Author)  Emily Nagoski (Author)

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/burnout-the-secret-to-unlocking-the-stress-cycle-emily-nagoski/9572582?ean=9781984818324

 

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

Anna Lembke (Author)

 

Video/web Content:

 

https://www.youtube.com/@TheChildTraumaAcademyChannel

 

https://www.nctsn.org






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