Recs if you like It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle...
books your therapist would recommend to you
this list spans from self help books that are actually helpful to in depth theories about healing. you would probably find quite a few of these books on your therapist’s bookshelf. maybe you are looking for deeper healing. maybe you are a therapist looking for your next read. welcome :)
Begrudgingly Doing the Work
healing generational trauma is punk af ❤️🩹
grifters gonna grift
idk about you but i hate a grifter! these are some popular books and authors that market their stuff as mental health/"self-help" books but are feeding you pseudoscience!
Understanding trauma and CPTSD
books that are cheaper than therapy
nonfiction that feels like going to therapy (without the copay)
Reading on Complex Trauma 🕊️
A mix of memoir, fiction, and psychology exploring the impact of complex trauma - and the ways people survive, create meaning, and heal.
Trauma studies
A syllabus
If you can’t afford a therapist
Project LETS: Learn About Trauma
Project LETS’s beyond The Body Keeps the Score recommendations.
“What’s wrong with TBKTS?…some major criticisms from community members include: -Status quo politics; Western and Eurocentric perspectives on trauma, -Lack of analysis around politics, oppression, identity, and trauma -Author is accused of sexual misconduct, various forms of harassment…"
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