Trauma, Psychological and Psycho-Spiritual Resources
Books on the Inner Child and Therapeutic Healing Modalities:
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~ Stephen Nachmanovitch"The most potent muse of all is our own inner child."
Inner Child/Sub-Personalities
- Jeremiah Abrams. Reclaiming the Inner Child. 1990 (wonderful collection of essays written by Jungian analysts)
- John Bradshaw- Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing your Inner Child. 1992.
- Jay Earley- Self-Therapy: A Step by Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting Edge Psychotherapy. 2012
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes- Warming the Stone Child: Myths and Stories about Abandonment and the Unmothered Child. 2004. (audiobook)
- Thich Nhat Hanh- Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child. 2006
- Robert Jackman- Healing your Lost Inner Child: How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life. 2020.
- Alice Miller- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self. 2007.
- Margaret Paul- Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child. 1992.
- John K. Pollard. Self Parenting: The Complete Guide to your Inner Conversations. 2018
- John Rowan- Discovering Your Subpersonalities: Our Inner World and the People in it. 1993.
- Reyhan Toplu- Battling with the Inner child Journey to Home: Healing my Inner Child to Restore Self-Love. 2020.
- Charles Whitfield- Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. 1987.
- Louise M. Wisechild and Laura Davis- The Obsidian Mirror: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse. 2013
Some Therapeutic Healing Modalities
- Tara Bennett-Goleman- Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind can Heal the Heart. 2002.
- Christine Caldwell- Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, Waking Up in This Life. 2018.
- Ann Weiser Cornell- Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change. 2013.
- Deb A Dana- The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation. 2018.
- Susan Brunton Derozier- Therapeutic Journaling: A Road to Healing. 2008.
- Beverly Engel- Healing your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help you raise your Self-Esteem, Quiet your Inner Critic, and Overcome your Shame. 2012. (Audible)
- Diane Fosha- The Transforming Power of Affect: A Model for Accelerated Change. 2000.
- Robert A. Johnson- Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth. 2018. (Audible)
- Susan M Johnson- Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples and Families. 2019.
- Alyce Barry, Cliff Barry and Cindy Kalman- Practically Shameless: How Shadow Work Helped Me Find My Voice, My Path, and My Inner Gold. 2008.
- Cathy A Malchiodi- Trauma and the Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body and Imagination in the Healing Process. 2020.
- Pat Ogden- Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy. 2006.
- Linda Yael Schiller- Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding your Soul's Wisdom. 2019.
- Richard Schwartz & Martha Sweezy- Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd Edition. 2019.
- Daniel Siegel, Allen Shore, Louis Cozolino- Interpersonal Neurobiology and Clinical Practice. 2021.
- Hal & Sidra Stone. Embracing your Inner Critic: Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset. 1993.
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~ John Burroughs"The honey-bee's great ambition is to be rich,
to lay up great stores,
to possess the sweet of every flower that blooms.
She is more than provident.
Enough will not satisfy her,
she must have all she can get by hook or crook."