Recs if you like Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma...
instead of the body keeps the score
look into these books that are widely varied on the topic of trauma, with a more empathetic and understanding approach and perspective.
Begrudgingly Doing the Work
healing generational trauma is punk af β€οΈβπ©Ή
CPTSD Recovery
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.
Understanding trauma and CPTSD
so, you wanna read like a therapist?
books that are well known in the therapy & mental health world - often read & recommended by therapists, social workers, and other professionals in the field π
Trauma studies
A syllabus
Trauma Literacy
Nonfiction focused on trauma, dissociation, and the neuroscience of how we survive. For survivors, clinicians, students, and the casually curious.
Project LETS: Learn About Trauma
Project LETSβs beyond The Body Keeps the Score recommendations.
βWhatβs wrong with TBKTS?β¦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 harassmentβ¦"
I have potential as the therapist AND the patient
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)
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