Good Grief
Brianna M. Pastor
Published 2022
76 pages
The most popular trauma books
Books about trauma follow people living with the aftermath of something terrible. The event may be long past, but it returns in memory, in the body and in relationships. These novels and memoirs are about survival and the slow, uneven work of healing, told with honesty and respect.
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Mother Hunger How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
Kelly McDaniel
Published 2021
248 pages
The Madman of Piney Woods
Christopher Paul Curtis
Published 2014
384 pages
Fishing for Stars
Bryce Courtenay
2008 · 2009 edition
601 pages
Miracle
Elizabeth Scott
2010 · 2012 edition
217 pages
Achilles in Vietnam
Jonathan Shay
Published 1994
246 pages
Struck by Genius How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
Jason Padgett, Maureen Ann Seaberg
Published 2014
243 pages
Decolonizing Therapy
Jennifer Mullan
Published 2023
613 pages
Cambodia's Curse The Modern History of a Troubled Land
Joel Brinkley
Published 2011
416 pages
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Joy DeGruy
2005 · 2017 edition
241 pages
Shattered Valor
Elaine Levine
Published 2013
406 pages
Making a Psychopath My Journey Into 7 Dangerous Minds
Mark Freestone
Published 2020
304 pages
738 Days
Stacey Kade
Published 2016
432 pages
Well Gardened Mind
Sue Stuart-Smith
Published 2020
320 pages
Depression Hates a Moving Target How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink (Depression and Anxiety Therapy, Bipolar)
Nita Sweeney
Published 2019
258 pages
Oblivion
Sasha Dawn
Published 2014
400 pages
The Power of Attachment How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships
Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D.
Published 2019
224 pages
ACT Made Simple An Easy-to-read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Russ Harris, Steven C. Hayes
2009 · 2019 edition
392 pages
The Trauma of Everyday Life
Mark Epstein
Published 2013
225 pages
Trauma
Paul Conti, Lady Gaga
Published 2021
200 pages
Acid Test LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
Tom Shroder
Published 2014
426 pages
Run, Don't Walk The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Adele Levine
Published 2014
278 pages
The Lord Is My Courage Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love
K.J. Ramsey
Published 2022
304 pages
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga Reclaiming Your Body
David Emerson, Elizabeth Hopper
Published 2011
184 pages