Resources
Trauma and Resilience
For Clients
- Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
- Lisa Ferentz, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing; Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide
- Janina Fisher, Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
- Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
- Belleruth Naparstek, Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How they Heal
- Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment
- Babette Rothschild, Eight Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery
- Deena Rosenbloom and Mary Beth Williams, Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing
- Arielle Schwartz, The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma
- Arielle Schwartz, The Complex PTSD Workbook
- Arielle Schwartz, Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery (free videos)
- Carolyn Spring, carolynspring.co.uk
- “Understanding Trauma: Easing the Drama of Trauma Symptoms”, video course by Dr. Sharon Gold-Steinberg for trauma survivors, their loved ones, or therapists
- Strengthsofallparts.com
For Therapists
- Frank Anderson, Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with IFS Therapy
- Bonnie Badenoch, Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology; Workbook for the Brain-Savvy Therapist: A Companion Guide to Being a Brain-Wise Therapist
- Deb Dana, Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
- Lisa Ferentz, Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors
- Janina Fisher, Healing The Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation
- Ron Kurtz, Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method
- Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Claire Pain, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
- Babette Rothschild, The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
- EMDR International Association (EMDRIA.org)
- Janina Fisher (janinafisher.com)
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (sensorimotor.org)
- The Resourced Therapist (resourcedtherapist.com): self-paced courses, meditations, and resources to prevent burnout, for therapists by therapists
- Trauma Stabilization and Treatment Planning: A Roadmap, self-paced video course by Sharon Gold-Steinberg
Parts Work/Internal Family Systems
- Tanis Allen, The Self-Led Internal Family Systems Workbook
- Tamala Floyd, Listening When Parts Speak
- Tom Holmes, Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life
- Seth Kopald, Self-Led, Living a Connected Life
- Richard Schwartz, No Bad Parts
- Richard Schwartz, You’re the One You’ve Been Waiting For
- aninfinitemind.com, resources for people living or working with DID
- Strengths of All Parts (SOAP) webpage, on-demand training, and chart
Grief
For Adults
- Barbara Becker, Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind
- Alan Botkin, Induced After Death Communication: A Miraculous Therapy for Grief and Loss
- Tom Nehmy, Inspired Life, Beautiful Death: Healing Grief, Overcoming Fear of Death & Living a Spiritual Life
- Sameet Kumar, Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss
- Marisa Renee Lee, Grief is Love
- Claire Bidwell Smith, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief
- Marilyn Sullivan, A Patch of Comfort: A Guide for Helping Someone in Grief
- Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
- IADCInternational Institute
- David Kessler’s Tender Hearts Grief Groups
For Kids
- Benjamin Ali, The Thing about Jellyfish
- Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown, When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death
- M.H. Clark, Everywhere, Still: A Book about Loss, Grief and The Way Love Continues
- Kerry Debay, The Grief Bubble: Helping Kids Explore and Understand Grief
- Andrea Dorn, When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-to Guide on Grief and Loss
- Alan Durant, Always and Forever
- Marge Heegaard, When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief (Drawing Out Feelings)
- Lynn B. Hughes, You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After the Loss of a Parent
- Patrice Karst, The Invisible String
- Caron Levis, Always
- Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
- Adolph Moser and David Melton, Don’t Despair on Thursdays!: The Children’s Grief-Management Book
- Michaelene Mundy, Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss
- Brie Overton, My Grief Comfort Book: Creative Activities to Help Kids Cope with Loss and Keep Memories Alive
- Joanna Rowland, The Memory Box: A Book About Grief
- Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen, and Taylor Bliss, Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
- Cornelia Spelman, After Charlotte’s Mom Die
- Judith Viorst, The Tenth Good Thing about Barney
- Center for Loss, Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart
- Ele’s Place
- KidsAid
- The Michigan Grieving Children’s Network
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief
- NACG Resource Library
- My Graphic Novel
- Multiverse of Grief, a graphic novel and Grief Facilitation Guide
Attachment-Focused Partnering and Parenting
- Carolyn Daitch and Lissa Lorberbaum, Anxious in Love
- Lisa Damour, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
- Mona Delahooke, Brain-Body Parenting
- Eli Harwood, Securely Attached
- Eli Harwood, Raising Securely Attached Kids
- Diane Poole Heller, The Power of Attachment
- Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight
- Becky Kennedy, Good Inside
- Greer Kirschenbaum, The Nurture Revolution
- Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, Attached
- Julie Menano, Secure Love
- Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell, Parenting from the Inside Out
- Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, The Whole Brain Child
Meditations and Breathwork Practices
- Physiologic Sigh (3 minutes to learn; less than 1 minute to practice)
- Coherent Breathing Timer (6 breaths per minute to lower stress and blood pressure; 1-5 minutes)
- 4-7-8 Breathing (4 minutes)
- Havening Technique to Feel Safe (practice to calm the amygdala, 3 minutes)
- HeartMath app
- Bioenergetic Stress Relief (shaking on purpose to release stress and tension; 9 minutes)
- Tender Self-Compassion Meditation by Kristen Neff (5 minutes)
- Ground and Restore Meditation by Sharon Gold-Steinberg (5 minutes)
- RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) Meditation by Tara Brach (15 minutes)
- Yoga Nidra Meditation for Sleep on Insight Timer app or website (22 minutes)
- Fall into a Deep Sleep Meditation on Insight Timer app or website (19 minutes)
- Back to Sleep Meditation on Insight Timer app or website (15 minutes)
Local Somatic Resources to support Mindfulness and Movement
- Ann Arbor Center for Mindfulness (aacfm.com)
- Kath Weider’s Vocal Freedom Studio
- Stefanie Cohen’s Moving Stories and Authentic Movement Studio
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