Recommended Readings

IFS/Parts Work:

• Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Models by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

• The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors by Goulding and Schwartz

• You Are The One You've Been Waiting  For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships by Richard C. Schwartz

• Parts Work: An illustrated guide to your inner life by Tom Holmes, PhD

• Relationships:

• After  the Affair:  Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has  Been Unfaithful  by Janis Abrahms Spring & Michael Spring

• Boundaries-Where You End and I Begin:  How to Recognize and Set Healthy Boundaries  by Anne Katherine

• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

• The  State of Affairs; Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

• The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman 

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman

• Too  Good To Leave, Too Bad to Stay:  A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping You  Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira  Kirschenbaum

• Trauma and Abuse:

• Treating  Trauma from Sexual Betrayal by Dr. Kevin B. Skinner

• Sex Addiction: The Partner's Perspective by Paula Hall

• It's Not You,  It's  What Happened to You by Christine A. Courtois

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A GUIDE AND MAP FOR RECOVERING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA by Pete Walker

• Loving  Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting  with Your Partner after Trauma by Aphrodite T. Matsakis 

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk 

• The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis