These are books and creators I frequently recommend to support deeper understanding of trauma, attachment, and emotion regulation.

(I am not affiliated with these authors or creators. Resources are for general educational purposes only.)

Books

Books I Recommend (I’ve Read These)

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

Running on Empty by Jonice Webb, PhD

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD

Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody

Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, PhD

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher

Books I’ve Heard Great Things About

No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell MEd

Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions by Pat Harvey LCSW & Britt H. Rathbone LCSW

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate

Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw

The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, LICSW

The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris, MD

Trauma and Recovery by Judith L. Herman, MD

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD & Maia Szalavitz

It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn

Social Media Creators (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok)

Patrick Teahan (@patrickteahanofficial)

Heidi Priebe (@heidicpriebe)

Kina Wolfenstein (@cptsdtherapist)

Raquel Martin, PhD (@raquelmartinphd)

Ms. Aishia (@mytherapistlife)

Danna Bodenheimer (@drdannab)