Understanding Trauma and Healing

Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care

Below is a list of resources to help you understand and working with trauma in various contexts and settings. I am continually adding to this list.

The NEUROBIOLOGY OF TRAUMA

The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk (2015)
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biography and How You Can Heal, Diana Jackson Nakazawa (2015)
The Pocket Guide to Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, Stephen Porges (2017)
The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind, Dan Seigel (2012)

TRAUMA-INFORMED PARENTING

The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to You Adoptive Family, Karyn Purvis (2007)
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behavior, Heather Forbes and Bryan Post (2006)
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control, Volume 2: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behavior, Heather Forbes and Bryan Post (2006)
From Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children, Bryan Post (2010)
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Development, Dan Seigel and Tina Bryon (2012)
No Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos ad Nuture Your Child's Developing Mind, Dan Siege and Tina Bryson (2014)
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Dan Siegel (2015)
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Dan Seigel and Mary Hartzell (2013)

TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA AND MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness Skills for Trauma and PTSD: Practices for Recovery and Resilience, Rachel Goldsmith Turow (2017)
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrative Clinical Practices, Victori Follette et al. (2014)
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body, David Emerson (2011)
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment, David Emerson (2015)
Yoga for Warriors: Basic Training in Strength, Resilience, and Peace of Mind, Beryl Bender Berch (2014)
Survivors on the Yoga Mat: Stories from Those Healing from Trauma, Becky Thompson (2014)

TRAUMA-INFORMED SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Communities Transforming Children's Lives, K-5, Susan E. Craig (2015)
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating A Trauma-Informed Classroom, Kristen Souers and Pete Hall (2016)
Integrating Mindfulness into Anti-Oppression Pedagogy: Social Justice in Higher Education, Beth Berila (2015)
Teaching with Tenderness: Toward and Embodied Practice, Becky Thompson (2017)