Recs if you like No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model...

look into these books that are widely varied on the topic of trauma, with a more empathetic and understanding approach and perspective.

This is a personal curriculum reading list that was put together to help with understanding CPTSD and how to begin the journey to recovery. This list was created with people who identify as creative women in mind; however, the titles on this list are useful reads for anyone who wants to figure themselves out and hopefully live life feeling more at ease, safe, and confident.

Nonfiction on reevaluating and living well with difficult (but culturally undervalued?) mental & emotional experiences of all kinds (anger, sadness, grief, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, uncertainty, fear, and more)

More to come!

books that are well known in the therapy & mental health world - often read & recommended by therapists, social workers, and other professionals in the field 💕

A mix of memoir, fiction, and psychology exploring the impact of complex trauma - and the ways people survive, create meaning, and heal.

Nonfiction focused on trauma, dissociation, and the neuroscience of how we survive. For survivors, clinicians, students, and the casually curious.

NF books mainly focused on trauma, especially complex trauma.

So you're studying your psychology/ counseling degree and realize you have the potential to make a good therapist and a good patient. I got you.

The following are books for those looking to develop their therapeutic knowledge, or those so deep into the trenches of their mental health recovery they're explaining therapy modalities to their therapist (or both like me)

Non fiction books to help expand my perspective

These books have influenced the way I think about and live my life day-to-day. Maybe they'll change yours too?

Prescriptions in book form