Chromatic Elephant Resources

 

Books About Trauma

Resmaa Menakem:

• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Gabor Maté:

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
• When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection
• Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
  (Co-Authored w/Gordon Neufeld)

Pia Mellody:

• Facing Codependence: What it is, Where it Comes from, How it Sabotages Our Lives
• The Intimacy Factor: The Ground Rules for Overcoming Obstacles to Truth, Respect and Lasting Love
• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love

Nadine Burke-Harris:

• The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Bessel van der Kolk:

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bruce Perry:

• The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook

Brené Brown:

• I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What will people think” to “I am enough”
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
• Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead