Books about Domestic Violence
- Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
- Supporting Women after Domestic Violence: Loss, Trauma and Recovery by Hilary Abrahams and Cathy Humphreys
- The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help by Jackson Katz
- Counseling Survivors of Domestic Abuse by Christiane Sanderson
- The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Andrea Smith
More Books about Domestic Violence
Storybooks for Helping Children with Family Violence
- A Family that Fights by Sharon Bernstein
- Daddy, Daddy, Be There by Candy Dawson Boyd & Floyd Cooper
- Clover’s Secret by Christine Winn & David Walsh, PhD
- Changing Places: A Kids View of Shelter Living by Margie Chalofsky, Glen Finland, and Judy Wallace
- Something is Wrong at My House by Diane Davis
- Mommy and Daddy are Fighting by Susan Paris
- I Wish the Hitting Would Stop by the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead
Books for Adults about Youth and Domestic Violence
- Helping Children Thrive: Information for Mothers Who Have Left Abusive Relationships by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham
- Learning to Listen, Learning to Help: Understanding Woman Abuse and Its Effects on Children by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham
- Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence against a Mother Shapes Children as They Grow by Alison Cunningham and Linda Baker
- Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham
- What About Me!: Seeking to Understand the Child’s View of Violence in the Family by Alison Cunningham & Linda Baker
More Books for Adults about Youth and Domestic Violence
Books About Trauma: Information, Treatment, & Healing
- Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment by Dr. John Briere and Catherine Scott
- Cultural Competence in Trauma Therapy: Beyond the Flashback by Laura S. Brown
- Managing Traumatic Stress through Art: Drawing From the Center by Barry M. Cohen, Mary-Michola Barnes, and Anita B. Rankin
- Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Woman’s Workbook by Mary Ellen Copeland
- Trauma Competency: A Clinician’s Guide by Linda A. Curran
More Books About Trauma
Other Useful Resources
Books:
- Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective and Judy Norsigian
- Healing the Shame that Binds Us by John Bradshaw
- Self Esteem: A Family Affair by Jean Illsley Clarke
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes and When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
- Surviving, Healing and Growing: The How to Survive the Loss of a Love Workbook by Melba Colgrove
