SURVIVOR RESOURCES
We’d like to share resources that have been helpful for the “waking up” process to heal from the trauma of the program. There are many different approaches and not everything works for everyone, so find what works best for you.
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Programs:
Help At Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids by Maia Szalavitz
Troubled: The True Costs of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs by Kenneth Rosen
I See You, Survivor: Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally F*cked-Up Troubled Teen Industry by Liz Ianelli (Family Foundation School Survivor)
Take Back Your Life by Janja Lalich
Dead Insane or in Jail by Zack Bonnie (CEDU Survivor) -
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole - Arielle Schwartz, PhD
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - Richard Schwarts, PhD
What Happened to You? - Bruce D. Perry, MD
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror - Judith Herman, M.D. -
Leaving the Fold: A guide for former fundamentalists and others leaving their religion - Marlene Winell, PhD
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It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle - Mark Wolynn
Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role - Rebecca T. Mandeville, MFT
Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide - Deborah VInall, PsyD
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
Repeat After Me: A Workbook for Adult Children Overcoming Dysfunctional Family Systems - Claudia Black, PhD
Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families - Charles L. Whitfield, MD
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life - Susan Forward, PhD
Narcissistic Fathers: How to Deal with a Toxic Father and Complex PTSD - Caroline Foster
But It's Your Family: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath - Dr. Sherrie Campbell -
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy
EMDR
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