Books and Videos
Helpful resources related to trauma recovery
Body-inclusive trauma therapy
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MIND THE GAP: Moving from Brain to Body
Dr Andrew Harkin | 2016 | TedTalk
This TED talk by Dr Andy Harkin explores the importance of reclaiming a sense of health/wellness and a sense of belonging in the body which he believes are our birthright. At ATC we are drawn to these ideas presented in Andy’s talk and we hope you enjoy it. The link above takes you to the TED Talk and a brief description of Dr Andy Harkin’s engagement with body sensitive trauma therapy.
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The Body Keeps The Score
Bessel van Der Kolk | 2015 | Book &
Workbook | 2020
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Healing Trauma
Peter Levine | 2008 | Book and CD
CD includes descriptions of the impacts of trauma with exercises to begin to come safely in contact with your body and regulate physiological arousal.
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Trauma and the Body
Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton & Claire Pain | 2006 | Book
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The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
Babette Rothschild | 2000 | Book
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The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD
Babette Rothschild | 2003 | Book
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Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
Janina Fisher | 2020 | Book
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When Words Are Not Enough: Working From The Bottom Up
Janina Fisher | 2013 | Video
Here Janina offers some practical sensorimotor methods for resolving the impacts of trauma and provides an explanation for why somatic-oriented psychotherapy approaches are useful in the resolution of trauma.
Echo Parenting Conference Workshop 2013
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
PETER LEVINE | 1997 | BOOK
In this seminal book, the founder of Somatic Experiencing Peter Levine, shares his observations from nature, including wild animals, and how this is connected to awakening our own capacities to move through the impacts of trauma somatically.
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Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection
DEB DANA | 2020 | BOOK AND WEBSITES
Deb Dana explores methods to befriend our nervous systems in order to understand what we need to feel safe, connect with others, make choices in the 50 practice tools.
Deb Dana’s website offers training, resources, podcasts, information and more: rhythmofregulation.com
Here she offers a tool to calm the nervous system based upon your own personal profile.
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The Pocket Guide to Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe
STEPHEN PORGES | BOOK AND AUDIOBOOK
Stephen Porges developed the Polyvagal Theory where he explores the role of the Vagus nerve in human responses to connection and threat and how to promote feelings of safety working directly through the nervous system.
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Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment
PAT OGDEN, JANINA FISHER | 2015 | BOOK
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John Brier: Trauma Theorist specialising in adolescents
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Peter Levine: Founder of Somatic Experiencing
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Pat Ogden: Founder of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
WEBSITE
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute: sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org
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Babette Rothschild: Founder of Somatic Trauma Therapy
WEBSITE
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Bessel van Der Kolk
WEBSITE
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Hakomi Therapy
WEBSITE
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Janina Fisher
WEBSITE
Janina has an extensive list of organisations, books, articles, and other online databases on neurobiological and somatic resources for trauma.
Impacts of Trauma on the Body
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The Wisdom of Trauma
GABOR MATÈ | 2021 | DOCUMENTARY
This documentary explores the lasting impacts of developmental trauma including devastating negative impacts on self-perception and core beliefs, increased risk of substance abuse, as well as the more commonly understood intrusive impacts of trauma. Gabor shares his own history of trauma and the approach he’s developed to resolve trauma impacts. As a qualified doctor, Gabor also looks as the use of psychedelics as a potential therapeutic tool for working with negative self perceptions related to trauma.
The Wisdom of Trauma is occasionally broadcast for free here.
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Trauma Fact Sheet
JULIETTA CERIN | 2021
A useful summary outline of the effect of trauma in our lives and relationships.
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Peter Levine
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Peter Levine from Somatic Experiencing discusses the physiological causes of trauma and how the body releases symptoms related to fight, flight and freeze here.
Complex Trauma & Trauma related Dissociation
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The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole
ARIELLE SCHWARTZ | 2020 | BOOK
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Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical Integrative Approach
KATHY STEELE, SUZETTE BOON, ONNO VAN DER HART | 2016 | BOOK
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Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems Therapy
FRANK G ANDERSON | 2021 | BOOK
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Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy
SUSAN MCCONNELL | 2020 | BOOK
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Coping with Trauma related Dissociation
SUZETTE BOON, KATHY STEELE, ONNO VAN DER HART | 2011 | BOOK
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Recovery Is My Best Revenge
CAROLYN SPRING | 2016 | BOOK
In her writing Carolyn combine the firsthand perspective of a survivor/client along with meticulously researched psychological theory and the latest insights from neuroscience. She provides hope for healing along with the practical steps for how to get there.
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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
JENINA FISHER | 2017 | BOOK
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The Haunted Self
ONNO VAN DER HART. ELLERT NIJENHUIS, KATHRY STEELE | BOOK | 2006
Sensory Body-oriented Methods That Can Support Trauma Recovery
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Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga – Reclaiming Your Body
DAVID EMERSON & ELIZ HOPPER | 2011 | BOOK
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Yoga for emotional balance: simple practices to help relieve anxiety and depression.
BO FORBES | 2011 | BOOK
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Body-Centred Psychotherapy – The Hakomi Method
RON KURTZ | 2020 | BOOK
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Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy
by (Editors) Halko Weiss, Greg Johanson, Lorena Monda
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Cranio-Sacral Therapy
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Deep Brain Re-Orienting
WEB LINK
Frank Corrigan has developed a trauma psychotherapy to address attachment shock and stabilize people living with chronically dysregulated traumatized bodies so that processing of original traumatic injuries can safely occur.
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Havening
WEB LINK
Dr Kate Truit explains the Havening Techniques and the link below includes a demonstration video by Kate on self havening:
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EMDR
WEB LINK
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Radix Therapy
WEB LINK
http://www.radixaustralia.com.au
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Body-Mind Centering
WEB LINK
Developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen – BMC is an embodied approach to movement, body and consciousness. Support to mindfully (re)contact and inhabit the body can contribute significantly to trauma recovery.
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5 Rhythms and Continuum
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Hakomi
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The Somatic Therapy Workbook
LIVIA SHAPIRO | 2022 | WORKBOOK
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The Mind-Body Stress Reset: Somatic Pratices to Reduce Ocerwhelm and Increase Well-Being
REBEKKAH LADYNE | 2020 | WORKBOOK
The Impact of Trauma on Children
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Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes
PETER LEVINE & MAGGIE KLINE | BOOK
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The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog
BRUCE PERRY, MAIA SZALAVITZ | 2006 | BOOK
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Children Recovering From Complex Trauma
NICOLE VLIEGEN, EILEEN TANG, PATRICK MEURS | 2023 | BOOK
Embodied Trauma Counselling and Relationships
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The Power of Attachment
DIANE POOLE HELLER | BOOK
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Healing your Attachment Wounds: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships
DIANE POOLE HELLER | AUDIO
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Stan Tatkin
WEB LINKS & BOOKS
Developed PACT – a psychobiological approach to couples therapy that integrates developmental neuroscience, regulation and attachment theory.
Has a number of well known and loved books for couples.
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Complex Couples: Multi-theoretical Couples Counselling with Traumatised Adults Who have a History of Child Sexual Abuse
SHERI ZALA | 2012 | ARTICLE
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Rob Fisher
WEB LINK
A Hakomi therapist who practices and teaches experiential body-oriented psychotherapy with couples. Link to his website here:
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Halko Weiss
WEB LINK
A Hakomi therapist who teaches H.E.A.R.T – body-oriented psychotherapy with couples
Trauma-related Substance Use or Addictions
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In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts
GABOR MATÈ | 2018 | BOOK
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Alexandra Katehakis
WEB LINKS
In this lecture Alexander Katehakis explores her theories regarding sex addiction as it relates to trauma and affect dysregulation
In this lecture Alexander Katehakis discusses a neurobiological understanding of the basis of sex addiction as it relates to developmental trauma & integrating left and right brain hemispheres. She also explores how the seven motivational systems that underscore human emotions, in particular the SEEKING systems are connected to substances or sex addictions giving some understanding into the neurobiology of cravings.
Trauma and Autoimmune Illness & Undiagnosed/Chronic Physical Pain
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Freedom From Pain
PETER LEVINE & MAGGIE PHILLIPS | 2012 | CD PACK
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When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress Disease Connection
GABOR MATÈ | 2019 | BOOK
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The Body Bares the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation and Disease
ROB SCAER | 2014 | BOOK
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Finding Energy to Heal
MAGGIE PHILLIPS | 2000 | BOOK
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Chronic Pain and Trauma
JANINA FISHER | WEB LINKS
Here Janina Fisher explains why chronic pain can sometimes result from traumatic memories as the implicit memories continue to exist in ongoing altered forms.
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Curable
WEB LINKS
Curable offers some alternative approaches to treating chronic pain related to trauma including some bite sized input into body mindfulness and resetting the nervous system when it’s affected by chronic pain:
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A Path Out of Pain
WEB LINKS
Path out of Pain is a Melbourne based organisation focusing on recovery from chronic fatigue conditions and other chronic pain. The information page on Path out of Pain has lots of articles and resources specifically related to chronic pain and fibromyalgia:
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Irene Lyon
A Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Practice Practitioner
A You Tube clip of an interview between Irene Lyons and Kathy Kain here.
Working with adrenal fatigue through the stress organs: irenelyon.com
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Scared Sick: The Role of Adult Trauma in Adult Disease
ROBIN KARR-MORSE, MEREDITH WILEY | 2012 | BOOK
For Trauma Therapists, Supervision of Trauma Counselling and Working with Clients through Embodied Approaches
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Help for the Helper
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD | 2006 | BOOK
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Eight Keys to Safe Trauma Therapy
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD | 2010 | BOOK
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Treating the Trauma Survivor: An Essential Guide to Trauma Informed Care
CARRIE CLARKE ET AL | 2015 | BOOK
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Guidelines for Clinical Supervisors of Therapists who Work with Complex Trauma and Dissociation.
CATHY KEZELMAN & PAM STAVROPOULOS | 2019 | CLINICAL GUIDELINES
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PhD Thesis on Trauma therapy, the therapeutic relationship and therapist’s creative practices
DR LESLEY PORTER | TEXT
Therapists crafting practices in trauma therapy: a relational and dialogical engagement with poiesis, self-discovery and transformation in the unnamed, poetic, sacred and spiritual moments of therapeutic relationships explores the way trauma therapist’s engage with unnamed moments of creativity and discovery in their therapeutic relationships and how through these unnamed moments they make their unique therapy practices and become authentic expressions of who they are in the world.
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Clinical Supervision: Three frameworks for the exploration of shame and anxiety
SHERI ZALA | 2012 | ARTICLE
Reclaiming Embodied Sexual Health After Trauma
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Becoming Safely Embodied
DEIRDRE FAY | 2021 | BOOK
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Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken our Own Power, and Use It for Good
KIMBERLEY ANN JOHNSON | 2021 | BOOK
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN | 2019 | BOOK
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Come As You Are
EMILY NAGOSKI | 2015 | BOOK
The Truth About Unwanted Arousal TED Talk here
Trauma-related Shame and the Body
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Peter Levine from Somatic Experiencing
WEB LINK
An interview with Peter Levine from Somatic Experiencing discussing how shame is a physiological break on the nervous system and how we can process this through the body here.
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Releasing Traumatic Shame
JANINA FISHER
Janina explains some neurobiologically informed ways of understanding shame here.
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Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame – A Relational/Neurobiological Approach
PATRICIA A. DE YOUNG | 2015 | BOOK
Understanding shame as a relational injury via a thoughtful, humane and scientific approach.
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Unshame: Healing Trauma Based Shame Through Psychotherapy
CAROLYN SPRING | 2019 | BOOK
Carolyn survived horrific trauma as a young person and has recovered from Dissociative Identity Disorder. She offers profound reflections and understandings of complex trauma and the painful and demanding journey of recovery.
Nurturing Embodied Resilience and Health
Following Trauma
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Nurturing Resilience
KATHY KAIN | 2019 | BOOK
Kathy Kain is one of the head trainers for Somatic Experiencing and the developer of her own method Somatic Practice. She draws upon years of experience doing hands-on body work as an Orthobionomy practitioner focusing on how to remind the body how to return to a state of balance and health.
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Rick Hanson
WEB LINKS
Rick Hanson is a Buddhist teacher and leader in practicing mindfulness and self compassion. His website has lots of free resources:
In this 2013 Ted Talk Rick Hanson explores his neurobiological theories on hardwiring happiness: www.youtube.com
Guided Meditations:
www.rickhanson.netDeep Rest Meditation:
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Self Compassion
KRISTEN NEFF AND CHRIS GERMER | WEBSITE
Here Self Kristin Neff and Chris Germer provide useful information on practising self-compassion here.
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Roland Bal
WEBSITE
Roland Bal, has a range of trauma information and guided meditations on his website tailored for traumatised nervous systems:
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Guided meditations- Centre for Mindful Self Compassion
WEBSITE
Free guided meditations can be found at their website.
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Vidyamaia Burch and Breathwork
WEBSITE
Practicing breathwork can be a useful tool during times of stress and or being triggered.
Vidyamala Burch, Introductory video on breathwork here.
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Jennifer Reis Yoga
WEBSITE
Jennifer Reis practices Divine Sleep and Yoga Nidra, and explores ways to achieve Deep Transformational Rest:
www.jenniferreisyoga.com
Useful Practical Resources
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IChill App
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Smiling Mind App
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Daily Breath
DEEPAK CHORPA | PODCAST
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Your Breathing Body
REGINALD RAY | AUDIO
Body Based meditation practices. Vol I and II.
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Guided Meditations
RICK HANSON | AUDIO
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Eckhart Tolle
YOUTUBE
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Sounds True
WEBSITE
Website with links to purchase an extensive range of meditations, resources and information on healing from trauma, podcast, and training workshops: