Toxic: A Compassionate Companion and Guide to Overcoming a Traumatic or Abusive Childhood

This is the list of further reading and resources referred to in Toxic.

Books

Agassi, Andre. Open, An Autobiography. RandomHouse, New York, 2009.

Alberti, Robert and Michael Emmons. Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships. Impact, Oakland, 2017.

Barry, Nicola. Mother’s Ruin: The Extraordinary True Story of How Alcohol Destroys a Family. Headline Review, London, 2018.

Becker-Phelps, Leslie. Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It. New Harbinger, Oakland, 2014.

Bradshaw, John. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child. Bantam Books, New York, 1990.

Burns, Tom and Eva Burns-Lundgren. Psychotherapy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015.

Christakis, Erika. The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. Penguin Books, New York, 2017.

Cloud, Henry and John Townsend. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life (Updated and Expanded Edition), Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1992.

Coleman, John. HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose. Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, 2022.

Covey, Stephen. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Free Press, New York, 2004.

Engel, Beverly. It Wasn’t Your Fault: Freeing Yourself from the Shame of Childhood Abuse with the Power of Self-Compassion. New Harbinger, Oakland, 2015.

Ewart, Heyward Bruce III. Am I Bad? Recovering from Abuse. Loving Healing Press, Ann Arbor, 2007.

Forward, Susan. Mothers Who Can’t Love. A Healing Guide for Daughters. HarperCollins, New York, 2013.

Forward, Susan. Toxic Parents. Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life. Bantam Books, New Your, 2002.

Fredrickson, Renee. Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse. Fireside, New York, 1992.

Gibson, Lindsay C. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents. New Harbinger, Oakland, 2015.

Gillihan, Seth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry. Althea Press, Emeryville, 2018.

Greenberg, Elinor. Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration, and Safety. Greenbrooke Press, New York, 2016.

Halvorson, Heidi Grant. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, 2012.

Harris, Nadine Burke. Toxic Childhood Stress: The Legacy of Early Trauma and How to Heal. Bluebird, Englewood, 2020.

Herman, Judith Lewis. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books, New York, 1997.

James, Muriel. It`s Never Too Late to Be Happy! Reparenting Yourself for Happiness. Quill Driver, Sanger, 1992.

Jones, Phil. Drama as Therapy Volume 1: Theory, Practice and Research. Routledge, London, 2007.

Klein, Linda Kay. Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Atria, New York, 2019.

Leach, Penelope. Putting the Children First When You Divorce: How to Parent Together When You’re Apart. Robinson, London, 2018.

LePera, Nicole. How to Do the Work. Orion Spring, London, 2021.

Levine, Amir and Rachel Heller. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love. TarcherPerigee, New York, 2011.

Lovatt, Peter. Dance Psychology. Dr Dance Presents, Norwich, 2018.

Lovatt, Peter. The Dance Cure: The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier. HarperOne, New York, 2021.

Mandeville, Rebecca C. Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role. [place of publication not identified], 2020.

Manson, Mark. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Harper Paperbacks, New York, 2019.

Maté, Gabor. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. Vermilion, London, 2018.

Maté, Gabor. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. Vermilion, Londonn, 2022.

McAdams, Dan P. The Stories We Live by Personal Myths and the Making of the Self. The Guilford Press, New York, 1997.

McCurdy, Jennette. I’m Glad My Mom Died. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2022.

McKay, Matthew, Michael Jason Greenberg and Patrick Fanning. The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame: Overcome Thoughts of Defectiveness and Increase Well-Being Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New Harbinger, Oakland, 2020.

Mitchell, Charlie. The Nipper. The Heartbreaking True Story of a Little Boy and his Violent Childhood in Working-Class Dundee. HarperElement, London, 2008.

Neff, Kristin. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. Yellow Kite, London, 2021.

Palazzi, Lily. My Daddy the Pedophile: A Memoir. [Place of publication not identified], 2018.

Parris, Matthew. Fracture: How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma. Prospect Books, London, 2020.

Pollan, Michael. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics. Penguin, London, 2019.

Remes, Olivia. The Instant Mood Fix: Emergency Remedies to Beat Anxiety, Panic or Stress. Ebury Press, London, 2021

Renton, Alex. Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2017.

Schwartz, Richard. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. Sounds True, Boulder, 2021.

Smith, Julie. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 2022.

Tawwab, Nedra Glover. The Set Boundaries Workbook, Practical Exercises For Understanding Your Needs And Setting Healthy Limits. TarcherPerigee, New York, 2021.

Thomas, Shannon. Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse. [place of publication not identified], 2016.

van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma. Penguin Books, London, 2014.

Webb, Jonice. Running On Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents & Your Children. Morgan James Publishing, New York, 2018.

Webb, Jonice. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect. Morgan James Publishing, New York, 2012.

Yalom, Irvin D. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, 6^th edn. Basic Books, New York, 2020.

Reports and Articles

Chapter 2

CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

• Summary
• Full article: Felitti, Vincent J., Robert F Anda., Dale Nordenberg, David F. Williamson, Alison M. Spitz, Valerie Edwards, Mary P. Koss and James S. Marks. Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (1998) Vol 14 No 4, 245–258.

Chapter 3

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Emotional Abuse.

The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse for England and Wales (2022).

Evidence on the Impact of Parental Conflict on Children. UK Government (2021).

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Gangs and Children, Facts for Families No. 98 (2017).

Chapter 5

Women’s Aid. Myths About Domestic Abuse.

Allnock, Debbie and Pam Miller. No One Noticed, No One Heard: A Study of Disclosures of Childhood Abuse. NSPCC (2013).

Oxfam Ten Harmful Beliefs that Perpetuate Violence Against Women and Girls.

Chapter 7

Seltzer, Leon F. What your anger may be hiding. Psychology Today(2008)

Spring, Carolyn. Working With Shame Online Training.

CPTSD Foundation. What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Chapter 10

Painter, Susan and Donald Dutton. Patterns of Emotional Bonding in Battered Women: Traumatic Bonding. International Journal of Women’s Studies (1970), Vol 8. 363–375.

Chapter 14

James, Muriel. Self Reparenting: Theory and Process. Transactional Analysis Bulletin (1974),  Vol 4, No 3, 32–39.

Chapter 16

Bonn-Miller, Marcel O., Megan Brunstetter, Alex Simonian, Mallory J. Loflin, Ryan Vandrey, Kimberly A. Babson and Hal Wortzel. The Long-Term, Prospective, Therapeutic Impact of Cannabis on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (2022) Vol 7, No 2, 214–223.

Sessa, Ben. From Sacred Plants to Psychotherapy: The History and Re-Emergence of Psychedelics in Medicine (2007).

Chapter 18

Leopold, Aldo. Thinking Like a Mountain. In: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches (1949).