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Sundown Healing Arts

Intuitive, compassionate bodywork for trauma

Healing Resources – Books

These books can be found at your favorite independent bookstore, or at Portland’s own Powells.com. The book titles below link to the Powell’s website.

Self-Acceptance

Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way
Rick Carson

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
Martha Beck

There Is Nothing Wrong With You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
Cheri Huber

How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Cheri Huber

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
Pema Chodron

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Tara Brach, Ph.D.

The Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing
Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D.

I Know I’m In There Somewhere: A Woman’s Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity
Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D.

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession
Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter

 

Emotional Abuse, Controlling People

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How To Recognize It and How to Respond
Patricia Evans

Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You
Patricia Evans

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Lundy Bancroft

The Mother I Carry: A Memoir of Healing from Emotional Abuse
Louise Wisechild

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Alice Miller

Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life
Jan Black and Greg Enns

 

Sexual Abuse, Incest

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

The Obsidian Mirror: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse
Louise Wisechild

Ritual Abuse

Double Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual Abuse
Anna Richardson (out of print, worth finding used)

Safe Passage to Healing: A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse
Chrystine Oksana

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Bodywork

The Spirit of Reiki
William Lee Rand, Walter Lubeck, and Frank Arjava Petter

Your Inner Physician and You: Craniosacral Therapy and Somatoemotional Release
John Upledger

The Educated Heart: Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Teachers
Nina McIntosh

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