PTSD Library

Trauma Resources for Parents

  • Facilitating Developmental Attachment, by Daniel A. Hughes
  • Building the Bonds of Attachment, by Daniel A. Hughes
  • Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children, by Richard Kagan, Ph.D.
  • Twenty Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge
  • Parenting the Hurt Child, by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW
  • Traumatic Stress, by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth
  • Child Trauma Handbook, by Ricky Greenwald
  • The PTSD Workbook, by Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D., LCSW and Soili Poijula, Ph.D.
  • Traumatic Experience and the Brain, by Dave Ziegler, Ph.D.
  • Family Traditions: 289 Things to Do Again and Again, by Caryl Waller Krueger
  • Creating Ceremonies: Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges, by Cheryl A. Lieberman, Ph.D. and Rhea K. Bufferd, LICSW
  • I Love You Rituals, by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D.
  • Raising a Sensory Smart Child, by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L and Nancy Peske

Trauma Resources for Kids
  • A Terrible Thing Happened, by Margaret M. Holmes
  • Finding the Right Spot, by Janice Levy
  • A Trauma Is Like No Other Experience, by William Steele, M.A., MSW
  • A Volcano in My Tummy, by Eliane Whitehouse
  • Real Life Heroes, by Richard Kagan, Ph.D.
  • Brave Bart: A story for traumatized and grieving children, by Caroline H. Sheppard, ACSW
  • The Invisible String, by Patrice Karst
  • Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and LeAnn Thieman
  • Why Do You Love Me? by Dr. Laura Schlessinger