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Resources

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Books for Adults
Films
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Books for Children

Books to help adults understand

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The Trauma Recovery Handbook

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2025) Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Child Trauma

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2016).

Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Sensitive Boys

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2017).

Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Attachment Difficulties in Children

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2019). Jessica Kingsley.

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Teaching the Child on the Trauma Continuum

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2015). Grovesnor.

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The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2018). Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma & Dissociation

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2020). Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2021). Jessica Kingsley.

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The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect

Betsy de Thierry MBE (2023).

Jessica Kingsley.

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The Handbook of Complex Trauma & Dissociation in Children

Edited by Ana M. Gómez & Jillian Hosey (including a chapter written by Betsy de Thierry MBE). (2025), Routledge.

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The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk (2014). Viking Press.

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The Whole-Brain Child

Dan J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson (2012).

Scribe Publications.

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Brainstorm, the Power & Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Daniel J. Siegal (2014). Scribe Publishing.

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The Boy who was Raised as a Dog

Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz (2006).

Basic Books.

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Born for Love

Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz (2011).

Harper Collins.

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The Therapeutic Treasure Box

Dr Karen Triesman (2017).

Jessica Kingsley.

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What about me?

Louise Bomber (2011). 

Worth Publishing.

Films

Films made in collaboration with Trauma Recovery Global.

The Triune Brain

Don't Shame Us!

How Can You Help Us?

BdT Trauma Recovery Focused Model (TRFM®)
Client Stories

Films made by Trauma Recovery UK

Celebrating £2 Million Spent Restoring Families from Complex Trauma

More Helpful Films

Dr Daniel Siegel - presenting a Hand
Model of the Brain

Dr Daniel Siegel - "Flipping Your Lid:" A Scientific Explanation

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris

Brené Brown - Empathy

Books to read to children

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Hands are Not for Hitting

Martine Agassi (2000).

Free Spirit Publishing.

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Cleo the Crocodile

Dr Karen Triesman (2019). Jessica Kingsley.

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A Spot of Blue

Elaheh Bos (2013).

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

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The Huge Bag of Worries

Virginia Ironside (2011).
Hodder Children's Books.

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When my Worries Get too Big!

Karl Dunn Buron (2013).
AAPC Publishing; 2nd Edition.

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Are You Sad, Little Bear?

​Rachel Rivett (2009)
Lion Children's Books.

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The Heart & the Bottle

Oliver Jeffers (2010) Harper Collins Children's Books.

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The Secret C

Julie A. Stokes (2009).
Winston's Wish; 2nd Revised Edition.

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A Spot of Blue

Sherry Kohlenberg (1993)
Magination Press.

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Missing Mummy

Rebecca Cobb (2011)
Macmillan Children's Book.

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Two Homes

Claire Masurel (2002)
Walker Books.

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Mum & Dad Glue

Kes Gray (2009)
Hodder Children's Books.

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All Kinds of Feelings

Emma Brownjohn (2003)
Tango Books; LTF Edition.

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Kit Kitten & the Topsy-Turvy Feelings

​Jane Evans (2015)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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How are You Feeling Today?

​Molly Potter (2000)
Featherstone.

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The Boy who Built a Wall Around Himself

Ali ​Redford (2015)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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Alex & the Scary Things

Melissa Moses (2015)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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My Body is Private

Linda Walvoord Girard (1984)
Albert Whitman & Company.

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Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept

Jayneen ​Sanders (2011)
Upload Publishing Pty Ltd.

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A Terrible Thing Happened

Margaret M. Holmes (2000)
Magination Press.

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Your Body Belongs to You

Cornella Spelman (1997)
Albert Whitman & Company.

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