Books to help adults understand
Betsy de Thierry’s books
Teaching the Child on the Trauma Continuum.
de Thierry, B. (2015). London. Grovesnor.
The Simple Guide to Child Trauma.
de Thierry, B. (2017). London. Jessica Kingsley.
The Simple Guide to Sensitive Boys: How to Nurture Children and avoid trauma
de Thierry, B. (2017). London. Jessica Kingsley.
Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children: What it is and how to help
de Thierry, B. (2018). London. Jessica Kingsley.
The Simple Guide to Attachment Difficulties in Children: What they are and how to help
de Thierry, B. (2019). London. Jessica Kingsley.
The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect: What it is and how to help
de Thierry, B. (2023). London. Jessica Kingsley.
The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma: What it is, how it affects us and how to help
de Thierry, B. (2021). London. Jessica Kingsley.
The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma and Dissociation: What it is and how to help
de Thierry, B. (2020). London. Jessica Kingsley.
Betsy de Thierry’s recommended books:
The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation
Silberg, J.L (2012) Routledge
Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing
Kline, M. & Levine, P.A (2006) North Atlantic Books
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Childs Developing Mind
Siegel, D. & Payne Bryson, T. (2012) Robinson
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
Fisher. J. (2017) Routledge
Dr Karen Treisman’s books
Working with Relational and Developmental Trauma in Children and Adolescents.
Treisman, K. (2016).Oxon. Routledge.
A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma: Creative Techniques and Activities (Therapeutic Treasures Collection)
Treisman, K. (2017). Jessica Kingsley.
Dr Graham Music’s books
Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Growth Using Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology
Music, G. (2019).Oxon. Routledge.
Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children's Emotional, Sociocultural and Brain Development
Music, G. (2016, 2010). Oxon. Routledge.
Affect and emotion (Ideas in Psychoanalysis)
Music, G. (2001). Icon Books Ltd
The Good Life: Wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality
Music, G. (2014). Routledge.
Graham Music’s recommended books:
Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology).
Frewen, P. and Lanius, R. (2015) W. W. Norton & Company.
The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization. 1 edition.
Hart, O. V. D., Nijenhuis, E. R. S. and Steele, K. (2006) New York: W. W. Norton & Company
Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma - The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences. 1st Edition
Levine, P. A. (1997) Berkeley, Calif: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook - What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing.
Perry, B. (2008) Reprint. Basic Books.
Dr Marc Boaz’s papers:
Brennan, R., Bush, M. & Trickey, D. with Levene, C. and Watson, J. (2019)
Marc has published more academic papers on the theory and practice of psychotherapy relating to experiences of trauma. Please contact him directly if you would like to know more about these.
Marc Boaz’s recommended books:
Trauma is Really Strange
Haines, S. Art by Standing, S. (2015) PA: Singing Dragon.
Trauma and Recovery: the aftermath of violence - from domestic abuse to political terror (revised version)
Herman, J. (2015) NY: Basic Books.
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: what traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing (third edition)
Perry, B.D & Szalavitz, M.(2017) NY: Basic Books.
The Body Keeps the Score: mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma.
Van der Kolk, B. (2015) Penguin
Children and Young People’s Mental Health: early intervention, ongoing support and flexible evidence based care
Hove: Pavilion. (2019)
Laura Wood’s recommended books:
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
Burke Harris, N. (2018) Bluebird; Main Market edition
Parenting with PTSD: the impact of childhood abuse on parenting
Brandt, J. (2017)
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
Van Dernoot Lipsky, L. & Burk, C. (2009) Berrett-Koehler Publishers
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
Yousafzai, M. (2019) W&N
