Healing from Trauma: Book Recommendations

We often get asked from both clients and clinicians what we believe are the best trauma healing resources. Though this is not an extensive list, it is a list of resources that we believe can guide and support clinicians and non-clinicians on the trauma healing journey.

Trauma Recovery Book List

Great for Therapist and Clients

  • No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

  • What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry

  • Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, & Onno van der Hart

  • Setting Boundaries That Stick by Juliane Taylor Shore

  • Secure Relating by Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley

Best books for Therapists Treating Trauma

  • When There Are No Words by Sandra L Paulsen Ph.D

  • Being a Brain Wise Therapist by Bonnie Badenoch


Created By:

Chelsea Van Essen, LCSW with nearly a decade of experience working with complex, severe, and unimaginable trauma stories and experiences.

Trauma Therapist and Clinical Director at Logos Healing Institute

Books for Therapist working with Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA)

  • Healing the Unimaginable by Alison Miller

  • Demystifying Mind Control and Ritual Abuse: A Manual for Therapists by Alison Miller

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