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New Releases & Other Recommendations

New releases have been published within the last year or so. These recent publications may be of interest to professionals (clinicians, researchers, or graduate students) or the general public. Books in the new release lists will migrate to the more specific categories below, in time. Books are listed only once; please check various categories to find appropriate books.

for Professionals

• Ader (Ed.) (2006). Psychoneuroimmunology, Two-volume Set, Fourth Edition.
• Andreassi (2006). Psychophysiology: human behavior & physiological response. Fifth Edition.
• Briere & Scott (2006). Principles of Trauma Therapy and Treatment: a guide to symptoms, evaluation, and treatment.
• Cloitre, Cohen & Koenon (2006). Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse: psychotherapy for the interrupted life.
• Follette & Ruzek (Eds.) (2006). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Trauma. [Second Edition]
• Goodheart, Kazden & Sternberg (Eds.) 2006. Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: where practice and research meet.
• Norris et al (Eds.) (2006). Methods for Disaster Mental Health Research.
• Odgen, Minton & Pain (2006). Trauma and the Body: a sensorimotor approach to psychotherapy.
• Ritchie, Watson & Friedman (2006). Interventions Following Mass Violence and Disasters: strategies for mental health practice.
• Rothschild (2006). Help for the Helper: the psychophysiology of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
• Van der Hart, Nijenhuis & Steele (2006). The Haunted Self: structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization.
• Van der Kolk, McFarlane & Weisaeth (Eds.) (1996/2006). Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society.
• Van Heerden (2006). The Storm: what went wrong and why during Hurricane Katrina--the inside story from one Louisiana scientist.
• Yehuda (Ed.) (2006). Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: a decade of progress.

for Survivors & General Public

• Armstrong, Best & Domenici (2006). Courage After Fire : Coping Strategies for Returning Soldiers and Their Families.
• Gottman, & Gottman (2006). Ten Lessons to Transform your Marriage.
• O'Hara (2006). A Grief Like No Other: surviving the violent death of someone you love.

Recommended Books - for Clinicians

Books in these sections have a clinical focus, further described by topic. Clinical students or researchers studying assessment or clinical approaches in the trauma field may find these volumes invaluable, as well as practicing therapists.

Assessment, Testing & Diagnosis

• American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision).
• American Psychiatric Association (2000). Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR. (Spiral bound.)
• Antony, Orsillo & Roemer (2001). Practioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Anxiety.
• Briere (2004). Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States: phenomenology, diagnosis, and measurement. Second edition.
• Friedman (2000). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: the latest assessment and treatment strategies.
• Friedrich (2001). Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families.
• Koocher, Norcross & Hill (2004). Psychologists' Desk Reference.
• Wilson & Keane (Eds.) (2004). Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD. Second Edition.

Specific Types of Trauma (Adults)

• Blanchard & Hickling (2003). After the Crash: assessment and treatment of motor vehicle accident survivors. (Second Edition)
• Bryant & Harvey (2000). Acute Stress Disorder: a handbook of theory, assessment, and treatment.
• Chu & Bowman (Eds.) (2003). Trauma and Sexuality: the effects of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse on sexual identity and behavior.
• Farber (2002). When the Body Is the Target: self-harm, pain, and traumatic attachments.
• Foa & Rothbaum (1998/2001). Treating the Trauma of Rape: cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD.
• Fonagy, et al (Eds.) (2002). Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self.
• Freyd (1996). Betrayal Trauma: the logic of forgetting childhood abuse.
• Gold (2000). Not Trauma Alone: therapy for child abuse survivors in family and social context.
• Heinl (2001). Splintered Innocence: an intuitive approach to treating war trauma.
• Hickling & Blanchard (Eds.) (2000). International Handbook of Road Traffic Accidents and Psychological Trauma: current understanding, treatment and law.
• Kimerling, Ouimette & Wolfe (Eds.) (2002). Gender and PTSD.
• Ouimette & Brown (Eds.) (2002). Trauma and Substance Abuse: causes, consequences, and treatment of comorbid disorders.
• Razza & Tomasulo (2004). Healing Trauma: the power of group treatment for people with intellectual disabilities.
• Shay (1995). Achilles in Vietnam: combat trauma and the undoing of character.

Child Trauma

• Caffaro & Conn-Caffaro (1998). Sibling Abuse Trauma: assessment and intervention strategies for children, families, and adults .
• Dwivedi (2000). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents.
• Greenwald (2005). Child Trauma Handbook: a guide for helping trauma-exposed children and adolescents. Best Seller
• Osofsky (Ed.) (2004). Young Children and Trauma: intervention and treatment.
• Worden (1996/2001). Children and Grief: when a parent dies.
• Ziegler (2002). Traumatic Experience and the Brain: a handbook for understanding and treating those traumatized as children.

About Trauma or PTSD

• Allen (2001). Traumatic Relationships and Serious Mental Disorders.
• Bremner (2002). Does Stress Damage the Brain?: understanding trauma-related disorders from a neurological perspective.
• Brewin (2003). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: malady or myth?
• McNally (2003). Remembering Trauma.
• Resick (2001). Stress and Trauma. Textbook for a module in clinical psychology (Clinical Psychology: A Modular Course)
• Rosen (Ed.) (2004). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: issues and controversies.
• Scaer (2001). The Body Bears the Burden: trauma, dissociation and disease. Best Seller
• Scaer (2005). The Trauma Spectrum: hidden wounds and human resiliency. Best Seller
• Shalev, Yehuda & McFarlane (1999). International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma.
• Valent (1998). From Survival to Fulfillment: a framework for the life-trauma dialectic.
• Yehuda (Ed.) (1999). Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

General Treatment Considerations

• Cozolino (2002). The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: building and rebuilding the human brain.
• Elliott, Watson, Goldman & Greenberg (2003). Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy: the process-experiential approach to change
• Greenberg (2002). Emotion-Focused Therapy: coaching clients to work through their feelings.
• Hanna (2001). Therapy With Difficult Clients: using the precursors model to awaken change.
• Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
• James & Gilliland (2004). Crisis Intervention Strategies. Fourth edition.
• Miller & Rollnick (2002). Motivational Interviewing. Second edition.
• Shannon (Ed.) (2002). Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health.
• Smith (2002). Stress Management: a comprehensive handbook of techniques and strategies.
• Stark (1999). Modes of Therapeutic Action: enhancement of knowledge, provision of experience, and engagement in relationship.
• Stern (2004). The Present Moment in psychotherapy and everyday life.
• Taylor (2004). Advances in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: cognitive-behavioral perspectives.
• Walsh (2005). Treating Self-Injury: a practical guide.
• Wampold (2001). The Great Psychotherapy Debate: models, methods, and findings.

Trauma Treatment (See Also: EMDR and Somatic Approaches, below)

• Baranowsky, Gentry & Schultz (2005). Trauma Practice: tools for stabilization and recovery. Best Seller
• Catherall (Ed.) (2004). The Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family.
• Chu (1998). Rebuilding Shattered Lives: the responsible treatment of complex post-traumatic and dissociative disorders.
• Courtois (1999). Recollections of Sexual Abuse: treatment principles and guidelines.
• Dalenberg (2000). Countertransference and the Treatment of Trauma.
• Everly & Lating (2004). Personality-Guided Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
• Foa, Keane & Friedman (2000). Effective Treatments for PTSD: practice guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Best Seller
• Frederick & McNeal (1999). Inner Strengths: contemporary psychotherapy and hypnosis for ego-strengthening.
• Gerity (1999). Creativity and the Dissociative Patient: puppets, narrative, and art in the treatment of survivors of childhood trauma.
• Hedges (1999). Terrifying Transferences: aftershocks of childhood trauma.
• Hofmann & Tompson (Eds.) (2002). Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders: a handbook of empirically supported treatments.
• Hudgins (2002). Experiential Treatment for PTSD: the therapeutic spiral model.
• Kalsched (1997). The Inner World of Trauma: archetypal defenses of the personal spirit.
• Klein & Schermer (2000). Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma.
• Mitchell & Everly (2001). Critical Incident Stress Debriefing : an operations manual for CISD, defusing and other group crisis intervention services. Third Editon.
• Najavits (2001). Seeking Safety: a treatment manual for PTSD and substance abuse .
• Saakvitne (Ed.) (2000). Risking Connection: a training curriculum for working with survivors of childhood abuse.
• Solomon & Siegel (Eds.) (2003). Healing Trauma: attachment, mind, body, and brain.
• Valent (1999). Trauma and Fulfillment Therapy: a wholist framework.
• Wiederhold & Wiederhold (2004). Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: advances in evaluation and treatment.
• Williams, Yule & Joseph (1997). Understanding Post Traumatic Stress: a psychosocial perspective on PTSD and treatment .
• Wilson & Drozdek (Eds.) (2004). Broken Spirits: the treatment of traumatized asylum seekers, refugees, war and torture victims.
• Wilson, Friedman & Lindy (2004). Treating Psychological Trauma & PTSD.
• Wilson & Raphael (2000). Psychological Debriefing: theory, practice and evidence.
• Wilson & Thomas (2004). Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD.
• Yehuda (Ed.) (2002). Treating Trauma Survivors With PTSD.
• Young & Blake (1999). Group Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Biofeedback Equipment: Monitoring or Training Physiology

• RESPeRATE (2004). RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device. Portable, computerized device guides and slows breathing, lowering blood pressure.
• Nonin Oximeter (2005). Nonin 9500 Onyx Digital Finger Pulse Oximeter. Accurately monitors client heart rate during sessions. Small; attaches to client's finger.
• HeartMath (2005). Freeze-Framer® v2.0 Interactive Learning System
• Wild Divine (2004). Journey to Wild Divine (biofeedback computer game). Computer adventure game monitors heart rate, HRV & skin conductance - trains relaxation.

EMDR / Eye Movement Desensitization

• Greenwald (2002). Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency: theory, research, and interventions.
• Greenwald (1999). Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) in Child and Adolescent Therapy.
• Lipke (1999). EMDR and Psychotherapy Integration: theoretical and clinical suggestions with focus on traumatic stress.
• Manfield (Ed.) (2003). EMDR Casebook: expanded second edition.
• Parnell (1999). EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children.
• Shapiro (2001). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Second Edition. Second edition of the original (1995) EMDR text.
• Shapiro (Ed.) (2002). EMDR as an Integrative Psychotherapy Approach.
• Shapiro (Ed.) (2005). EMDR Solutions: pathways to healing.
• Silver & Rogers (2001). Light in the Heart of Darkness: EMDR and the treatment of war and terrorism survivors.
• Tinker & Wilson (1999). Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR with children.

Somatic Psychotherapy Approaches

• Aposhyan (2004). Body-Mind Psychotherapy: principles, techniques, and practical applications. Best Seller
• Bakal (1999). Minding the Body: clinical uses of somatic awareness.
• Braddock (1997). Body Voices: using the power of breath, sound and movement to heal and create new boundaries.
• Eckberg & Levine (2000). Victims of Cruelty: somatic psychotherapy in the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
• Fosha (2000). The Transforming Power of Affect: a model for accelerated change.
• Gendlin (1998). Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: a manual of the experiential method.
• Goodwin & Attias (Eds.) (1999). Splintered Reflections: images of the body in trauma.
• Halprin (2003). The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy: working with movement, metaphor and meaning.
• Johnson (1995). Bone, Breath, & Gesture: practices of embodiment.
• Johnson (1997). Groundworks: narratives of embodiment.
• Johnson (1998). The Body in Psychotherapy: inquiries in somatic psychology.
• Keleman (1985). Emotional Anatomy: the structure of experience.
• Keleman & Hendrix (Eds.) (1987). Embodying Experience: forming a personal life.
• Levine (1997). Waking the Tiger: healing trauma. Best Seller
• Macnaughton (2004). Body, Breath, & Consciousness: a somatic anthology.
• Nijenhuis (2004). Somatoform Dissociation: phenomena, measurement, and theoretical issues. US edition of a book previously published in europe.
• Pesso & Crandall (Eds.) (1991). Moving Psychotherapy: theory and application of Pesso System/Psychomotor therapy.
• Rothschild (2000). The Body Remembers: the psychophysiology of trauma and trauma treatment. Best Seller
• Rothschild (2003). The Body Remembers Casebook: unifying methods and models in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. Best Seller

"Energy" & other New Approaches

• Benor (2001). Spiritual Healing: scientific validation of a healing revolution.
• Benor (2002). Spiritual Healing: professional supplement.
• Brennan (1993). Hands of Light: a guide to healing through the human energy field.
• French & Harris (1999). Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR).
• Gallo (Ed.) (2002). Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy.
• Gallo (2000). Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods.
• Gerbode (1996). Beyond Psychology: an introduction to metapsychology.
• Hartung & Galvin (2003). Energy Psychology and EMDR: combining forces to optimize treatment.
• Oschman (2000). Energy Medicine: the scientific basis of bioenergy therapies.
• Phillips (2000). Finding the Energy to Heal.

Secondary Trauma

• Figley (Ed.) (2002). Treating Compassion Fatigue.
• Figley (1997). Burnout in Families: the systemic costs of caring.
• Figley (1995). Compassion Fatigue: coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized.
• Pearlman & Saakvitne (1995). Trauma and the Therapist: countertransference and vicarious traumatization in psychotherapy with incest survivors.
• Saakvitne & Pearlman (1996). Transforming the Pain: a workbook on vicarious traumatization.

Associated Disorders

• Bleiberg (2001). Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents.
• Eimer & Freeman (1998). Pain Management Psychotherapy: a practical guide.
• Gershon (1999). The Second Brain: a groundbreaking new understanding of nervous disorders of the stomach and intestine.
• Gottman (1999). The Marriage Clinic: a scientifically based marital therapy.
• Halford (2001). Brief Therapy for Couples.
• Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: an experiential approach to behavior change.
• Hellinger (1998). Love's Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships.
• Hellinger (2001). Love's Own Truths: bonding and balancing in intimate relationships.
• Hellinger & ten Hovel (1999). Acknowledging What Is: conversations With Bert Hellinger.
• Hunter (2004). Understanding Dissociative Disorders: a guide for family physicians and health care professionals.
• Levenkron (1999). Cutting: understanding and overcoming self-mutilation.
• McNally (1994). Panic Disorder: a critical analysis.
• Neuhauser & Hellinger (2001). Supporting Love: how love works in couple relationships.
• Schnarch (1991). Constructing the Sexual Crucible: an integration of sexual and marital therapy.
• Schnurr & Green (Eds.) (2004). Trauma and Health: physical health consequences of exposure to extreme stress.

Clinical Ethics & Legal Issues

• Brown, Scheflin & Hammond (1998). Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law.
• Hedges (2000). Facing the Challenge of Liability in Psychotherapy: practicing defensively.
• Hunter & Strue (1997). The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy.
• Kalichman (1999). Mandated Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse: ethics, law, & policy. Second edition.
• Pope & Brown (1996). Recovered Memories of Abuse: assessment, therapy, forensics.
• Pope & Vasquez (1998). Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: a practical guide.

Recommended Books - for Researchers

Books in these sections primarily have a research or theoretical focus, and may be of particular interest to researchers, faculty, or students studying basic aspects of trauma responses (such as emotions) - as well as clinicians seeking detailed scientific or biological information about trauma responses.

Research Issues & Statistical Methods

• APA (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (5th Ed.). Published July 2001. [Also available in spiral binding.]
• American Psychological Association (2005). Concise Rules of APA Style.
• Carlson (1996). Trauma Research Methodology.
• Qian (2001). Introduction to Time Frequency and Wavelet Transforms.
• Roth & Fonagy (2005). What Works for Whom? A critical review of psychotherapy research.
• Waller & Meehl (1997). Multivariate Taxometric Procedures: distinguishing types from continua.

Cognitive Neuroscience & Neurobiology

• Borod (2000). The Neuropsychology of Emotion.
• Bremner (2005). Brain Imaging Handbook.
• Damasio (2003). Looking for Spinoza.
• Damasio (2000). The Feeling of What Happens: body & emotion in the making of consciousness.
• Damasio (2005). Descartes' Error: emotion, reason, and the human brain.
• Davidson, Scherer & Goldsmith (Eds.) (2002). Handbook of Affective Sciences.
• Dohrenwend (Eds.) (1998). Adversity, Stress, and Psychopathology.
• Freyd & DePrince (2001). Trauma and Cognitive Science: a meeting of minds, science, and human experience. Text from a 1998 conference at the University of Oregon.
• Friedman, Charney & Deutch (Eds.) (1995). Neurobiological and Clinical Consequences of Stress.
• Joseph (1996). Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Clinical Neuroscience, Second Edition.
• Lane & Nadel (Eds.) (2000). Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion.
• LeDoux (2002). Synaptic Self: how our brains become who we are.
• LeDoux (1996/1998). The Emotional Brain: the mysterious underpinnings of emotional life.
• Lewis & Haviland-Jones (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of Emotions (2nd Ed.).
• Llinas (2002). I of the Vortex.
• Mesulam (2000). Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology (2nd Ed.).
• Panksepp (2004). Affective Neuroscience: the foundations of human and animal emotions.
• Pert (1997). Molecules of Emotion: why you feel the way you feel.
• Schore (2003). Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self / Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self (two-volume set). Best Seller Two volume set; available separately.
• Schore (1994/1999). Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: the neurobiology of emotional development.
• Siegel (1999). The Developing Mind: toward a neurobiology of interpersonal experience.
• Taylor, Bagby & Parker (1997/2000). Disorders of Affect Regulation: alexithymia in medical and psychiatric illness.
• Vasterling & Brewin (Ed.) (2005). Neuropsychology of PTSD.
• Yehuda (Eds.) (1998). Psychological Trauma.

EEG: Central & Peripheral Biofeedback

• Cacioppo (Ed.) (2000). Handbook of Psychophysiology. (Second Edition).
• Demos (2004). Getting Started with Neurofeedback.
• Evans & Abarbanel (Eds.) (1999). Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback.
• Hughes (1994). EEG in Clinical Practice. Second Edition.
• Schwartz & Andrasik (Eds.) (2003). Biofeedback,Third Edition: a practitioner's guide.
• Stern, Ray & Quigley (2000). Psychophysiological Recording, second edition.

PNI: Psycho-Neuro-Immunology

• Koeniq & Cohen (Eds.) (2002). The Link Between Religion and Health: psychoneuroimmunology and the faith factor.
• Plotnikoff, Faith, Murgo & Good (Eds.) (1999). Cytokines: stress and immunity.
• Rabin (1999). Stress, Immune Function, and Health: the connection.
• Schedlowski & Tewes (Eds.) (1999). Psychoneuroimmunology: an interdisciplinary introduction.
• Sternberg (2001). The Balance Within: the science connecting health and emotions.

Research Ethics and Philosophy of Science

• Sales & Folkman (Eds.) (2000). Ethics in research with human participants.
• Soldz & McCullough (1999). Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: the art and science of psychotherapy.

Cultural / Historical Aspects (includes Terrorism)

• Dean (1999). Shook over Hell: Post-traumatic stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War. Historical similarities between post-traumatic symptoms arising from combat in both wars.
• Kleinman (1997). Writing at the Margin: discourse between anthropology and medicine.
• Kuriyama (1999). The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine.
• Laqueur (1998). Origins of Terrorism: psychologies, ideologies, theologies, states of mind.
• Lifton (1999). Destroying the World to Save It : Aum Shinrikyo, apocalyptic violence, and the the new global terrorism. A psychiatrist looks at terrorists and terrorism.
• Leys (2000). Trauma: a genealogy.
• Micale & Lerner (Eds.) (2001). Traumatic Pasts: history, psychiatry, and trauma in the modern age, 1870-1930.
• Pyszczynski, et al (2002). In the Wake of 9/11: the psychology of terror.
• Young (1997). The Harmony of Illusions: inventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The Classics & Reference

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• Briere (1992). Child Abuse Trauma: theory and treatment of the lasting effects.
• Danieli (Ed.) (1998). Intergenerational Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. A synopsis of this book, in PDF format, is available at the National Center for PTSD.
• Dolan (1991). Resolving Sexual Abuse: solution-focused therapy and Ericksonian hypnosis for adult survivors.
• Everly & Lating (1994). Psychotraumatology: key papers and core concepts in post-traumatic stress.
• Everly & Lating (2002). A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response. Second Edition
• Figley (1985). Trauma and Its Wake: the study and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, volume 1.
• Figley (1986). Trauma and Its Wake: traumatic stress theory, research and intervention, volume 2.
• Foy (1992). Treating PTSD: cognitive-behavioral strategies.
• Grove & Panzer (1991). Resolving Traumatic Memories: metaphors and symbols in psychotherapy.
• Herman (1992/1997). Trauma and Recovery. Best Seller
• Horowitz (2001). Stress Response Syndromes: personality styles and interventions (Fourth Edition).
• Horowitz (1999). Essential Papers on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
• Janet (1925/1976). Psychological Healing: a historical and clinical study.
• Janoff-Bulman (2002). Shattered Assumptions: towards a new psychology of trauma.
• Johnson (1994). Character Styles.
• Kroll (1993). PTSD/borderlines in Therapy: finding the balance.
• Kurtz (1997). Body-Centered Psychotherapy: the Hakomi method.
• Linehan (1993a). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.
• Linehan (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder.
• Laudan (1996). Beyond Positivism and Relativism: theory, method, and evidence.
• Meichenbaum (1994). A Clinical Handbook/Practical Therapist Manual for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Nathanson (1996). Knowing Feeling: affect, script, and psychotherapy.
• Putnam (1989). Diagnosis & Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder.
• Putnam (1997). Dissociation in Children and Adolescents: a developmental perspective.
• Ross (1989). Multiple Personality Disorder: diagnosis, clinical features, and treatment.
• Terr (1992). Too Scared to Cry: psychic trauma in childhood.
• Terr (1995). Unchained Memories: true stories of traumatic memories, lost and found.
• Vaillant (1997). Changing Character: short-term anxiety-regulating psychotherapy for restructuring defenses, affects, and attachment.
• van der Kolk (1987). Psychological Trauma.
• van der Kolk, McFarlane & Weisaeth (Eds.) (1996). Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society. This text's Preface, summarizes contents of this important book.
• Watkins & Watkins (1997). Ego States: theory and therapy.
• Wilson & Lindy (Eds.) (1994). Countertransference in the Treatment of PTSD.
• Wilson & Raphael (1993). International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes.

Recommended Books - for Survivors and Friends

Books written for the general public - of particular interest to trauma survivors, family, or friends. Some describe trauma responses and healing in general terms; others focus on particular types of trauma (e.g., divorce). Clinicians may want to consider some of these books (or selected chapters) as readings for clients or as adjuncts to therapy.

Divorce & Relationships

• Pittman (1989/1990). Private Lies: infidelity and the betrayal of intimacy.
• Schnarch (1998). Passionate Marriage: love, sex, and intimacy in emotionally committed relationships.
• Schnarch (2003). Resurrecting Sex: resolving sexual problems & rejuvenating your relationship.
• Trafford (1993). Crazy Time: surviving divorce and building a new life.
• Wallerstein, et al (2000). The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: a 25-year landmark study.

Child Trauma

• Holmes (2000). A Terrible Thing Happened - a story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma. A childrens' book, appropriate for ages 4-8 years.
• Levine (2005). It Won't Hurt Forever: guiding your child through trauma. Audio CD.
• Monahon (1993/1997). Children and Trauma: a guide for parents and professionals.
• Rapee, et al (Eds.) (2000). Helping Your Anxious Child: a step-by-step guide for parents.
• Schnurr (2002). Terrorism: The Only Way Is Through: a child's story.

Parenting, Children & Child Development

• Ames (1995). Your One-Year-Old: the fun-loving, fussy 12-to 24-month-old. First of a set of ten volumes for parents, covering child behavior and development across years 1 through 9, and 10-14.
• Brett (1988). Annie Stories: a special kind of storytelling.
• de Becker (2000). Protecting the Gift: keeping children and teenagers safe (and parents sane).
• Eliot (2000). What's Going on in There?: how the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life.
• Goldman & Montague (1997). Circumcision the Hidden Trauma: how an American cultural practice affects infants and ultimately us all.
• Golomb (1995). Trapped in the Mirror: adult children of narcissists in their struggle for self.
• Kindlon & Thompson (1999/2000). Raising Cain: protecting the emotional life of boys.
• Miller (2005). The Body Never Lies: the lingering effects of cruel parenting. Best Seller
• Pipher (2005). Reviving Ophelia: saving the selves of adolescent girls.
• Pollack (1999). Real Boys: rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood.
• Ziegler (2000). Raising Children Who Refuse To Be Raised.

Grief & Loss (includes: Severe Illness; Death of Child or Parent)

• Bernstein (1998). When the Bough Breaks: forever after the death of a son or daughter.
• Christ (2000). Healing Children's Grief: surviving a parent's death from cancer.
• Edelman (1995). Motherless Daughters: the legacy of loss.
• Grant (1998). When Your Friend's Child Dies: a guide to being a thoughtful and caring friend.
• Harpham (2005). Happiness in a Storm: facing illness and enhancing life as a healthy survivor.
• Harris (1996). The Loss That Is Forever: the lifelong impact of the early death of a mother or father.
• Hope (2005). Help Me Live: 20 things people with cancer want you to know.
• Levine (2005). Unattended Sorrow: recovering from loss and reviving the heart.
• Lewis & Lippman (2004). Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent: a guide for the first year.
• Lord (2000). No Time for Goodbyes: coping with sorrow, anger, and injustice after a tragic death.
• McCracken & Semel (2000). A Broken Heart Still Beats: after your child dies.
• Mehren (1997). After the Darkest Hour the Sun Will Shine Again: a parent's guide to coping with the loss of a child.
• Nelson (2001). Waking to Tears: losing a loved one to violence.
• Noel & Blair (2000). I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: surviving, coping and healing after the sudden death of a loved one.
• Ram Dass (2001). Still Here: embracing aging, changing, and dying.
• Schuurman (2004). Never the Same: coming to terms with the death of a parent.
• Strommen (1996). Five Cries of Grief: one family's journey to healing after the tragic death of a son.
• Talbot (2002). What Forever Means After the Death of a Child: transcending the trauma, living with the loss.
• Umberson (2003). Death of a Parent : transition to a new adult identity.

Finding Somatic Approaches / Getting into your Body

• Aposhyan (1999). Natural Intelligence: body-mind integration and human development.
• Caldwell (Ed.) (1997). Getting in Touch: the guide to new body-centered therapies.
• Gendlin (1985). Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams.
• Heckler (1993). The Anatomy of Change: a way to move through life's transitions.
• Johanson & Kurtz (1994). Grace Unfolding: psychotherapy in the spirit of the Tao-Te Ching.
• Johnson (1996). The Posture of Meditation: a practical manual for meditators of all traditions.
• Kabat-Zinn (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness.
• Knaster (1996). Discovering the Body's Wisdom.
• Levine (2005). Healing Trauma: a pioneering program for restoring the wisdom of your body . Best Seller Book includes an audio CD, with twelve body-based exercises for release and recovery.
• Putnoi (2000). Senses Wide Open: the art & practice of living in your body.
• Thich Nhat Hanh (1999). The Miracle of Mindfulness: a manual on meditation.
• Thich Nhat Hanh (1999). The Blooming of a Lotus: guided meditation for achieving the miracle of mindfulness.

"Self Help" Books: Trauma & Dissociation

• Allen (2004). Coping with Trauma: hope throuigh understanding.
• Carter (2002). It Happened to Me: a teen's guide to overcoming sexual abuse.
• Copeland & Harris (2000). Healing the Trauma of Abuse: a woman's workbook.
• Dolan (2000). One Small Step: moving beyond trauma and therapy to a life of joy.
• Haddock (2001). The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook.
• Heller (2001). Crash Course: A self-healing guide to auto accident trauma and recovery.
• Levine (2003). Sexual Healing: transforming the sacred wound. Also available as a cassette tape.
• Lewis, Kelly & Allen (2004). Restoring Hope And Trust: an illustrated guide to mastering trauma.
• Maltz (2001). The Sexual Healing Journey: a guide for survivors of sexual abuse. Revised edition.
• Matsakis (1998). Trust After Trauma: a guide to relationships for survivors and those who love them.
• Matsakis (1996). I Can't Get Over It: a handbook for trauma survivors, (2nd Ed.).
• McLaren (2001). Emotional Genius: discovering the deepest language of the soul.
• Mines (2003). We Are All in Shock: how overwhelming Experiences shatter you and what you can do about it.
• Naparstek (2004). Invisible Heroes: survivors of trauma and how they heal.
• Napier (1993). Getting Through the Day: strategies for adults hurt as children.
• Rosenblum & Williams (1999). Life After Trauma: a workbook for healing.
• Sapolsky (2004). Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. Third edition.
• Schiraldi (2000). The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: a guide to healing, recovery, and growth.
• Servan-Schreiber (2004). The Instinct to Heal: curing depression, anxiety and stress without drugs and without talk therapy.
• Shaw (2000). Not Child's Play: an anthology on brother-sister incest.
• Steinberg (2001). The Stranger in the Mirror.
• Stout (2002). The Myth of Sanity: divided consciousness and the promise of awareness.
• Vermilyea (2000). Growing Beyond Survival: a self-help toolkit for managing traumatic stress.
• Williams & Poijula (2002). The PTSD Workbook.

"Self Help" Books: Other

• Bourne (2001). Beyond Anxiety & Phobia: a step-by-step guide for lifetime recovery.
• Chˆdrˆn (2002). The Places That Scare You: a guide to fearlessness in difficult times.
• Cottrell & Golden (2001). Under the Mask: a guide to feeling secure and comfortable during anesthesia and surgery.
• Callahan & Trubo (2002). Tapping the Healer Within: using Thought-Field Therapy to instantly conquer your fears, anxieties, and emotional distress.
• Epstein (1999). Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: a Buddhist perspective on wholeness.
• Gallo & Vincenzi (2000). Energy Tapping.
• Hill (1999). The Patient's Guide to Anesthesia: making the right choices.
• Kabat-Zinn (2005). Coming to our Senses: healing ourselves and the world through mindfullness.
• Lambrou & Pratt (2000). Instant Emotional Healing: acupressure for the emotions.
• Markova (1994). I Will Not Die and Unlived Life: reclaiming purpose and passion.
• Pennebaker (1997). Opening Up: the healing power of expressing emotions.
• Ram Dass & Gorman (1985). How Can I Help? Stories and reflections on service.
• Real (1998). I Don't Want to Talk About It: overcoming the secret legacy of male depression.
• Robbins (2000). A Symphony in the Brain: the evolution of the new brain wave biofeedback.
• Schmidt & Warner (Eds.) (2002). Panic: origins, insight, and treatment.

EMDR

• Lovett (1999). Small Wonders: healing childhood trauma with EMDR.
• Parnell (1997). Transforming Trauma: EMDR.
• Shapiro & Forrest (1997). EMDR: the breakthrough therapy for overcoming anxiety, stress, and trauma.

Police, Veterans & Combat Trauma

• Artwohl & Christensen (1997). Deadly Force Encounters: what cops need to know...
• Blum (2000). Force Under Pressure: how cops live and why they die.
• Gilligan (1997). Violence: Reflections on a national epidemic.
• Henry (2004). Death Work: police, trauma, and the psychology of survival.
• Kates (1999). CopShock: surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Kirschman (1997). I Love a Cop: what police families need to know.
• Kirschman (2004). I Love a Fire Fighter: what the family needs to know.
• Weingarten (2004). Common Shock: witnessing violence every day.

Disaster & Community Mental Health Books

Books listed here focus on disaster mental health including community-wide responses to large scale disasters, whether natural or man-made. This section combines texts written for both professional audiences and the public (i.e., disaster victims).

• Bloom (1997). Creating Sanctuary: toward the evolution of sane societies.
• Danieli (Ed.) (2001). Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills: International Protectors and Providers: peacekeepers, humanitarian aid workers and the media in the midst.
• Dickson (1983). Where There Is No Dentist. Guide to low-tech dental care, helpful in third world or disaster situations.
• Fullerton & Ursano (Eds.) (1997). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: acute and long-term responses to trauma and disaster.
• Gist & Lubin (1999). Response to Disasters: psychosocial, community, and ecological approaches.
• Gordon, Farberow & Maida (1999). Children and Disasters.
• La Greca, et al (Eds.) (2002). Helping Children Cope With Disasters and Terrorism.
• Mitchell & Everly (2001). Critical Incident Stress Debriefing : an operations manual for CISD, defusing and other group crisis intervention services. Third Edition.
• Ross (2003). Beyond the Trauma Vortex: the media's role in healing fear, terror and violence.
• Ryan, et al (Eds.) (2002). Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: a practical guide.
• Ursano, McCaughey & Fullerton (Eds.) (1994). Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster: the structure of human chaos.
• Weaver (1995). Disasters: mental health interventions.
• Werner, Thuman & Maxwell (1992). Where There Is No Doctor: a village health care handbook, revised edition. Guide to low-tech medical care, useful in third world or disaster situations.

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