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
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)
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.