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Shame, CPTSD, and Dissociation: Understanding the Hidden Survival System


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Today I talk about healing shame when there is CPTSD and dissociation. Here is a resource list if you want to go deeper.

Bradshaw, J. (2005). Healing the shame that binds you. Health Communications.

Brown, B. (2007). I thought it was just me (but it isn’t): Making the journey from “what will people think?” to “I am enough.” Gotham Books.

Brown, B. (2012). Daring greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. Gotham Books.

Bowlby, J. (1988). A secure base: Parent-child attachment and healthy human development. Basic Books.

Dana, D. (2018). The polyvagal theory in therapy: Engaging the rhythm of regulation. W. W. Norton & Company.

Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence—from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.

Johnson, R. A. (1991). Owning your own shadow: Understanding the dark side of the psyche. HarperOne.

Levine, P. A. (1997). Waking the tiger: Healing trauma. North Atlantic Books.

Maté, G. (2022). The myth of normal: Trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture. Avery.

Nathanson, D. L. (1992). Shame and pride: Affect, sex, and the birth of the self. W. W. Norton & Company.

Ogden, P., Minton, K., & Pain, C. (2006). Trauma and the body: A sensorimotor approach to psychotherapy. W. W. Norton & Company.

Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory: Neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, and self-regulation. W. W. Norton & Company.

Schwartz, R. C. (2021). No bad parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the Internal Family Systems model. Sounds True.

van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Viking.

Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD: From surviving to thriving: A guide and map for recovering from childhood trauma. Azure Coyote Publishing.

Zweig, C., & Abrams, J. (Eds.). (1991). Meeting the shadow: The hidden power of the dark side of human nature. Jeremy P. Tarcher.

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