Bibliotherapy

I cannot recommend them as such. Partly because what speaks to me may not speak to you in the same way. Our tastes and our needs may be very different. But each book has helped someone and I’ve been told about that help. I also cannot pretend to have read them all.

You may be drawn to one or two, or none or all of them. Some are academic, some are not. Browse widely, let the authors offer you what they can. Listen to what resonates for you and turn away what doesn’t. Don’t let the reading itself become another task on a list of obligations. Be gentle with yourself.

And if there are any books that have helped you, please let me know so I can add those titles too. We can support each other.

‘Writing to Heal: a Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval’ by James W. Pennebaker. New Harbinger Publications 2004.

‘The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma’ by Bessel van der Kolk. Penguin 2014.

‘Rise: Surviving and Thriving after Trauma’ by Sian Williams. Orion Books 2016.

‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Victor Frankl.

‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People’ by Harold S. Kushner. Avon Books 1981

‘What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Post-traumatic Growth’ by Stephen Joseph. Basic Books 2013.

‘Thriving Through Crisis: Turn Tragedy and Trauma into Growth and Change’ by Bill O’Hanlon. Berkeley Publishing Group 2004.

‘Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma — The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences’ by Peter A. Levine.

‘Fatal Moments: The Tragedy of the Accidental Killer’ by Gwendolyn Gilliam and Barbara Chesser. Lexington Books 1991.

‘Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say’ by Nance Guilmartin. Jossey-Bass 2002.

‘When Someone You Love Suffers from Post-traumatic Stress: What to Expect and What you can Do’ by Claudia Zayfert and Jason DeViva. The Guildford Press 2011.

‘After the Crash’ by Edward B. Blanchard and Edward J. Hickling. American Psychological Association 2003.

‘8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-charge Strategies to Empower your Healing’ by Babette Rothschild. 2010.

‘The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment’ by Babette Rothschild. Norton Professional Books 2000.

‘Trauma and Recovery: the Aftermath of Violence — from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror’ by Judith Herman. 2015.

‘Overcoming Trauma and PTSD’ by Sheela Raj. New Harbinger Press 2012.

‘Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE): a Revolutionary New Method for Stress/Trauma Recovery’ by David Berceli. 2005.

‘The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery and Growth’ by Glenn R. Schiraldi. McGraw-Hill 2009.

‘The PTSD Workbook’ by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula. New Harbinger Publications 2013.

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