BOOKS
1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain Mind & Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk
The ultimate paradigm-shaping book on the bookshelf of every therapist.
2. It Didn't Start With You: How inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
This accessible book on epigenetics is astounding. It will expand your understanding of your story beyond yourself.
3. It's Not Always Depression by Hilary Jacobs Hendel
An AEDP book for laymen-- learn to connect to your emotions, body, and core self.
4. The Attachment Theory Workbook by Annie Chen
PODCASTS
click the link above to find their 'free attachment bundle'
YouTube VIDEOS
I encourage you to go explore with these experts: Gabor Mate, Sue Johnson, Harville Hendrix, Ester Perel.
1. Addiction
Johann Hari's famous TED Talk- "Everything you thought you knew about addiction is wrong."
Gabor Mate-- The definition and origin of addiction.
2. Attachment Theory and Relationships
Sue Johnson on the life and death urgency of attachment
Sue Johnson and Ed Tronick describe attachment theory in a mini-documentary-- "The drama of romantic bonding is an adult version of the bond between parent and child."
Ester Perel - Why do we cheat?
Harville Hendrix - Getting the love you want
3. Life Satisfaction
Amazing Harvard longitudinal study on life satisfaction