Family Dysfunction, Emotionally Immature Parents, & Narcissistic Parenting

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self- Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PhD

Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson PhD

Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role by Rebecca C. Mandeville MFT

Adult Children The Secrets of Dyunctional Families by John Friel and Linda Friel

The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People Shahida Arabi, MA

It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissic People by Ramani Durvashula, PhD

The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon, LMFT

Healing the Adult Children of Narcissists by Shahida Arabi

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members by Sherrie Campbell

But It’s Your Family: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath by Dr. Sherrie Campbell

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurul Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Dr. Susan Forward

Children of the Self Absorbed: A Grown Up’s Guide to Getting Over Narcissic Parents by Nina W. Brown

Complex PTSD & Trauma

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harveng Forgiveness Out of Blame by Pete Walker

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor MD, Daniel Mate

The Body Keeps Score: Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk

Healing Trauma by Dr. Peter Levine Waking the Tiger by Dr. Peter Levine

Burnout: The Secret to Unloing the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD

Childhood Abuse

Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity by Marie-France Hirigoyen

It Wasn’t Your Fault: Freeing Yourself From the Shame of Childhood Abuse with the Power of Self- Compassion by Beverly Engel, LMFT

Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse by Shannon Thomas, LCSW

Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse by Carolyn Ainscough and Kay Toon

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Beverly Engel, M.F.C.C

Healing Sex: A Mind Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines

I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Edited by Ellen Bass and Louise Thornton

Cry the Darkness: One Woman’s Triumph Over the Tragedy of Incest by Donna Friess PhD

Family Secrets: The Path From Shame to Healing by John Bradshaw

Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw

A Light in the Dark: The Hidden Legacy of Adult Children of Sex Addicts by Kenneth M. Adams, PhD, Mary E. Meyers, phD, LFMT, and Culle L. Vande Garde, LCSW

Healing from Sexual Trauma: A Somatic Guided Therapy for Therapists and Adults Survivors by Genevieve Thorne MA LPC, Mable MMA PhD

When There Are No Words: Repairing Early Trauma and Neglect From the Attachment Period with EMDR Therapy by Sandra L Paulsen, PhD

Attachment-Based & Trauma-Informed Parenting

Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel, MD
The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel, MD + Tina Payne Bryson, PHD

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Julian

No-Drama Discipline By Dan Siegel, M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross

Attached at the Heart by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids by Maggie Kline and Peter A. Levine

Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes by Dr Peter Levine and Maggie Kline

You are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Parenting in the Present Moment by Carola Naumburg, PhD

The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children by Ed Troni

The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of Relationships Are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience, and Trust by Ed Troni

Children’s Social and Emotional Development Starts with Co-regulation by National Institute for Children’s Health Quality

Mother Wound

Mother’s Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters by Susan Forward, PhD

You’re Not Crazy It’s Your Mother: Freedom for Daughters of Narcissic Mothers by Danu Morrigan

The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jasmin Lee Cori, MS, LPC

Adult Daughters of Narcissic Mothers: Quiet the Critical Voice in Your Head, Heal Self Doubt, and Live the Life you Deserve by Stephanie M. Kriesberg

Daughter Detox by Peg Streep

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler

Healthy Boundaries

Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Quality in Your Life and Relationships by Robert Alberti, PhD. and Michael Emmons, PhD.

When I say No, I feel Guilty by Manual J. Smith, PhD.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab Non-violent Communication by Marshall B Ronsebergy, PhD

Poisonous Pedagogy & Hurtful Parenting

The Drama of a Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller

The Body Never Lies:The Lingering Effects of Hurul Parenting by Alice Miller

The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self by Alice Miller

The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness by Alice Miller

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: Liberating Experience of Facing Painl Truth by Alice Miller

Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society’s Betrayal of the Child by Alice Miller

For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child- Rearing and the Roots of Violence by Alice Miller

Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries by Alice Miller