Below are some key books and resources for practitioners that highlight the impact of trauma on the mind and body, the role and prevalence of dissociation and attachment, and how we can stand alongside clients in their healing journeys using effective treatment strategies:
-The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van Der Kolk
-Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Herman
-In an unspoken voice, by Peter Levine
-The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz
-Trauma and the Body, by Clare Pain, Kekuni Minton, Pat Ogden
-Healing the Fractured Child, by Frances Waters
-EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment and Dissociation, by Ana Gomez
-An EMDR Therapy Primer, by Barbara Hensley
-The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization, by Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart
-The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective neuroscience, development, and clinical practice, by Diana Fosha, Daniel Siegel, and Marion Solomon
-Internal family systems therapy: New dimensions, Edited by Martha Sweezy and Ellen L. Ziskind
-The trauma treatment handbook: Protocols across the spectrum, by Robin Shapiro