Self Parenting Trauma

A warm and authoritative guide to maternal mental health, offering real solutions, by popular online therapist Dr. Cassidy Freitas. “Dr. Cassidy helps moms see what’s actually happening underneath the snap and the spiral, and learn practical ways to get steady again.” —Dr. Becky Kennedy...

Self-healing through self-parenting, a concept introduced a generation ago, has helped thousands of adult children of alcoholics who are codependent and have conflicts in their primary relationships. Now Patricia O'Gorman, PhD, and Phil Diaz, MSW, authors of the classic book The 12 Steps to Self-Parenting for Adult Children and its companion workbook, expand the reach of that successful healing paradigm to anyone who has suffered from any kind of trauma.

EMDR is designed to ease the distress you associate with traumatic memories, combining cognitive, somatic, and emotion-focused therapies with bilateral stimulation—usually guided eye movements.

Break the Cycle: Transform Your Family Legacy Through Mindful Parenting. Every parent carries invisible baggage, emotional patterns, reactive triggers and unconscious beliefs inherited from their own childhood. Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves repeating the very behaviors we swore we'd never use with our children. It Stops With Me offers a compassionate roadmap for parents ready to break generational cycles, heal past trauma and create lasting change. Drawing on neuroscience, attachment theory and practical wisdom, this book provides 10 powerful tools to help you ...

Do you feel constantly on edge—wired, exhausted, and unable to fully switch off? Do small things trigger big reactions… and you don't know why?

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, numb, or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other animals, and the planet itself. Through Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way.

Therapist and meditation teacher Ralph De La Rosa places the innovative, evidence-based model of Internal Family Systems (IFS) in the context of Buddhist meditation to show that the process of healing trauma can lead you to your deepest spiritual nature. This book offers clear conceptual frameworks to understand trauma, post-traumatic growth, and the close relationship between healing trauma and spirituality. The many journal prompts, experiential practices, and guided meditations will teach you how to

Raise kids who can handle whatever life throws at them—from the Navy SEAL performance coach who discovered that real resilience comes from connection, not pressure. Includes exclusive bonus content: Gretchen, Brandon's co-parent, reads her foreword and the two share a candid 20-minute bonus...

An unlikely self-love story between a broken girl and her strange brain. Using a refreshing, unexpected, and clever combination of self-deprecation and profound insightfulness, Cindy Robinson shares the story of how her ADHD, OCD, and childhood trauma aided both in her downfall as well as her ultimate triumph. Her humorous and heartfelt vignettes invite you to walk alongside her as she attempts to prove she’s “normal” (and fails repeatedly). Determined not to give up on herself, she ultimately finds solace in a surprising place... her strangeness. Witness her artfully blossom from ...

Many foster and adoptive parents are raising children with complex emotional trauma, desperate for answers to heal their families. Caught off guard, these families find themselves with shattered dreams, shattered homes, and shattered hearts, with nowhere to turn for answers. Extended family members, friends, and the greater community don't understand the challenges and can, sometimes, add to the problems these families face, prolonging the healing process for all.

As a black woman, you've navigated a world that often overlooks your struggles and diminishes your worth. But what if you could break free from the chains of societal expectations and embrace your true self? In Self-Love for Black Women, Nya Love takes you on a transformative journey, offering practical tools and strategies to help you overcome past traumas, improve relationships, and cultivate unshakable self-worth.

The Wounds We Carry is a powerful and compassionate guide for anyone living in the long shadow of childhood trauma and Complex PTSD. Written by trauma survivor and healing advocate Emily Grace Carter, this book blends lived experience with research-backed practices to help you break free from the invisible burdens you've been carrying for years. Whether you feel stuck, overwhelmed, ashamed, or exhausted, this book will meet you where you are—with empathy, honesty, and hope.

This book, How to Heal Your Inner Child, is your step-by-step guide to overcoming childhood trauma, breaking generational cycles, and reclaiming your true power.

Some books offer motivation. This one offers depth, structure, and long term reinforcement. Affirmations for Black Men The Complete Bundle Edition combines Book 1 and Book 2 into one expanded volume, created for Black men who are ready to stop cycling through short bursts of motivation and begin building real mental strength, emotional stability, and self respect over time.

Do you struggle with insecurity, anxiety, or difficulty setting boundaries? Our childhood experiences—from overt trauma like abuse to subtle hardships like bullying or neglect—profoundly shape our emotional responses, often leaving us disconnected from our true selves.

Most trauma recovery treats symptoms in isolation. But abuse is systemic. It rewires your nervous system, fractures your identity, and programs subconscious survival responses that override your conscious intentions. This isn’t another coping toolkit. This 7-in-1 system integrates 7 layers of healing into one cohesive protocol — so your mind, body, and subconscious finally work together instead of against you.

Let this book be your guide through the dance of light and shadow, inviting you to embrace every hidden part of yourself and find the courage to experience true intimacy.

Shadow work is a well-known method to manage your hidden sides and acknowledge and integrate suppressed desires to live a more balanced life. Exploring your shadow can help provide answers that can change the course of your life and help you uncover the best and most authentic version of yourself.

Have you ever wished you had heard certain words growing up, like “I love you,” “I’m sorry,” or “You are enough?” Words like this hold immense power, shaping how we see ourselves and how we navigate the world as adults. But what happens when you didn’t receive them? When the words you needed to hear were never spoken, it can create deep emotional wounds that linger into adulthood. This book is here to help you heal those wounds by reconnecting with your inner child and offering the love, support, and healing affirmations you were deprived of in your childhood. Inner Child ...

Abusive Relationships: Recognize the Signs and Reclaim Yourself is a compassionate and empowering guide for anyone struggling with emotional, psychological, or toxic relationships. In this insightful book, Rose Lathan explores the hidden patterns of manipulation, control, gaslighting, and trauma bonding that can leave people feeling trapped, confused, and emotionally exhausted. Designed to help readers regain clarity and confidence, this book provides practical tools and emotional support for healing and rebuilding self-worth.