Author: Robert C. Scaer, MD
Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease
Identifies the ways that the sudden helplessness and terror of trauma induce changes in brain function, and the effects these changes can have on the body systems.
Author: Babette Rothschild
The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
Relates the impact of trauma on the body to the phenomenon of somatic memory.
Author: D. Blackwell
It offers a flexible approach to the special circumstances of displaced and traumatised clients from different cultural and political backgrounds. Includes practical information on advocacy, supervision and working with interpreters.
Author: Michael J. Scott & Stephen G. Stradling
Covers the spectrum of post-traumatic states, diagnostic criteria, client assessment and the development of PTSD. Includes the Cognitive Behavioural Approach.
Author: Charles L. Whitfield
Remembering and Healing the Effects of Trauma
Examines the critical issue of false memory syndrome and provides vital information for anyone affected by a traumatic experience.
Author: Thom Spiers
A Practitioner's Guide to Counselling Ed
Includes details of techniques such as EMDR, within a gentle, client-centred approach.
Author: Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton & Clare Pain
A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
This book reviews research in neuroscience, trauma dissociation and attachment theory, which point to the need for an integrative mind-body approach to trauma.
Author: Edited by Van de Kolk, McFarlane & Weisaeth
The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society
Discusses what makes people vulnerable to developing a fixation on trauma, and what can help them overcome it.
Author: Babette Rothschild
Self-help for readers, therapy clients and therapists alike to the skills to understand and implement eight keys to successful trauma healing.
Author: Parnell
The Revolutionary New Therapy for Freeing the Mind, Clearing the Body & Opening the Heart
Examples of how EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) therapy has helped people who've suffered trauma or abuse, and/or are suffering from depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.
Author: Peter Levine
A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Building on his pioneering book Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine offers an integrated self-healing tool. This small book has an accompanying CD of exercises.
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis
A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
Attempts to explain what PTSD is and what causes it. Techniques for coping with the symptoms and side-effects of PTSD and trauma.
Author: Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore
A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
A guide to help understand the reactions, thoughts and feelings of traumatic stress and find new, effective ways of coping with, and overcoming it.
Author: Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD
A Guide to Healing, Recovery and Growth
Helps you to take control of your recovery process, recognise your limitations and determine if help is needed.
Author: M. William & S. Poijuka
Simple Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Exercises that will give you insight into your symptoms, beliefs, behaviours, and feelings about the trauma you endured.
Author: Judith L. Herman
The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse & Political Terror
A political book, not a self-help manual. Written for workers, but has helped survivors reach a better understanding of what they went through, and how it's still affecting them.
Author: Lynn Karjala
A Guide for Patients, Therapists and Loved Ones
Aims to unravel the mystery of dissociation for trauma survivors and their loved ones and psychotherapists.
Author: Peter A. Levine
Healing Trauma
Attempts to aid understanding of how the body is affected by trauma, and its central position in healing.