• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem – Explores racialized trauma stored in the body and offers practices for healing through somatic awareness.

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• It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn – Shows how inherited family trauma shapes our lives and how we can break the cycle.

            

• The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, MD – Examines how trauma and stress are woven into modern life and how to move toward true healing.

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• What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, and Oprah Winfrey – Reframes trauma by asking not “What’s wrong with you?” but “What happened to you?

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• No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD – Introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, showing how all parts of us have value in the healing process.

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• Emotional Inheritance by Galit Atlas, PhD – Reveals how unspoken family trauma passes down and impacts our emotional lives.

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• Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine, PhD – A practical guide to restoring balance in the body through somatic experiencing.

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• The Transformation by James S. Gordon, MD – Offers tools like meditation, movement, and nutrition to heal depression, anxiety, and trauma.

          

• Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD – This book helps readers understand the hidden aspects of autism and embrace authentic ways of being in the world.

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• Loving Parent Guidebook (ACA) – Compassionate practices for reparenting yourself and nurturing inner safety and self-worth.​

        

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD – A groundbreaking book that explains how trauma reshapes the body and mind, and offers paths to healing through therapy, movement, and mindfulness. ​