Complex Ptsd Books

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Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.54 — 14,566 ratings — published 2013
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What My Bones Know What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.49 — 81,422 ratings — published 2022
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.34 — 296,923 ratings — published 2014
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.35 — 98,105 ratings — published 2015
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.40 — 15,979 ratings — published 1992
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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,739 ratings — published 2016
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First, I Believe You: A True Story of Healing from Hidden Memories of Severe Childhood Trauma First, I Believe You: A True Story of Healing from Hidden Memories of Severe Childhood Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.09 — 21,640 ratings — published 2021
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Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.45 — 465 ratings — published
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Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,652 ratings — published 2014
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In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,432 ratings — published 2010
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,617 ratings — published 1997
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Internal Family Systems Therapy Internal Family Systems Therapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,625 ratings — published 1994
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The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,386 ratings — published 2017
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Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8) Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.31 — 13,964 ratings — published 2026
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Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,110 ratings — published 2015
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,463,924 ratings — published 2017
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.19 — 421,714 ratings — published 1995
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.05 — 250,720 ratings — published 1985
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Not My Shame: Healing Childhood Trauma Not My Shame: Healing Childhood Trauma (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 5.00 — 6 ratings — published
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Het blijft toch je familie (Dutch Edition) Het blijft toch je familie (Dutch Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.33 — 233 ratings — published
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Developmental Trauma Disorder: The Complete Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation Developmental Trauma Disorder: The Complete Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Seasparrow (Graceling Realm, #5) Seasparrow (Graceling Realm, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,436 ratings — published 2022
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Rite of Passage Rite of Passage (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,811 ratings — published 1968
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Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.64 — 693 ratings — published
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Trauma a disociace: Bolest vnitřního rozdělení Trauma a disociace: Bolest vnitřního rozdělení (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.80 — 20 ratings — published
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Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,040 ratings — published 2025
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Alone Alone (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,984 ratings — published 2019
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Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1) Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.91 — 10,683 ratings — published 2018
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The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1) The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.18 — 43,720 ratings — published 2001
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Somatic Therapy for Healing Trauma: Effective Tools to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection Somatic Therapy for Healing Trauma: Effective Tools to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.33 — 115 ratings — published
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Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.84 — 960 ratings — published
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,558,321 ratings — published 2022
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It It (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,297,015 ratings — published 1986
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The Woman in Me The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.83 — 588,482 ratings — published 2023
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Understanding the Borderline Mother Understanding the Borderline Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,769 ratings — published 2000
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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.49 — 66,626 ratings — published 2020
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Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.31 — 154 ratings — published 1993
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The Wounded Heart The Wounded Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,796 ratings — published 1990
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Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.45 — 584 ratings — published 2016
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Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.51 — 486 ratings — published 2005
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We Could Be Rats We Could Be Rats (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.95 — 19,807 ratings — published 2025
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Once a Hero (The Serrano Legacy, #4) Once a Hero (The Serrano Legacy, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,477 ratings — published 1997
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Spare Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 3.83 — 438,223 ratings — published 2023
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The Self-Esteem Workbook The Self-Esteem Workbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as complex-ptsd)
avg rating 4.03 — 821 ratings — published
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Judith Lewis Herman
“In this climate of profoundly disrupted relationships the child faces a formidable developmental task. She must find a way to form primary attachments to caretakers who are either dangerous or, from her perspective, negligent. She must find a way to develop a sense of basic trust and safely with caretakers who are untrustworthy and unsafe. She must develop a sense of self in relation to others who are helpless, uncaring or cruel. She must develop a capacity for bodily self-regulation in an environinent in which her body is at the disposal of others' needs as well as a capacity for self-soothing in an environment without solace. She must develop the capacity for initiative in an environment which demands that she bring her will into complete conformity with that of her abuser. And ultimately, she must develop a capacity for intimacy out of an environment where all intimate relationships are corrupt, and an identity out of an environment which defines her as a whore and a slave.”
Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Christopher Dines
“In my personal recovery, mindfulness has helped me to become aware of my trauma responses and given me an anchor to stay present when I have been triggered. Being able to feel my triggers without reacting must be largely credited to learning to anchor myself in my body through mindful body scan meditation.”
Christopher Dines, Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way

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