Shame And Trauma Books | Summaries & Audio

Embracing Shame

by Bret Lyon • 2023

The feeling you've spent a lifetime avoiding might be your most underrated teacher.

4.10

141

🩹 Shame Healing 👶 Inner Child Work 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫂 Body Shame 🔗 Attachment Theory

Embracing Shame 90%

The feeling you've spent a lifetime avoiding might be your most underrated teacher.

by Bret Lyon 2023

4.10

141 ratings

🩹 Shame Healing 👶 Inner Child Work 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫂 Body Shame 🔗 Attachment Theory

Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame

by Patricia A. DeYoung • 2015

Shame is not a failing; it is a relational wound in the right brain, healed through connection.

4.53

505

😔 Chronic Shame 💔 Relational Trauma 🧠 Affect Regulation 🪞 Therapist Self-Awareness ⚖️ Shame And Guilt

Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame Summary

Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame 90%

Shame is not a failing; it is a relational wound in the right brain, healed through connection.

by Patricia A. DeYoung 2015

4.53

505 ratings

😔 Chronic Shame 💔 Relational Trauma 🧠 Affect Regulation 🪞 Therapist Self-Awareness ⚖️ Shame And Guilt

Healing Your Emotional Self

by Beverly Engel • 2006

Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.

4.00

1k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 👶 Inner Child Work 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🗣️ Inner Critic Work 💗 Self-Compassion

Healing Your Emotional Self 89%

Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.

by Beverly Engel 2006

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 👶 Inner Child Work 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🗣️ Inner Critic Work 💗 Self-Compassion

Trauma

by Paul Conti • 2021

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

3.73

2k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

Trauma 89%

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

by Paul Conti 2021

3.73

2k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

Shame

by Joseph Burgo • 2018

Stop hiding from shame. Use it. The step-by-step path to self-esteem that actually holds up.

3.88

461

🔥 Shame And Guilt 🧒 Early Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧸 Inner Child Healing 💪 Emotional Resilience

Shame 89%

Stop hiding from shame. Use it. The step-by-step path to self-esteem that actually holds up.

by Joseph Burgo 2018

3.88

461 ratings

🔥 Shame And Guilt 🧒 Early Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧸 Inner Child Healing 💪 Emotional Resilience

Complex PTSD

by Pete Walker • 2013

CPTSD: recognize flashbacks, dismantle the inner critic, grieve towards earned security.

4.54

14k+

🧸 Developmental Trauma 🧠 Trauma Responses 💬 Inner Critic Work 🌿 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion Practices

Complex PTSD 89%

CPTSD: recognize flashbacks, dismantle the inner critic, grieve towards earned security.

by Pete Walker 2013

4.54

14k+ ratings

🧸 Developmental Trauma 🧠 Trauma Responses 💬 Inner Critic Work 🌿 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion Practices

The Courage to Heal Workbook

by Laura Davis • 1990

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

4.27

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing 🛡️ Building Safety Skills 🔓 Shame Release

The Courage to Heal Workbook 89%

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

by Laura Davis 1990

4.27

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing 🛡️ Building Safety Skills 🔓 Shame Release

The Courage to Heal

by Ellen Bass • 2008

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

4.21

8k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work 🤐 Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

The Courage to Heal 89%

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

by Ellen Bass 2008

4.21

8k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work 🤐 Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

Shame & Guilt

by Jane Middelton-Moz MS • 1990

Shame attacks who you are; guilt what you did. The simple distinction that changes everything.

4.06

176

🎭 Shame And Guilt 🏡 Family Of Origin Work 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🔄 Relationship Patterns 🔺 Emotional Triangles

Shame & Guilt 89%

Shame attacks who you are; guilt what you did. The simple distinction that changes everything.

by Jane Middelton-Moz MS 1990

4.06

176 ratings

🎭 Shame And Guilt 🏡 Family Of Origin Work 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🔄 Relationship Patterns 🔺 Emotional Triangles

The Complex PTSD Workbook

by Arielle Schwartz • 2017

C-PTSD reshapes your nervous system. A workbook for calming the body and healing shame.

4.23

1k+

🧠 Trauma Recovery 👶 Developmental Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🛡️ Childhood Abuse Recovery ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

The Complex PTSD Workbook 89%

C-PTSD reshapes your nervous system. A workbook for calming the body and healing shame.

by Arielle Schwartz 2017

4.23

1k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Recovery 👶 Developmental Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🛡️ Childhood Abuse Recovery ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

Healing the Shame That Binds You

by John Bradshaw • 1988

When shame becomes identity, it poisons everything. The exit begins with telling someone.

4.09

12k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Inner Critic 🔄 Addiction Recovery 💗 Self-Compassion 🔗 Codependency

Healing the Shame That Binds You Summary

Healing the Shame That Binds You 89%

When shame becomes identity, it poisons everything. The exit begins with telling someone.

by John Bradshaw 1988

4.09

12k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Inner Critic 🔄 Addiction Recovery 💗 Self-Compassion 🔗 Codependency

What My Bones Know

by Stephanie Foo • 2022

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

4.49

79k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🤝 Relational Healing

What My Bones Know 89%

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

by Stephanie Foo 2022

4.49

79k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🤝 Relational Healing

Healing Developmental Trauma

by Laurence Heller • 2012

Childhood survival strategies harden into adult identity. A somatic method for softening them.

4.26

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧠 Polyvagal Theory

Healing Developmental Trauma 89%

Childhood survival strategies harden into adult identity. A somatic method for softening them.

by Laurence Heller 2012

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧠 Polyvagal Theory

On the Threshold of Hope

by Diane Langberg • 1999

Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.

4.57

348

🩹 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🩺 Trauma Healing 🗣️ Breaking Silence 🧠 Renewing The Mind

On the Threshold of Hope 89%

Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.

by Diane Langberg 1999

4.57

348 ratings

🩹 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🩺 Trauma Healing 🗣️ Breaking Silence 🧠 Renewing The Mind

Rage

by Ronald T. Potter-Efron • 2007

Rage isn't one emotion but six, and each type has its own way out. Find yours.

3.93

281

😤 Anger Management 🌪️ Emotional Dysregulation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😞 Shame And Guilt 🔗 Attachment Theory

Rage 89%

Rage isn't one emotion but six, and each type has its own way out. Find yours.

by Ronald T. Potter-Efron 2007

3.93

281 ratings

😤 Anger Management 🌪️ Emotional Dysregulation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😞 Shame And Guilt 🔗 Attachment Theory

Aftermath

by Susan J. Brison • 2001

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

4.35

486

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

Aftermath 89%

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

by Susan J. Brison 2001

4.35

486 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

The Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 1995

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

4.32

2k+

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Wounded Heart 89%

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

by Dan B. Allender 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased 89%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Healing Sex

by Staci Haines • 1999

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

4.29

549

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing 🤲 Survivors Of Abuse 🚧 Boundary Work

Healing Sex 89%

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

by Staci Haines 1999

4.29

549 ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing 🤲 Survivors Of Abuse 🚧 Boundary Work

Facing Codependence

by Pia Mellody • 1989

Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.

4.07

3k+

🎭 Codependency 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔦 Shame Healing 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌟 Self-Esteem

Facing Codependence 89%

Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.

by Pia Mellody 1989

4.07

3k+ ratings

🎭 Codependency 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔦 Shame Healing 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌟 Self-Esteem

Letting Go Of Shame

by Ronald T. Potter-Efron • 1989

The voice that says you are defective can be quieted. A clinical guide to reclaiming self-respect.

4.01

176

🩹 Emotional Healing 😔 Shame And Guilt 💗 Self-Compassion 🗣️ Negative Self-Talk 🤝 Healing Relationships

Letting Go Of Shame 89%

The voice that says you are defective can be quieted. A clinical guide to reclaiming self-respect.

by Ronald T. Potter-Efron 1989

4.01

176 ratings

🩹 Emotional Healing 😔 Shame And Guilt 💗 Self-Compassion 🗣️ Negative Self-Talk 🤝 Healing Relationships

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Just Another Kid 89%

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

The Tell 89%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

48k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son 88%

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

by Alan Cumming 2014

4.06

48k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Invincible

by Brian F. Martin • 2014

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

4.57

698

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Invincible 88%

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

by Brian F. Martin 2014

4.57

698 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Healing the Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 2016

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

4.45

577

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma 🎭 Shame Healing 🔁 Trauma Cycles

Healing the Wounded Heart 88%

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

by Dan B. Allender 2016

4.45

577 ratings

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma 🎭 Shame Healing 🔁 Trauma Cycles

The Pain We Carry

by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez • 2022

Racial trauma is stored in the body. Breath, ancestors, and self-compassion are the medicine.

4.41

543

🩸 Racial Trauma 🧠 Complex Ptsd ✊🏾 Bipoc Mental Health 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

The Pain We Carry 88%

Racial trauma is stored in the body. Breath, ancestors, and self-compassion are the medicine.

by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez 2022

4.41

543 ratings

🩸 Racial Trauma 🧠 Complex Ptsd ✊🏾 Bipoc Mental Health 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Unbroken

by Marycatherine McDonald • 2023

Why trauma responses are survival, not sickness: how to teach your nervous system safety.

4.46

589

🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🫀 Somatic Healing 📖 Trauma And Memory 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Unbroken 88%

Why trauma responses are survival, not sickness: how to teach your nervous system safety.

by Marycatherine McDonald 2023

4.46

589 ratings

🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🫀 Somatic Healing 📖 Trauma And Memory 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Whole Again

by Jackson MacKenzie • 2019

The wound lives in your body. A protocol for healing what talk therapy cannot touch.

4.19

4k+

🧨 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 😔 Shame And Guilt

Whole Again 88%

The wound lives in your body. A protocol for healing what talk therapy cannot touch.

by Jackson MacKenzie 2019

4.19

4k+ ratings

🧨 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 😔 Shame And Guilt

The Betrayal Bond

by Patrick J. Carnes • 1997

Destructive relationships create bonds as powerful as addiction. The proven path to breaking free.

4.33

1k+

🚫 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Relationship Addiction 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🧱 Boundary Setting

The Betrayal Bond 88%

Destructive relationships create bonds as powerful as addiction. The proven path to breaking free.

by Patrick J. Carnes 1997

4.33

1k+ ratings

🚫 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Relationship Addiction 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🧱 Boundary Setting

Notes to Self

by Emilie Pine • 2018

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

4.10

21k+

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Notes to Self 88%

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

by Emilie Pine 2018

4.10

21k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

How to Be Alone

by Lane Moore • 2018

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

3.68

7k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🙇 People-Pleasing

How to Be Alone 88%

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

by Lane Moore 2018

3.68

7k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🙇 People-Pleasing

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal

by Kevin B. Skinner • 2017

Sexual betrayal triggers PTSD. A clinician's road map for rebuilding safety and trust.

4.41

💔 Betrayal Trauma 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🧠 Trauma Therapy 🧘 Emotional Regulation ❤️ Self-Compassion

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal Summary

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal 88%

Sexual betrayal triggers PTSD. A clinician's road map for rebuilding safety and trust.

by Kevin B. Skinner 2017

4.41

78 ratings

💔 Betrayal Trauma 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🧠 Trauma Therapy 🧘 Emotional Regulation ❤️ Self-Compassion

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members

by Sherrie Campbell • 2022

You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.

4.29

1k+

✂️ Family Estrangement 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery 💔 Toxic Shame Healing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members Summary

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members 88%

You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.

by Sherrie Campbell 2022

4.29

1k+ ratings

✂️ Family Estrangement 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery 💔 Toxic Shame Healing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Conquering Shame and Codependency

by Darlene Lancer • 2014

Shame drives codependency. Eight steps to disarm the inner critic and reclaim the self you lost.

4.22

422

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🩹 Shame Healing 🧠 Inner Critic Work 💬 Vulnerability Practice 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Conquering Shame and Codependency Summary

Conquering Shame and Codependency 88%

Shame drives codependency. Eight steps to disarm the inner critic and reclaim the self you lost.

by Darlene Lancer 2014

4.22

422 ratings

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🩹 Shame Healing 🧠 Inner Critic Work 💬 Vulnerability Practice 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Suffering and the Heart of God

by Diane Langberg • 2015

The cross is the answer to trauma, and the church has been looking everywhere else.

4.60

868

🕊️ Trauma Theology ⛪ Pastoral Counseling 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Shame And Healing ⚖️ Justice And The Church

Suffering and the Heart of God 88%

The cross is the answer to trauma, and the church has been looking everywhere else.

by Diane Langberg 2015

4.60

868 ratings

🕊️ Trauma Theology ⛪ Pastoral Counseling 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Shame And Healing ⚖️ Justice And The Church

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object 88%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel van der Kolk • 2014

Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.

4.34

289k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Somatic Psychology 🧠 Neurobiology Of Stress 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Body Keeps the Score 88%

Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.

by Bessel van der Kolk 2014

4.34

289k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Somatic Psychology 🧠 Neurobiology Of Stress 🔗 Attachment Theory

Trauma and Recovery

by Judith Lewis Herman • 1992

Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.

4.40

16k+

🧠 Psychological Trauma 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Complex Ptsd ✊ Feminist Psychology 🏥 Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma and Recovery 88%

Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.

by Judith Lewis Herman 1992

4.40

16k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Trauma 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Complex Ptsd ✊ Feminist Psychology 🏥 Trauma-Informed Care

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

The House of My Mother 88%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

Fawning

by Ingrid Clayton • 2025

The fourth trauma response makes you pleasing to survive. It isn't codependency; it's your biology.

4.32

2k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Nervous System Regulation 🌿 Somatic Healing 😊 People Pleasing ⛓️ Trauma Bonds

Fawning 88%

The fourth trauma response makes you pleasing to survive. It isn't codependency; it's your biology.

by Ingrid Clayton 2025

4.32

2k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Nervous System Regulation 🌿 Somatic Healing 😊 People Pleasing ⛓️ Trauma Bonds

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

4.17

122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Hunger 88%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Transcending Trauma

by Frank G. Anderson • 2021

Trauma creates protectors that won't stand down. A method for reaching the wounds behind them.

4.45

444

🧠 Trauma Therapy 💔 Complex Ptsd 🏠 Internal Family Systems 🧩 Parts Work 🌱 Shame Healing

Transcending Trauma 88%

Trauma creates protectors that won't stand down. A method for reaching the wounds behind them.

by Frank G. Anderson 2021

4.45

444 ratings

🧠 Trauma Therapy 💔 Complex Ptsd 🏠 Internal Family Systems 🧩 Parts Work 🌱 Shame Healing

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo • 2019

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

3.71

174k+

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Three Women 88%

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

by Lisa Taddeo 2019

3.71

174k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

You Are Your Best Thing

by Tarana Burke • 2021

Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.

4.51

8k+

🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊🏾 Black Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma ⛓️‍💥 Systemic Racism 🖤 Black Feminism

You Are Your Best Thing 88%

Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.

by Tarana Burke 2021

4.51

8k+ ratings

🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊🏾 Black Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma ⛓️‍💥 Systemic Racism 🖤 Black Feminism

How To Kill A Narcissist

by J.H. Simon • 2016

Narcissists run on your emotional reaction. Starve them by disengaging and rebuild your life.

4.19

801

🎭 Narcissistic Abuse 🧠 Emotional Manipulation 🚧 Boundary Setting ⚖️ Shame And Grandiosity 🛋️ Self Psychology

How To Kill A Narcissist 88%

Narcissists run on your emotional reaction. Starve them by disengaging and rebuild your life.

by J.H. Simon 2016

4.19

801 ratings

🎭 Narcissistic Abuse 🧠 Emotional Manipulation 🚧 Boundary Setting ⚖️ Shame And Grandiosity 🛋️ Self Psychology

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys 88%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Permission to Come Home

by Jenny Wang • 2022

Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.

4.43

1k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧧 Asian American Identity 📖 Emotional Literacy 🚧 Boundary Setting 💔 Healing From Shame

Permission to Come Home 88%

Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.

by Jenny Wang 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧧 Asian American Identity 📖 Emotional Literacy 🚧 Boundary Setting 💔 Healing From Shame

The Soul of Shame

by Curt Thompson • 2015

Neuroscience and Genesis agree: shame is a weapon, and your brain is the battlefield.

4.32

4k+

💔 Shame And Vulnerability ✝️ Biblical Counseling 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🕸️ Integration Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Formation

The Soul of Shame 88%

Neuroscience and Genesis agree: shame is a weapon, and your brain is the battlefield.

by Curt Thompson 2015

4.32

4k+ ratings

💔 Shame And Vulnerability ✝️ Biblical Counseling 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🕸️ Integration Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Journey through Trauma

by Gretchen Schmelzer • 2018

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

4.50

452

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing 📖 Narrative Therapy 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Journey through Trauma 88%

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

by Gretchen Schmelzer 2018

4.50

452 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing 📖 Narrative Therapy 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

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