This page is an ever-growing list of helpful resources for trauma survivors.
Please get in contact if there is something you have found helpful in your own journey that you would like to add, or if you own a resource that you would like to be considered.
Blog Posts
What is Complex PTSD? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment (Hopeful Lotus)
My Honest Experience with EMDR Therapy for Trauma (Hopeful Lotus)
Overcoming child-on child sexual abuse: I was molested by another child (Hopeful Lotus)
PTSD and Addiction (Drug Rehab)
Understanding and Healing Trauma (The Wellness Society)
eBooks
Understanding and Healing Trauma (The Fluff-Free Guide): A Collaboration from The Wellness Society (Free Kindle eBook)
Books
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker
Trauma is Really Strange by Steve Haines
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz
Overcoming Childhood Trauma: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques by Helen Kennerly
Trauma Survivors’ Strategies for Healing: A Workbook to Help You Grow, Rebuild, and Take Back Your Life by Elena Welsh PhD
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild
Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists by Suzette Boon
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship by Laurence Heller
Ted talks/podcasts
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma – Dani Bostick
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime – Nadine Burke Harris
Trauma is Irreversible. How It Shapes Us is Our Choice – Sasha Joseph Neulinger
What Trauma Taught Me about Resilience – Charles Hunt
The Effect of Trauma on the Brain and How It Affects Behaviours – John Rigg