Hi there,

I connect better to academic books than new agey books. I've thrown out any books I owned that contained the words "the universe", "souls", "divine" etc. Don't get me wrong, I do own books about religion and God, but not "the universe". These books are usually alarmingly dismissive of trauma and its effects in the medical sense and tend to describe it is as "obstacles to be worked through" on our "spiritual path" or something to be meditated away or fixed with "faith." Not digging it, this is more annoying than useful to people who need concrete information, help, support.

My personal favorite is "Trauma and Recovery." Plenty of things that a patient can learn to help themselves while they may or may not be getting other help as well.