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References for Blue Knot Foundation's 1-day training on
Supporting Practice with Complex Trauma Clients

Bass, E. & Davis, L. (2008) The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. New York: HarperCollins. 

Courtois, C. A. & Ford, J. D. ed. (2009) Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders: An Evidence-Based Guide. New York: The Guilford Press.

Cozolino, L. (2002) The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain. New York: Norton.

Doidge, N. (2007) The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science New York: Viking.

Hesse, E., Main, M., et al. `Unresolved States Regarding Loss or Abuse Van Have `Second Generation Effects’: Disorganization, Role Inversion, and Frightening Ideation in the Offspring of Traumatized, Non-Maltreating Parents’, ch.2 in Solomon, M. T. & Siegel, D. J. (2003). Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain. New York: Norton, pp.57-106.

Kezelman, C.A. & Stavropoulos, P.A. (2012) The Last Frontier: Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Complex Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care and Service Delivery (Sydney, Blue Knot Foundation, 2012). www.blueknot.org.au/guidelines

Levine, P. (2010) In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness. CA: North Atlantic Books.

Neborsky, R.J. `A Clinical Model for the Comprehensive Treatment of Trauma Using an Affect Experiencing-Attachment Theory Approach’, ch.7 in Solomon, M. T. & Siegel, D. J. (2003). Healing Trauma. New York: Norton, pp.282-321.

Ogden, P., Minton K. & Pain, C. (2006) Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy. New York: Norton.

Pearlman, L.A. & Caringi, J. `Living and Working Self-Reflectively to Address Vicarious Trauma’, ch.10 in Courtois, C. A. & Ford, J. D. ed. (2009) Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders. New York: The Guilford Press, pp.202-224.

Perry, B. & Szalavitz, M. (2006) The Boy who was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Psychiatrist’s Notebook. New York: Basic Books..

Porges, S.W. (2011) The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (New York: Norton, 2011).

Rothschild, B. (2011) Trauma Essentials: The Go-To Guide. New York: Norton.

Siegel, D.J. `An Interpersonal Neurobiology of Psychotherapy: The Developing Mind and the Resolution of Trauma’, ch. 1 in Solomon, M. T. & Siegel, D. J. (2003). Healing Trauma. New York: Norton, pp.1-56.

Siegel, D. J. (2010) Mindsight. New York: Random House.

Siegel, D.J. (2012) Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology. New York: Norton.

van der Hart, O. et al (2006) The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization. New York: Norton.

van der Kolk, B.A. (2011) `Foreword’, Porges, The Polyvagal Theory, pp.xi-xvii.

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