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A recommended reading and resource list about abuse, trauma and mental health
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
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4.43 avg rating — 11,099 ratings
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents / Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents
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4.53 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices
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Janyne McConnaughey (Goodreads Author)
4.69 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
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3.83 avg rating — 3,098 ratings
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There There
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Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 217,820 ratings
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Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve
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4.08 avg rating — 307 ratings
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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
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Rick Hanson (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 5,368 ratings
score: 94,
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It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
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Ramani Durvasula (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 8,986 ratings
score: 93,
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
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4.12 avg rating — 48,552 ratings
score: 92,
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The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)
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4.37 avg rating — 8,823 ratings
score: 91,
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When Love Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships
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4.31 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time
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4.21 avg rating — 3,788 ratings
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The Best We Could Do
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4.35 avg rating — 39,290 ratings
score: 88,
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PTSD and Addiction
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A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Steven C. Hayes (Editor)
4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings
score: 85,
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Man's Search for Meaning: A Young Adult Edition
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4.40 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
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4.04 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change
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4.28 avg rating — 889 ratings
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Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
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3.92 avg rating — 12,499 ratings
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What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
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Dawn Huebner (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 1,807 ratings
score: 82,
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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Lori Gottlieb (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 393,255 ratings
score: 82,
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Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance: A Powerful New Approach to Overcoming Fear, Panic, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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3.87 avg rating — 102 ratings
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How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People
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3.89 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
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4.24 avg rating — 806 ratings
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DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
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Sheri Van Dijk (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 464 ratings
score: 77,
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| 126 |
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Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
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4.31 avg rating — 2,693 ratings
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I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Stress Response Syndromes: PTSD, Grief, Adjustment, and Dissociative Disorders
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3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children
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4.21 avg rating — 98 ratings
score: 67,
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A Mother's Touch: Surviving Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse
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3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Understanding Trauma and Dissociation: A Guide for Therapists, Patients and Loved Ones
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Lynn Mary Karjala (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 65,
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Not Marked: Finding Hope and Healing after Sexual Abuse
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Mary E. DeMuth (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 129 ratings
score: 64,
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Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women
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4.13 avg rating — 233 ratings
score: 63,
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To Be An Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women
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4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings
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We Are Not Alone: A Guidebook for Helping Professionals and Parents Supporting Adolescent Victims of Sexual Abuse
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How to Help a Friend in an Abusive Relationship: What You Need to Know About Domestic Violence
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Moving On After Trauma: A Guide for Survivors, Family and Friends
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4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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When Someone You Love Suffers from Posttraumatic Stress: What to Expect and What You Can Do
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3.96 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Living Alongside a Child's Recovery: Therapeutic Parenting With Traumatized Children
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3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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From Hurt to Happiness: Emotional Rescue from the Ground Up
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4.27 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them
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3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Violence in Gay and Lesbian Domestic Partnerships
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3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy
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Carol Forgash (Editor)
4.38 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 49,
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How Long Does It Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families
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4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to Understanding and Healing
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3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
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It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence
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Chain Chain Change: For Black Women in Abusive Relationships
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4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The healing way: Adult recovery from childhood sexual abuse ([The Hazelden recovery series])
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project
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4.02 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Strategies for Change (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
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Beth Leventhal (editor)
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Lesbians Talk Violent Relationships
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3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape?
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4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Naming the Violence: Speaking Out about Lesbian Battering (New Leaf Series)
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4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Women's Sexuality After Childhood Incest
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma
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4.29 avg rating — 545 ratings
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Men's Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart
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4.29 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters
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4.21 avg rating — 4,383 ratings
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When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life
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I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape
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Robin Warshaw (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 679 ratings
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Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships
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Susan Shapiro Barash (Goodreads Author)
2.78 avg rating — 156 ratings
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The Art of Imperfection: Simple Ways to Make Peace with Yourself
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Emotional Sobriety: From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance
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Thought and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life
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Matthew McKay (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 599 ratings
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Mean Mothers: Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt
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Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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Burdened Children: Theory, Research, and Treatment of Parentification
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The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth
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