Books, Music, Videos & Other Resources
Trauma and Neurobiology
Video: For bearing the unbearable, Kathy Kain’s “Letting it Be So”
Video: How to Ground the Body after a Traumatic Situation
Video: How to Get out of the Startle (Flight) Reflex
Peter Levine - any of his books - writes on trauma and Somatic Experiencing
Dan Siegel - any of his books - brain based researcher, attachment
Raja Selvam The Practice of Embodying Emotions
Norman Doidge: The Brain that Changes Itself
Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score
Grounding and Containment
Video: Body Scan Exercise
Video: How to Contain High Level Energy (Overwhelm)
Video: 11 Body Exercises to Reduce Stress
Video: Jamie Marich - her website has great resources in the videos section
Suzanne Scurlock-Durana: Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom
Mindfulness
Tara Brach - any of her books
Video: 11 min R.A.I.N. meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1t5FyK5Ek
Video: 20 min R.A.I.N. meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8e_tAEM80k
Belleruth Naparstek: Staying Well with Guided Imagery (also has meditations for surgery)
Bodhi Tree Bilateral: Bilateral Music for Relaxing, Grounding, and EMDR/Brainspotting
Laurel Parnell: Tapping In
Boundaries
Video: How to Ground and Reestablish Healthy Boundaries
Video: How to Keep a Personal Boundary and Take up Space
Chronic Pain, Surgery, Medical
Dave Berger: Preparing for Surgery
Peter Levine: Freedom from Pain
Developmental/Early Childhood Trauma
Lindsay Gibson: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Kelly McDaniel: Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
John Bradshaw: Healing the Shame that Binds You
Alice Miller: The Drama of the Gifted Child