• Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma–An Integrative Somatic Approach, by Kathy L. Kain and Steven J. Terrell
• Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship by Laurence Heller Ph.D. and Aline Lapierre Psy.D.
• The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease: The Hidden Epidemic by Ruth A. Lanius (Editor), Eric Vermetten (Editor), Clare Pain (Editor)
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher 
• The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation by Stephen Porges.

• Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter Levine
• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter Levine.
• In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter Levine.
• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices, Deb Dana
• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation, Deb Dana
  
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk MD
• Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self by Allan Schore
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher 
• Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, Clare Pain, Forward by Daniel J. Siegel and Bessel van der Kolk 
• The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild 
• The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease by Robert Scaer
• The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation by Stephen Porges.
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW

• Sexual Healing, Transforming The Sacred Wound (Audio CD) by Peter A. Levine.

• Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body’s Power to Overcome Physical Pain by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Phillips
• Reversing Chronic Pain: A 10-Point All-Natural Plan for Lasting Relief by Maggie Phillips
• The Pain Management Workbook: Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life, by Rachel Zoffness MS PhD

• Birth Trauma: A Guide for You, Your Friends and Family to Coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Birth by Kim Thomas
• Heart-to-Heart Parenting by Robin Grille, Nurturing Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence from Conception to School Age

• I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, Terry Real, LMFT

• Crash Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery by Diane Poole Heller and Laurence Heller.

Emotionally Focused Therapy

• Hold me Tight, by Dr. Susan Johnson
• Love Sense, by Dr. Susan Johnson
• An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples, by Veronica Kallos-Lilly and Jennifer Fitzgerald

Other Important Books for Couples

• The New Rules of Marriage, What You Need to Know How to Make Love Work, Terry Real
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
• The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendship by John Gottman
• What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal by John Gottman
• Tell Me No Lies by Ellyn Bader Ph.D., Peter T. Pearson  PhD, and Judith Schwartz
• In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach To Diagnosis And Treatment In Couples Therapy by Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson 
• Take Back Your Marriage, Second Edition: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart by William J. Doherty PhD 
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary D Chapman

• Come as You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life, Emily Nagoski, Ph.D
• Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters – and How to Get It, by Dr. Laurie Mintz
• Workbook for Becoming CLiterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters-And How to Get It, by Grano Reads
• So Tell Me About the Last Time You had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives, by Ian Kerner, PhD, LMFT
• Sex When You Don’t Feel Like It: The Truth about Mismatched Libido and Rediscovering Desire, Cyndi Darnell
• Very Intimate & Explicit Sexual Questionnaire for Partners, by Bryan Robinson

• Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Dr. Russel A. Barkley
• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.

• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience by Peter Levine and Maggie Kline
• The Whole-Brain Child, 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• It Won’t Hurt Forever: Guiding Your Child Through Trauma by Peter Levine.
• Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter Levine.
• Heart-to-Heart Parenting by Robin Grille, Nurturing your Child’s Emotional Intelligence from Conception to School Age

For Parents with Children and Adolescents

• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
• Taking Charge of ADHD by Russel Barkely
• Smart by Scattered:  The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
• Take Back Your Kids: Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times by William J. Doherty Phd

For Parents with Adolescents

• Brainstorm, The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, by Dan Siegel
• Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents by Russel A Barkley.
• Smart but Scattered Teens: The “Executive Skills” Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential by by Richard Guare, PhD, Peg Dawson, PhD, and Colin Guare.

Physical Healing for Children

• Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain Paperback by John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman    ~ a great book for adults and parents of adolescents and children

Other Important Books

• Take Back Your Kids: Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times by William J. Doherty Phd

Trauma

• A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes and Sasha J. Mudlaff
• Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Maude Spelman and Teri Weidner
• I Said No! A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private by Kimberly King and Zack King
• Do you have a Secret? Lets Talk about it by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos,  Marta Fabrega 

Body Safety

• My Body Belongs to Me: A book about body safety, by Jill Starishevsky and Angela Padron

For Kids who have Problems with Distraction and Attention

• Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets (A Story About Attention. Distraction, and Creativity) by Barbara Esham and Mike Gordon
• Putting on the Brakes Activity Book for Kids with Add or ADHD, by Patricia O. Quinn and Judith M. Stern

• Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick–and How to Get Better, by Sally K. Norton MPH 

• Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Peter Levine
• Polyvagal Institute
• Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory
• Trauma Center, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
• Somatic Trauma Therapy, Babette Rothschild, M.S.W.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
• Addictions and Trauma, Dr. Gabor Mate
• Dr. Allan N. Schore
• Stephen J. Terrell, MS, LPC, RPT, SEP

For Parents

• Dr. Dan Siegel
• Dr Barkely ~ For Children who have attention/distraction problems

For Couples

• Emotionally Focused Therapy For Couples 

Pregnancy and Birth Trauma

• BEBA ~ Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment

Physical Healing

• Dr. Ratey

Trauma~Adults

• How Somatic Therapy Can Help Patients Suffering from Psychological Trauma, by Kauser Khan 
• Neuroception: A Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety, Dr. Steven W. Porges

Trauma and Addiction

• What is Somatic Therapy

Parents

• 5 Reasons that you want to stop arguing with your child, by Athena Staik, Phd
• 5 Steps to Break a Habit of Arguing With Your Child, by Athena Staik, Phd
• A Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSD, by Jenenne Interlandi 

Trauma~Children

• Childhood Trauma Leads to Brains Wired for Fear, by Sound Medicine
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study; Injury Prevention & Control: Division of Violence Prevention

Stress and Anxiety

• Get a Good Night’s Sleep by Filtering Your Phone’s Blue Light
• Do iPads and electric lights disturb sleep?
• Cognitive Restructuring, Six ways to do cognitive restructuring, Alice Boyes, Ph.D.
• 50 Common Cognitive Distortions, a giant list of ubiquitous cognitive distortions, Alice Boyes, Ph.D.

Self-Compassion

• Why We Need to Have Compassion for Our Inner Critic, by Kristin Neff

For Adults

• Tara Brach, Meditation, Emotional Healing, Spiritual Awakening
• UCLA Health ~  Free Meditation Guides 
• Healthy Journeys, Resources for the Mind, Body, Spirit
• Omvana

For Children

• Me Moves

• Dancing with Yin and Yang by John Chitty
• Energy Exercises: Easy Exercises for Health and Vitality, John Chitty

•  Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul Mason
• Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get on With Life, by Margalis Fjelstad