Recommended Books
Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel
The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis
The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment by Lisa Qualls and Karyn Purvis
The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel
Wounded Children Healing Homes by Jayne Schooler
The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog by Bruce Perry
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke
Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke
The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz
The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene
Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child, by Dr. Ross Greene
Books for parenting
Adoptive and Foster Parents
Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal by Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro
Books for EMDR
Books for somatic work
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hillary McBride
Practices for Embodied Living: Experiencing the Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary McBride
Becoming Safely Embodied: A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World by Deirdre Fay
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana
Books for Anti-racism
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur Riley
Books for Relationships
Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World by Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley
Setting Boundaries That Stick: How Neurobiology Can Help You Rewire Your Brain to Feel Safe, Connected, and Empowered by Juliane Taylor Shore
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by John Gottman
The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of Relationships Are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience, and Trust by Ed Tronick
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love by Amir Levine
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real
Books for Reparenting
Gifts from a Challenging Childhood: Healing the Legacy of Childhood Trauma by Jan Bergstrom
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children by Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson
Growing Yourself Back Up by John Lee
The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away by Cathryn Taylor
The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting by Shefali Tsabary