Resources
Books:
Bass, Ellen and Davis, Laura. The Courage to Heal.
(a classic manual for survivors)
Davis, Laura. Allies in Healing.
(a similar manual for partners of survivors)
Levine, Peter. Waking the Tiger.
(a great description of the traumatic stress response, for survivors of any type of trauma)
Miller, Dusty and Guidry, Laurie. Addictions and Trauma Recovery.
(a manual and workbook for survivors used to provide some of the foundation and material used in Tapestries)
Stout, Martha. The Myth of Sanity.
( a very readable and understandable description of the dissociative spectrum)
Whitfield, Charles. Healing the Child Within.
( a classic of the self-help books, for anyone who grew up in any kind of dysfunctional family)
Websites:
( a website for sidran press, with a page specifically for “survivors and loved ones”)
(a very informative and easy to navigate website, providing all sorts of information on sexual trauma and other trauma)
(describes EMDR, a therapy technique proven to be especially effective for healing trauma, and lists EMDRIA approved therapists, by location)
