Best Trauma Responsive/Resilience Resources, Tools, Books

Here are two books; one is mine and the other is done by my colleagues in Canada:

1.  Brown, Vivian (2018) Through a Trauma Lens: Transforming Health and Behavioral HealthCare Systems, Routledge.

2. Poole & Graves (2012) Becoming Trauma-Informed, Vancouver, BC

Thanks so much for all of the amazing suggestions.

@Stephanie Dalfonzo posted:

Hi Kara,

I wrote "Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom: How to Build Resilience and Overcome Anxiety" with 35 super simple ways to calm stress and anxiety. Most of the techniques are simple enough to teach children.  During these challenging times, it is even harder for people to take time to meditate or practice mindfulness, so simple ways are what's going to work best.  It's available through Amazon.  

Stay well!

 

 

Thanks for this.  Looks great.

@Gayle Thom posted:

Hello;

I teach Resiliency trainings for diverse disciplines across the US and the attached resource list is sorted by each of the five core elements of the resilience training listed below. It has been contributed to by various colleagues. I hope you find it helpful!

1. Self-Knowledge and Insight
2. Sense of Hope
3. Healthy Coping
4. Strong Relationships
5. Personal Perspective and Meaning

HI there,  I didn't see a list attached?  Maybe I missed it.

https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcasts/ 

One of the commenters to this post Jondi Whitis was interviewed.

Thank you, Rich Featherly, for mentioning one of my interviews off the Trauma Therapist podcast. : )  I am hopeful we will do another on the Compassion In Action book, too! : )

Roots of Empathy: changing the world child by child by Mary Gordon. Also Canadian I believe. https://us.rootsofempathy.org/research/

Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz 

These authors seem to agree that Empathy is the most viable approach to dealing with trauma, and their arguments are compelling .