Books for Survivors

Here is a partial list of books that I have found helpful along the way from surviving to thriving.  Click on any book title below to link to Amazon.com, where you'll see a picture and description of the book.

Trauma & Recovery Books:

~ Adult Children of Abusive Parents by Steven Farmer, M.A., M.F.C.C.

~ The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

~ Growing Beyond Survival:  A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress

by Elizabeth G. Vermilyea, M.A.

~ Healing the Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw

~ Journey to Wholeness:  A Guide to Inner Healing by Judith Corvin-Blackburn

~ The Mosaic Mind:  Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors

by Regina A. Goulding and Richard C. Schwartz

~ Repressed Memories:  A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse by Renee Fredrickson, Ph.D.

~ The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz

~ The Stranger in the Mirror:  Dissociation--The Hidden Epidemic by Marlene Steinberg, M.D.

~ Toxic Parents:  Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

by Dr. Susan Forward

~ Unchained Memories:  True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found

by Lenore Terr, M.D.

~ Waking the Tiger:  Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

Inner Child/Comfort Books:

~ Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D.

~ Healing The Child Within by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.

~ Homecoming:  Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child by John Bradshaw

~ The Woman's Comfort Book by Jennifer Louden

Autobiographies/Memoirs:

~ Miss America by Day:  Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love

by Marilyn Van Derbur

~ A Child Called "It":  One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer