Resources

Trauma

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, Mark Wolynn

Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families, Charles L. Whitfield M.D.

Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life, Jasmin Lee Cori and Robert Scaer

Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma, Elizabeth A. Stanley Ph.D. and Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky  and Connie Burk

Relationships

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Dr. Sue Johnson

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide, John Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver

What Makes Love Last? How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal, John Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver

Parenting

Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want To Be, Dr. Becky Kennedy

Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children Through Conflict and Change, Judith R. Smith

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child’s Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence, Dr. John Duffy

Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills, Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.

The Whole-Brain Child: Twelve Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child’s Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D, and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, & Connection, Brené Brown, Ph.D. (audio book)

Circle of Security International - Parenting Classes & Supports

Link: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/circle-of-security-model/what-is-the-circle-of-security/

Adoption

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, Nancy Verrier

The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, Karyn B. Purvis

Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow, Gregory Keck

Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens, The Center for Adoption Support & Education (CASE)

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self, David M. Brodzinsky

The Family of Adoption, Joyce Maguire Pavao

American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption, Gabrielle Glaser

Resources written/led by Adoptees

Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues, Laura Dennis

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir, Nicole Chung

Adoptees On: THE PODCAST WHERE ADOPTEES DISCUSS THE ADOPTION EXPERIENCE

Extraordinary Journey: The Lifelong Path of a Transracial Adoptee, Mark Hagland

In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption, Rhonda M. Roorda

Personal Growth

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, Ph.D.

Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution, Brené Brown, Ph.D.

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brené Brown, Ph.D.

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, Melody Beattie

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living, Shauna Neiquist

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown

How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life, Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth

Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women who want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, Tara Mohr

Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up Claim Their Power and Thrive, Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

Podcasts

We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wamback and Amanda Doyle

You Need to Hear This with Nedra Glover Tawwab, Nedra Glover Tawwab (Relationship Boundaries)

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, Matilda Crocini