Books
Books for Parents and Kids:
- See PDF list of books and tips (see highlighted sections for Tips on how to help your children cope with trauma and see the selected highlighted books that would specifically help children following a motor vehicle accident or scary life event)
- “Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes: Awakening the ordinary miracle of healing”, By: Peter A. Levine, and Maggie Kline
- An essential guide for recognizing, preventing, and healing childhood trauma, from infancy through adolescence—what parents, educators, and health professionals can do. Trauma can result not only from catastrophic events such as abuse, violence, or loss of loved ones, but from natural disasters and everyday incidents such as auto accidents, medical procedures, divorce, or even falling off a bicycle. At the core of this book is the understanding of how trauma is imprinted on the body, brain, and spirit, resulting in anxiety, nightmares, depression, physical illnesses, addictions, hyperactivity, and aggression. Rich with case studies and hands-on activities, Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes gives insight into children’s innate ability to rebound with the appropriate support, and provides their caregivers with tools to overcome and prevent trauma.
Books for Mental Health and Well-being:
- “8 Keys to Brain-Body Balance (8 Keys to mental health)”, By Robert Scaer
Books for Coping with Anxiety:
- “The 10 Best Ever Anxiety Management Techniques”, By Margaret Wehrenberg
- “The 10 Best –Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook”, By Margaret Wehrenberg
Books for Coping with Depression:
- “The 10 Best Ever Depression Management Techniques”, By Margaret Wehrenberg
- “Silencing The Self: Women and depression”, By Dana C. Jack
- “The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness”, By: Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Books for Caring for Self While Caring for Others:
(ideal for people in helping/caring professions or for those who have a tendency to put the needs of others before their own; for example, teachers, nurses, mothers, social workers…)
- “Trauma Stewardship: An everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others”, By Laura van Dernoot Lipsky with Connie Burk, forward by Jon R. Conte
Books for Mindfulness and/or Coping with Stress:
- “Five Good Minutes: 100 morning practices to help you stay calm and focused all day long”, By Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstine (great for people who are really busy and feel like they don’t have the time for themselves.
- “Mindsight: The new science of personal transformation”, By: Daniel J. Siegel
- “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life”, By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness” 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated. By Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday practices of everyday problems”. By:Ronald D, Siegal
- “The Power of Now: A guide to spiritual enlightenment”, By: Eckhart Tolle
- “True Refuge: Finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart”, By: Tara Brach
- “When the Body Says No: The cost of hidden stress”, By Dr. Gabor Maté
Books for Coping with Grief:
- "The Grief Recovery Handbook: The action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses including health, career, and faith”, By John W. James and Russell Friedman
Books for Coping with Trauma:
- “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma”, By: Bessel van der Kolk
- “Crash Course: A self-healing guide to auto accident trauma and recovery”, By Diane Poole Heller and Laurence S. Heller, forward by Peter, A Levine
- “The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden wounds and human resiliency”, By: Robert Scaer