Supportive Reading List

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A useful support in understanding how relationships can work with use of the drama triangle and its counterpart.

https://www.bpdfamily.com/content/karpman-drama-triangle 

 

A useful guide towards understanding your ‘stressors and triggers’: -

https://www.nicabm.com/trauma-how-to-help-your-clients-understand-their-window-of-tolerance/

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Interesting reading on Eric Beme's perspective on relationships: -

https://ericberne.com/games-people-play/ 

 

Trauma informed resources: -

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Peter Levine:

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

 

Bessel Van der Kolk: 

The Body Keeps The Score | Bessel van der Kolk, MD.

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Janina Fisher:

Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists - Psychological Therapy Books

 

Babette Rothschild:

The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment.

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Daniel J. Siegel:

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We are.

 

Dr. Stephen Porges:

The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, Self Regulation.

Cozolino the neuroscience of psychotherapy Paul Gilbert: The Compassionate Mind.