Trauma-Informed Reading List.
Kimberly Ann Johnson, ‘Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good’
Michelle Cassanda Johnson, ‘Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief’
Bessel van der Kolk, MD, ‘The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma’ (I no longer recommend this book because some of the content is problematic, and there are abuse allegations against the author.)
Peter A. Levine, ‘Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma’
Stacy McGrath, ‘Performance Anxiety Strategies: A Musician's Guide to Managing Stage Fright’
Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, ‘My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies’
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, ‘Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises for Trauma and Stress’
Gail Parker, PhD, ‘Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma’
Stephen W. Porges, ‘The Pocket Guide to The Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe’
Stanley Rosenberg, ‘Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism’
David A. Treleaven, ‘Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing’
Zabie Yamasaki, ‘Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion’
Other Trauma Reading Lists