Here are some books you may find helpful if you have experienced religious harm or trauma, or you are seeking to practice your faith or spirituality in healthier ways. Please check back as this list will grow!
Religious Trauma/ High Control Groups:
When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion by Laura E. Anderson
Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth by Gillie Jenkinson
Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse: Creating Healthy Christian Cultures by Lisa Oakley & Justin Humphreys
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein
Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience by Krispin Mayfield
Trauma and The Body:
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hillary L. McBride
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine
Purity Culture & Sexuality:
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Shameless: A sexual reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame by Vicky Beeching
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