Here are a number of resources and recommended readings:
- NCTSN resource on Sexual Health https://www.nctsn.org/resources/sexual-health-and-trauma
Recommended Readings:
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons by Meg Meeker
Ages and Stages: A Parent’s Guide to Normal Childhood Development by Charles E. Schaefer
Defiant Teens: A Clinician’s Manual for Assessment and Family Intervention by Russell A. Barkley
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD
The Incredible Years: Troubleshooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 Years by Carolyn Webster-Stratton
Zones of Regulation by Leah Kuypers
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing By Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
- The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro
- Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, The Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal by Michael Baldwin and Dr. Deborah Korn
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
- The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Families by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation by Dr. Becky A. Bailey
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Fabre and Elaine Mizlish
No Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach by Howard Glasser
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
Letting go of Shame: Understanding How Shame Affects Your Life by Ronald Potter-Efron
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate, Daniel Mate
The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships by Diane Poole Heller and Peter Levine
The Art of Asking; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Dr. John Gottman
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
Adult children of Alcoholics by Dr. Janet G. Woititz
Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a Transgender Child by Cheryl B. Evans
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper