“The trauma is not in the event, but in the nervous system.”

Dr. Peter A. Levine

Recommended literature

  • Peter A. Levine: In an Unspoken Voice – How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
  • Peter A. Levine & Maggie Kline: Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes – Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing
  • Peter A. Levine: Trauma and Memory – Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past
  • Peter A. Levine & Maggie Kline: It Won’t Hurt Forever – Recognizing, Responding to, and Preventing Childhood Trauma
  • Peter A. Levine: Waking the Tiger – Healing Trauma
  • Laurence Heller & Aline LaPierre: Healing Developmental Trauma – How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
  • Laurence Heller & Angelika Doerne: Befreiung von Scham und Schuld (no English edition found)
  • Stephen W. Porges: The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory – The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe
  • Stephen W. Porges: Heilen mit der Polyvagal-Theorie (no English edition found)
  • Stephen W. Porges & Deb Dana (eds.): Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory – The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies
  • Deb Dana: The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy – Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
  • Stanley D. Rosenberg: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve – Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism
  • Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score – Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
  • Marianne Bentzen & Susan Hart: Through Windows of Opportunity – A Neuroaffective Approach to Child Psychotherapy
  • Lissa Wheeler: Engaging Resilience – Heal the Physical Impact of Emotional Trauma: A Guide for Bodywork Practitioners (English only)
  • Frank M. Corrigan, Hanna Young & Jessica Christie-Sands: Deep Brain Reorienting – Understanding the Neuroscience of Trauma, Attachment Wounding and DBR Psychotherapy
  • Pat Ogden & Janina Fisher: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – Interventions for Trauma and Attachment
  • Frank G. Anderson: Transcending Trauma – Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family System Therapy
  • Richard C. Schwartz: Introduction to Internal Family Systems
  • Ruth Lanius & Paul Frewen: Healing the Traumatized Self
  • Arielle Schwartz: The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma
  • Deirdre Fay: Becoming Safely Embodied
  • Sean M. Inderbitzen: Autism in Polyvagal Terms – New Possibilities
  • Arielle Schwartz: A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD – Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
  • Deb Dana: Anchored
  • Kim S. Golding, George Thompson & Edwina Grant: Working with Relational Trauma in Children’s Residential Care
  • Teresa Garland: Self-Regulation and Strategies – Keeping the Body, Mind and Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders
  • Stephen W. Porges: Polyvagal Perspectives
  • Deb Dana: Polyvagal Practices – Anchoring the Self in Safety
  • Ruth Lanius, Hugo Schielke & Bethany L. Brand: The Finding Solid Ground Program Workbook – Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Recovery
  • Stephen W. Porges & Seth Porges: Our Polyvagal World – How Safety and Trauma Change Us
  • Kim S. Golding, Sian Phillips & Louise Michelle Bomber: Working with Relational Trauma in Schools – An Educator’s Guide to Using Dyadic Developmental Practice
  • Judith L. Herman: Trauma and Recovery
  • Richard C. Schwartz: No Bad Parts
  • Janina Fisher: Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma – A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
  • Janina Fisher: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
  • Allan N. Schore: Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self
  • Diane Poole Heller: The Power of Attachment – How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships
  • Thomas Hübl: Attuned – Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma and Our World
  • Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté: The Myth of Normal – Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
  • Ruth A. Lanius & Sherain Harricharan: Sensory Pathways to Healing from Trauma – Harnessing the Brain’s Capacity for Change
  • Stephen W. Porges: Safe and Sound – A Polyvagal Approach for Connection, Change, and Healing