Menakem delves into how white supremacy, racism, and historical trauma are stored in the body and how individuals and communities can address these wounds. The book is a powerful resource for those wanting to understand and heal from racialized trauma, and those who want to lea...
In all, there were 16 responses to this query, and no specific complaints. Many thanks for all your recommendations and suggestions. The most frequently mentioned book (4 positive independent suggestions) was:I Can't Get Over It: a handbook for trauma survivors.by Aphrodite Matsakis, PhD (1992...
Resources: This is a great discussion book to have on hand when your child is trying something new, like going to school, attending a sleepover, trying new foods, and learning to ride a bike without training wheels. And it is a good book to remind parents that they have to let go and...
But Miri’s life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone—maybe alive, maybe not. Taken in at the boarding school near the chateau, pretending to be Catholic to escape Nazi capture, Miri volunteers one night to undertake a deadly task, one that spans the castle grounds, its bridge, and ...
” (Maggie sounds like me, although my nonfiction tastes run to medical and historical topics, along with true crime.) However, Elizabeth notes that “there’s nothing like trauma to change one’s reading habits”, and she learned that Maggie had copied a passage fromBroken Openand kept it...
Tristan is dreading the month he’s going to spend on his grandparents’ farm in Alabama, where he’s being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie’s notebook. Tristan chases after it–is that a doll?
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma,by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.Many clinicians do not know how to incorporate somatic experiencing into trauma treatment.Waking the Tigerexplores the impact of trauma on the body and explains how bodies can heal andself-regulate. Levine, the founder of Somatic...
I’ve come up with a tagline for my work-in-progress, Low Water: A swim coach and his psychologist team up to heal from trauma. I’ve written 35K out of about 85K words. I hope you’re having a clear-sinus start to your New Year! Tagged new year, novel, people I admire, Spa...
Joshua Shea is an author, educator and speaker on the topic of pornography addiction and a certified betrayal trauma coach. Shea was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, and started working in journalism at 17 years old in 1993 for his hometown newspaper, The... ...
s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists,The Body Keeps the Scoreexposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives. (links from this site aboutthis book are ...