Resources for Healing and Reconciliation

Trauma, Dissociation, Stress and Anxiety, Grief and Loss

The following list of resources represents only a very small number of all the books, manuals, workshops, Web sites, and information on trauma, dissociation, stress, anxiety, grief and loss.  PLEASE NOTE: Books, Web Site materials, and presentations may contain triggers that might bring up disturbing thoughts, feelings, and images.  Before reading any of the resources below, contact the hosting group, agency, or individual to ask if stress triggers are evident in the material.  Or have a family member or friend preview the material for you.

 

                                  BOOKS

Healing Trauma:  A Pioneering Program for

Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body.  Peter Levine,

2005, Sounds True, Boulder, CO.

Codependent No More:  How to Stop Controlling

Others and Start Caring for Yourself.  Melody

Beattie, 1992, Hazeldon.

Child Trauma Handbook:  A Guide for Helping

Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents.

Ricky Greenwald, 2005, Haworth Press.

***This manual with exercises and techniques, is intended reading for adults as parents and therapists.  It is beneficial for all interesting in trauma exposure because it is written to be read by people who are not necessarily professionals.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook:  Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation, and Distress Tolerance. Matthew McKay, Jeffrey Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley, 2007, New Harbinger.

Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. Marsha Linehan, 1993, Guilford, Press.  Lots of Mindfulness/DBT Exercises!

The PTSD Workbook:  Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress. Mary Beth Williams, Soili Poijula, 2002, New Harbinger

The Journey from Heartbreak to Connection (2003),

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship Into the Beginning of a New Life (2000).  Susan Anderson, Berkley Trade.

How to Break Your Addiction to a Person (1983), Bantam Books, Cutting Loose:  An Adult's Guide to Coming to Terms With Your Parents (1983, 2005), FiresideHoward M. Halpern.

TRAUMA AND PTSD

Trauma

National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

We are Adult Survivors

http://www.wearesurvivors.org/  

 

David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages

http://www.trauma-pages.com/

Coping with Dissociative Identity Disorder

http://copingwithdissociativeidentitydisorder.yuku.com/

Sidran Institute

http://www.sidran.org/index.cfm

Book: The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd, 2003, Penguin Books.

Stress and Grief

Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Resource Center

http://www.stress-anxiety-depression.org/

WebMD, Anxiety and Panic Disorders Health Center

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/default.htm

What is Traumatic Stress?

http://www.istss.org/AboutTraumaticStress.htm

Grief-Healing-Support.com

http://www.grief-healing-support.com/

Coping with Grief and Loss:  Support for Grieving and Bereavment

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/grief_loss.htm

WEB SITES

EMDR and ISSTD

EMDR International Association

http://www.emdria.org/index.cfm

EMDR Institute, Inc. 

http://www.emdr.com/briefdes.htm

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation 

http://www.isst-d.org/

 

The Valor Institute

https://www.valorinstitute.org/

Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Behavioral Tech Book List for Clients

http://behavioraltech.org/products/list.cfm?category=Books#Clients

DBT Self Help with Exercises 

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/index.html

Treatments

Emotional and Psychological Trauma

Causes and Effects, Symptoms and Treatment

http://www.healingresources.info/emotional_trauma_overview.htm

 

 Copyright  John Kennington, 2010

 

 

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