Our board members recommend the following books on PTSD, healing and trauma. If you have a book you'd like to recommend, please e-mail us and we'll add it to our list.

Trauma and Recovery
by Judith Herman MD

The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
by Mary Beth, Ph.D. Williams, Soili Poijula

Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them
by Aphrodite Matsakis

No fairy godmothers, no magic wands: The healing process after rape
by Judy H Katz

Journey to Wholeness: Healing from the Trauma of Rape
by Vicki Aranow, Vicki Aranow, Monique Lang

Sexual Healing Journey:
by Wendy Maltz

After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back
by Nancy Venable Raine

The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest
by Louise M. Wisechild

BirthQuake: A Journey To Wholeness
by Tammie Byram Fowles

The Courage to Heal - Third Edition - Revised and Expanded : A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis

Chidhood's Thief: One Woman's Journey of Healing from Child Abuse
by Rosemary Evans

Daddy's Girl
by Charlotte Vale Allen

Kiss Daddy Goodnight
by Louise Armstrong

Scream louder!: Through hell and healing with an incest survivor and her therapist
by Marsha Utain

Inside Scars: Incest Recovery As Told by a Survivor and Her Therapist
by Sheila L. Sisk, Charlotte Foster Hoffman

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
by Sue William Silverman

Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation
by Susan Forward, Craig Buck

Shifting the Burden of Truth: Suing Child Sexual Abusers-A Legal Guide for Survivors and Their Supporters
by Joseph E. Crnuch, Kimberly A. Crnuch

Cry the Darkness: One Woman's Triumph over the Tragedy of Incest
by Donna L., Ph.D. Friess

Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children
by Nancy J. Napier

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
by Susan Forward

Ultimate Judgment : A Story of Emotional Corruption, Obsession and Betrayal
by Meg Clairmonte

I Never Told Anyone : Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
by Ellen Bass

Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse
by Linda Sanford

Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow
by Judith Viorst

Lucky
by Alice Sebold