Books

(Trauma)

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the IFS Model ​—by Richard C. Schwartz

Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us —by Stephen W. Porges & Seth Porges

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma —by Bessel van der Kolk

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror —by Judith Herman

Truth & Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice —by Judith Herman

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others —by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma  —by Peter A. Levin​e

(Relationships & Attachment)

The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, & Other Freedoms in Sex and Love —by Janet W. Hardy

Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic –Esther Perel

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy —by Eve Rickert, Nora Samaran, Jessica Fern

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connection, and Courage —Brene Brown

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity –Esther Perel

Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls —by Mona Eltahawy

I’m Glad my Mom Died —by Jennette McCurdy

(Sexual Abuse/Assault)

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse —by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma —by Staci Haines

Know My Name: A Memoir —Chanel Miller

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse —by Wendy Maltz

(Sex/Intimacy & Sexual Health)

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life —Emily Nagoski

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections —Emily Nagoski

Hot and Unbothered: How to Think About, Talk About, and Have the Sex You Really Want —by Yana Tallon-Hicks

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good —by adrienne maree brown

(BIPOC & Mental Health)

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma & the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies —Resmaa Menakem

Still I Rise (poem) —by Maya Angelou

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love —by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color —Natalie Y. Gutiérrez & Jennifer Mullan

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing Complex Trauma —Stephanie Foo

(Art)

Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began —by Ellen Dissanayake

Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Framework for Using Art in Therapy —by Lisa D. Hinz

Studio Art Therapy: Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist —Catherine Hyland Moon

What Is Art For? —by Ellen Dissanayake

When Art Therapy Meets Sex Therapy —by Einat S. Metzl

(Disability)

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice —by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid —by Shayda Kafai

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body —by Rebekah Taussig

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity —by Devon Price

(Spirituality)

Be Here Now —by Ram Dass

No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering —by Thich Nhat Hanh

Wild Mercy —by Mirabai Starr