Explore recommended resources from the Religious Trauma Recovery Center.
Codependents Anonymous - has some spiritual language
Recovery Dharma - bhuddist based, trauma informed, and no spiritual language
Critical Reasoning for Beginners - Oxford University
Philosophy for Beginners - Oxford Univeristy
Project Hope Podcast with Jennifer French
Thinking Clearly - a podcast about critical thinking
Multiamory- rethinking modern relationships
Cult Vault Podcast
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
Trauma By Professor Gordon Turnbull
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
Healing the Shame that Binds you by John Bradshaw*
It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn
The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke
How To Do The Work by Nicole LePera
How to Meet Yourself by Nicole LePera
Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Brainwashing by Kathleen Taylor
Love, Terror, and Brainwashing by Alexandra Klein
Leaving Your Religion by James Mulholland
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Coercive Control by Evan Stark
The Science of Social Influence by Anthony R. Pratkanis
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by Robert Jay Lifton
Influence by Dr. Robert Cialdini
Cults in our Midst by Margaret Singer
Understanding Religious Trauma Syndrome - a paper
Leaving the Fold by Marlene Winell
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fischer
Love, Terror, & Brainwashing by Alexandra Klein
Healing After Loss by Martha W. Hickman
Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss
Coping with Cult Involvement by Livia Bardin, L.S.W.
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Adult Children: The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families By John Friel, PhD., and Linda Friel, PhD.
An Adult Child's Guide to What is Normal by John Friel, PhD., and Linda Friel, PhD.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD.
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD.
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD.
A Smart Girls Guide to Polyamory by Dedeker Winston
The Ethical Slut by Janet W. W. Hardy and Dossie Easton
More than Two by Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert
The Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin
The Lives of Transgender People By Jenny Bremen and Susan Rankin
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Mis-education of the Negro by Carrie Goodwin Woodson
Stages of Faith by James W. Fowler
Power vs Force by David R. Hawkins, MD., PhD.
Ring of Power by Jean Shinoda-Bolwen , M.D.
Leaving Your Religion by James Mulholland
Wounded Faith: Understanding and Healing from Spiritual Abuse Edited by Dr. Neil Damgaard
Bounded Choice by Janja Lalich
Cults In Our Midst by Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich
Escaping Utopia by Janja Lalich and Karla McLaren
The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
The Maiden King by Robert Bly & Maron Woodman
The Chalice & The Blade by Diane Eisler
Healing the Shame that Binds you by John Bradshaw*
