Recommended Resources

• Trauma and Recovery, by Judith L. Herman, M.D.  Herman’s work is a classic in the field of trauma dynamics and outlines the process of healing.
• The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.  Bessel van der Kolk is a national leader in trauma treatment and provides summaries of the latest research and treatment methods.
• Unholy Charade: Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church, by Jeff Crippen.  Crippen has documented how the church is often complicit in domestic abuse by not recognizing the signs including listening and honoring victim accounts.
• The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, (up to 6th ed.), by Edward Bourne, Ph.D.  Bourne documents many effective ways to mitigate and manage symptoms of anxiety and provides worksheets to help process individual experiences.
• Pornified, by Pamela Paul.  This book does an excellent job of documenting how the mainstreaming of pornography harms relationships and sexuality.
• Pornland, by Gail Dines.  Dines is a professor of Sociology at Wheelock College and writes compellingly about how the portrayal of sex in modern pornography is more in line with psychopathic deviance than with healthy sexuality.