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Though by no means complete, here is a list of recommended websites and books that both I and my clients have found helpful...

LINKS:

Trauma Resource Institute:   http://www.traumaresourceinstitute.com
Community Resiliency Model:  http://www.communityresiliencymodel.com
iChill App:  http://ichillapp.com
Somatic Experiencing:   http://www.somaticexperiencing.com
Foundation for Human Enrichment:   http://www.traumahealing.com
EMDR Institute, Inc.:   http://www.emdr.com
EMDR International Association:   http://www.emdria.org
Trauma Information Pages:   http://www.trauma-pages.com
Institute of HeartMath:   http://www.heartmath.org
Monroe Institute CD’s:   http://www.hemi-sync.com

RECOMMENDED READING LIST:

EMDR:

EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused As Children   by Laurel Parnell and Laura Parnell

Tapping In: A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation   by Laurel Parnell (companion CD also available)

Transforming Trauma: EMDR: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Freeing the Mind, Clearing the Body, and Opening the Heart   by Laurel Parnell

Emotional Healing at Warp Speed - The Power of EMDR   by PH.D David Grand

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING:

Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences   by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body   by Peter A. Levine

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience   by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline

BRENÉ BROWN:

I Thought it Was Just Me (But it Isn't)

The Gifts of Imperfection

Daring Greatly

Link to Purchase Audio and Books:  www.brenebrown.com

EXPRESSIVE THERAPY:

The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself   by Lucia Capacchione

The Creative Journal for Children A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Counselors   by Lucia Capacchione

The Art of Emotional Healing   by Lucia Capacchione

Creative Journal for Teens, 2nd Ed   by Lucia Capacchione

Art Is a Way of Knowing   by Pat Allen

Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul   by Shaun McNiff

Art as Medicine   by Shaun McNiff

The Creative Connection: Expressive Arts as Healing   by Natalie Rogers 

TRAUMA:

The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment   by Babette Rothschild

The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease Second edition   by Robert C. Scaer MD PhD

Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society   by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self   by Alice Mill er

INNER CHILD:

The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away   by Cathryn L. Taylor

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child   by John Bradshaw

The Child Within   by Nancy J. Napier

COPING:

Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children   by Nancy J. Napier

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life   by Byron Katie and Stephen Mitchell

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition   by Edmund J. Bourne

There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate   by Cheri Huber and June Shiver

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance   by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley

PARENTING:

Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated   by Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D. and Anthony E. Wolf

It's Not Fair, Jeremy Spencer's Parents Let Him Stay up All Night!: A Guide to the Tougher Parts of Parenting   by Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D.

"Mom, Jason's Breathing on Me!": The Solution to Sibling Bickering   by Anthony Wolf

Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?: A Guide to Parenting Through Divorce   by Anthony E. Wolf

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk   by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication   by Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Alice Ginott, and H. Wallace Goddard

Between Parent and Teenager   by Haim G. Ginott

Parenting From the Inside Out   by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell

The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby   by William Sears and Martha Sears