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Healing Invisible Wounds
by Richard F. Mollica • 2006
The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.
4.15
87
Healing Invisible Wounds Summary
Healing Invisible Wounds 88%
The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.
by Richard F. Mollica 2006
4.15
87 ratings
The Tell
by Amy Griffin • 2025
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
3.92
56k+
The Tell Summary
The Tell 88%
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
by Amy Griffin 2025
3.92
56k+ ratings
The Tao of Fully Feeling
by Pete Walker • 1995
Grieving fully, including your anger, is the only road to authentic forgiveness.
4.41
1k+
The Tao of Fully Feeling Summary
The Tao of Fully Feeling 88%
Grieving fully, including your anger, is the only road to authentic forgiveness.
by Pete Walker 1995
4.41
1k+ ratings
Journey through Trauma
by Gretchen Schmelzer • 2018
Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.
4.50
452
Journey through Trauma Summary
Journey through Trauma 87%
Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.
by Gretchen Schmelzer 2018
4.50
452 ratings
Fawning
by Ingrid Clayton • 2025
The fourth trauma response makes you pleasing to survive. It isn't codependency; it's your biology.
4.32
2k+
Fawning Summary
Fawning 87%
The fourth trauma response makes you pleasing to survive. It isn't codependency; it's your biology.
by Ingrid Clayton 2025
4.32
2k+ ratings
Trauma
by Paul Conti • 2021
Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.
3.73
2k+
Trauma Summary
Trauma 87%
Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.
by Paul Conti 2021
3.73
2k+ ratings
Trauma and Recovery
by Judith Lewis Herman • 1992
Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.
4.40
16k+
Trauma and Recovery Summary
Trauma and Recovery 87%
Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.
by Judith Lewis Herman 1992
4.40
16k+ ratings
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk • 2014
Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.
4.34
289k+
The Body Keeps the Score Summary
The Body Keeps the Score 87%
Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.
by Bessel van der Kolk 2014
4.34
289k+ ratings
What Happened To You?
by Bruce D. Perry • 2021
A brain built for survival can be reshaped. The first step: understanding what it survived.
4.41
111k+
What Happened To You? Summary
What Happened To You? 87%
A brain built for survival can be reshaped. The first step: understanding what it survived.
by Bruce D. Perry 2021
4.41
111k+ ratings
Supernormal
by Meg Jay • 2017
The most resilient people pay a hidden price: the exhausting, lifelong work of seeming normal.
4.31
1k+
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal 87%
The most resilient people pay a hidden price: the exhausting, lifelong work of seeming normal.
by Meg Jay 2017
4.31
1k+ ratings
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Jeni Haynes • 2022
Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.
4.57
2k+
The Girl in the Green Dress Summary
The Girl in the Green Dress 87%
Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.
by Jeni Haynes 2022
4.57
2k+ ratings
Keep Pain in the Past
by Christopher Cortman • 2018
Time doesn't heal trauma; avoidance feeds it. Five steps to reverse the cycle for good.
3.72
148
Keep Pain in the Past Summary
Keep Pain in the Past 87%
Time doesn't heal trauma; avoidance feeds it. Five steps to reverse the cycle for good.
by Christopher Cortman 2018
3.72
148 ratings
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
by Bruce D. Perry • 2007
For traumatized children, the most potent healing force isn't therapy but loving relationships.
4.58
42k+
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Summary
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook 87%
For traumatized children, the most potent healing force isn't therapy but loving relationships.
by Bruce D. Perry 2007
4.58
42k+ ratings
Soulbriety
by Elisa Hallerman • 2022
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
4.01
242
Soulbriety Summary
Soulbriety 87%
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
by Elisa Hallerman 2022
4.01
242 ratings
The Gift
by Edith Eger • 2020
A Holocaust survivor turned therapist maps the escape from the mental prisons we construct.
4.43
21k+
The Gift Summary
The Gift 87%
A Holocaust survivor turned therapist maps the escape from the mental prisons we construct.
by Edith Eger 2020
4.43
21k+ ratings
Complex PTSD
by Pete Walker • 2013
CPTSD: recognize flashbacks, dismantle the inner critic, grieve towards earned security.
4.54
14k+
Complex PTSD Summary
Complex PTSD 87%
CPTSD: recognize flashbacks, dismantle the inner critic, grieve towards earned security.
by Pete Walker 2013
4.54
14k+ ratings
The Haunted Self
by Onno van der Hart • 2006
The personality splits under trauma: one part manages lunch, another still flees the tiger.
4.44
393
The Haunted Self Summary
The Haunted Self 87%
The personality splits under trauma: one part manages lunch, another still flees the tiger.
by Onno van der Hart 2006
4.44
393 ratings
What My Bones Know
by Stephanie Foo • 2022
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
4.49
79k+
What My Bones Know Summary
What My Bones Know 87%
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
by Stephanie Foo 2022
4.49
79k+ ratings
Nowhere Girl
by Cheryl Diamond • 2021
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
4.04
9k+
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl 87%
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
by Cheryl Diamond 2021
4.04
9k+ ratings
EMDR
by Francine Shapiro • 1997
84% of single-trauma victims recovered in five hours. The method: guided eye movements.
4.10
957
EMDR Summary
EMDR 87%
84% of single-trauma victims recovered in five hours. The method: guided eye movements.
by Francine Shapiro 1997
4.10
957 ratings
How to Be Alone
by Lane Moore • 2018
When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.
3.68
7k+
How to Be Alone Summary
How to Be Alone 87%
When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.
by Lane Moore 2018
3.68
7k+ ratings
Trauma and the Body
by Pat Ogden • 2006
To heal trauma, the body must finish the fight-or-flight actions that were interrupted long ago.
4.40
614
Trauma and the Body Summary
Trauma and the Body 87%
To heal trauma, the body must finish the fight-or-flight actions that were interrupted long ago.
by Pat Ogden 2006
4.40
614 ratings
For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller • 1985
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
4.25
2k+
For Your Own Good Summary
For Your Own Good 87%
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
by Alice Miller 1985
4.25
2k+ ratings
Childhood Disrupted
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa • 2015
Your biology remembers what your mind tried to forget. The science of healing childhood adversity.
4.27
3k+
Childhood Disrupted Summary
Childhood Disrupted 87%
Your biology remembers what your mind tried to forget. The science of healing childhood adversity.
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2015
4.27
3k+ ratings
The Body Keeps the Score
by Instaread Summaries • 2015
Talk therapy often fails trauma survivors because the wound lives in the body, not the story.
4.15
61
The Body Keeps the Score Summary
The Body Keeps the Score 87%
Talk therapy often fails trauma survivors because the wound lives in the body, not the story.
by Instaread Summaries 2015
4.15
61 ratings
Attachment-Focused EMDR
by Laurel Parnell • 2013
EMDR for attachment wounds takes more: resource the client, find the root, let relationship rebuild.
4.49
306
Attachment-Focused EMDR Summary
Attachment-Focused EMDR 87%
EMDR for attachment wounds takes more: resource the client, find the root, let relationship rebuild.
by Laurel Parnell 2013
4.49
306 ratings
Invincible
by Brian F. Martin • 2014
Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.
4.57
698
Invincible Summary
Invincible 87%
Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.
by Brian F. Martin 2014
4.57
698 ratings
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD
by Arielle Schwartz • 2020
Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.
4.23
416
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Summary
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD 87%
Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.
by Arielle Schwartz 2020
4.23
416 ratings
Beautiful Scars
by Kilee Brookbank • 2017
A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.
4.29
41
Beautiful Scars Summary
Beautiful Scars 87%
A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.
by Kilee Brookbank 2017
4.29
41 ratings
Surviving Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 2012
Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.
4.22
714
Surviving Survival Summary
Surviving Survival 87%
Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.
by Laurence Gonzales 2012
4.22
714 ratings
Aftermath
by Susan J. Brison • 2001
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
4.35
486
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 87%
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
by Susan J. Brison 2001
4.35
486 ratings
The Choice
by Edith Eger • 2017
Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.
4.57
133k+
The Choice Summary
The Choice 87%
Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.
by Edith Eger 2017
4.57
133k+ ratings
Lifting Heavy Things
by Laura Khoudari
Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. Strength training can reach what talk therapy cannot.
3.63
1k+
Lifting Heavy Things Summary
Lifting Heavy Things 87%
Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. Strength training can reach what talk therapy cannot.
by Laura Khoudari
3.63
1k+ ratings
Canaries Among Us
by Kayla Taylor • 2022
Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.
4.26
227
Canaries Among Us Summary
Canaries Among Us 87%
Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.
by Kayla Taylor 2022
4.26
227 ratings
Healing Your Emotional Self
by Beverly Engel • 2006
Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.
4.00
1k+
Healing Your Emotional Self Summary
Healing Your Emotional Self 87%
Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.
by Beverly Engel 2006
4.00
1k+ ratings
Invisible Heroes
by Belleruth Naparstek • 2004
Language fails after trauma. Guided imagery targets the right brain, where real healing begins.
4.28
223
Invisible Heroes Summary
Invisible Heroes 87%
Language fails after trauma. Guided imagery targets the right brain, where real healing begins.
by Belleruth Naparstek 2004
4.28
223 ratings
Resurrecting Wounds
by Shelly Rambo • 2017
The risen Christ kept his wounds. Why theology erased them, and what that cost.
3.94
66
Resurrecting Wounds Summary
Resurrecting Wounds 87%
The risen Christ kept his wounds. Why theology erased them, and what that cost.
by Shelly Rambo 2017
3.94
66 ratings
No Time to Say Goodbye
by Carla Fine • 1996
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
4.25
1k+
No Time to Say Goodbye Summary
No Time to Say Goodbye 87%
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
by Carla Fine 1996
4.25
1k+ ratings
Becoming Safely Embodied
by Deirdre Fay • 2021
Safety is a skill: step-by-step tools to teach your body to feel secure again.
3.99
347
Becoming Safely Embodied Summary
Becoming Safely Embodied 87%
Safety is a skill: step-by-step tools to teach your body to feel secure again.
by Deirdre Fay 2021
3.99
347 ratings
Waking the Tiger
by Peter A. Levine • 1997
Trauma is biology, not psychology: trapped survival energy your body already knows how to release.
4.06
10k+
Waking the Tiger Summary
Waking the Tiger 87%
Trauma is biology, not psychology: trapped survival energy your body already knows how to release.
by Peter A. Levine 1997
4.06
10k+ ratings
The Dark Side of the Mind
by Kerry Daynes • 2019
A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.
4.02
8k+
The Dark Side of the Mind Summary
The Dark Side of the Mind 87%
A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.
by Kerry Daynes 2019
4.02
8k+ ratings
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
by Alice Miller • 1991
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
4.10
339
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence Summary
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence 87%
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
by Alice Miller 1991
4.10
339 ratings
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition
by Francine Shapiro • 2022
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
4.29
280
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition Summary
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition 87%
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
by Francine Shapiro 2022
4.29
280 ratings
The Body Remembers
by Babette Rothschild • 2000
Trauma therapy without a brake just retraumatizes. A guide to safety, the body, and the alliance.
4.28
3k+
The Body Remembers Summary
The Body Remembers 87%
Trauma therapy without a brake just retraumatizes. A guide to safety, the body, and the alliance.
by Babette Rothschild 2000
4.28
3k+ ratings
The Courage to Heal Workbook
by Laura Davis • 1990
Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.
4.27
2k+
The Courage to Heal Workbook Summary
The Courage to Heal Workbook 87%
Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.
by Laura Davis 1990
4.27
2k+ ratings
Break the Cycle
by Mariel Buqué • 2023
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
4.20
1k+
Break the Cycle Summary
Break the Cycle 87%
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
by Mariel Buqué 2023
4.20
1k+ ratings
When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling
by H. Norman Wright • 2018
Trauma rewires the brain; the right practices, both clinical and spiritual, can rewire it back.
4.13
8
When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling Summary
When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling 87%
Trauma rewires the brain; the right practices, both clinical and spiritual, can rewire it back.
by H. Norman Wright 2018
4.13
8 ratings
Unbroken
by Marycatherine McDonald • 2023
Why trauma responses are survival, not sickness: how to teach your nervous system safety.
4.46
589
Unbroken Summary
Unbroken 87%
Why trauma responses are survival, not sickness: how to teach your nervous system safety.
by Marycatherine McDonald 2023
4.46
589 ratings
A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer • 1995
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
4.14
463k+
A Child Called "It" Summary
A Child Called "It" 87%
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
by Dave Pelzer 1995
4.14
463k+ ratings
T is for Transformation
by Shaun T. • 2017
Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.
4.22
2k+
T is for Transformation Summary
T is for Transformation 87%
Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.
by Shaun T. 2017
4.22
2k+ ratings
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