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Trauma
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Books
The Body Keeps Score
By: Van Der Kolk (2015)
Transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies.
It Didn’t Start with You
By: Wolyn (2017)
Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations.
Body Remembers
By: Babette Rothschild (2000)
For both clinicians and their clients there is tremendous value in understanding the psychophysiology of trauma and knowing what to do about its manifestations. This book illuminates that physiology, shining a bright light on the impact of trauma on the body and the phenomenon of somatic memory.
Podcasts
The Dark Place with Joel Kutz
A shame-free space where people talk about how they care for their mental and emotional health. Common topics include anxiety, depression, and mindfulness.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dark-place-conversations-about-mental-health/id961323147
The Trauma Therapist with Guy Macpherson
Interviews thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga and we learn about the journeys of these passionate mental health therapists who dedicate their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trauma-therapist/id899009517
Therapy Chat with Laura Reagan
Interviews guests to discuss holistic and alternative approaches used in psychotherapy, counseling, coaching and healing sessions. Be a fly on the wall as therapists discuss the practice of psychotherapy and how they implement self care into their own lives to prevent therapist burnout.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/therapy-chat/id1031099411
Indigenous Perspective
Books
Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths Paperback
by Rupert Ross
With help from many indigenous authors, he explores their emerging conviction that healing is now better described as “decolonization therapy.” And the key to healing, they assert, is a return to the traditional indigenous world view.
Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
by Rene Linklater
Through stories and strategies that are grounded in Indigenous worldviews and embedded with cultural knowledge, Linklater offers purposeful and practical methods to help individuals and communities that have experienced trauma and highlights the impact of colonialism.
PDF – Trauma Informed Practice: Working with Indigenous Individuals
by Southwest Ontario Aboriginal health Access Centre
Joel Kutz
