Book Recommendations For Betrayed Partners:

• Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts.
by Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D.

• The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst
  by Michelle Mays, LPC

• Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts.
by Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D., Mari A. Lee, LMFT & Anthony D. Rodriguez, LCSW

• The Betrayal Bond.
by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.

• Trauma Bonding: How to Stop Feeling Stuck, Overcome Heartache, Anxiety and PTSD.
by Dr. Annely Alexander

• Deceived: Facing the Trauma of Sexual Betrayal.
by Claudia Black, PhD.

• Moving Beyond Betrayal.
by Vicki Tidwell Palmer, LCSW

• Intimate Deception.
by Dr. Sheri Keffer

• Courageous Love: A Couples Guide to Conquering Betrayal.
by Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D.

• Healing from Infidelity.
by Michele Weiner Davis

• Transcending Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder: The Six Stages of Healing.
by Dennis C. Ortman PhD

• Infidelity: The Best Worst Thing That Could Happen to Your Marriage: The Complete Guide on How to Heal from Affairs.
by Talal H Alsaleem, LMFT

• Partner Betrayal Trauma.
by Douglas Weiss, Ph.D.

• I Love You But I Don't Trust You: The Complete Guide to Restoring Trust in Your Relationship.
by Mira Kirshenbaum

• After the Affair, Third Edition: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been.
by Janis A. Spring, Ph.D.

• Infidelity Recovery Workbook for Couples: Tools and Exercises to Rebuild Your Relationship.
by Dr. Monique Thompson, DHA, LPC

• Healing From Infidelity: How to Recover from the Heartbreak Caused by Your Partner’s Affair, Rebuild Trust and Save Your Relationship Paperback.
by Alice Gardner

Book Recommendations for Healing Trauma

• The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
by Wendy Maltz

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing.
by Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. & Oprah Winfrey

• The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment.

by Babette Rothschild

• Waking the Tiger: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences.
by Peter Levine, Ph.D.

• Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body.
by Peter Levine, Ph.D.

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.
by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

• Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse.
by Mike Lew

• Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy. by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.

• EMDR ESSENTIALS: A Guide for Clients and Therapists.
by Barb Maiberger

• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection.
by Deb Dana

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction.
by Gabor Mate

• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate, MD

 Book Recommendations for Healing From Psychological Abuse:

• Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse.
by Shannon Thomas

• Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: Recovery from Emotional Abuse, Recognize Narcissists & Manipulators and Break Free Once and for All.
by Don Barlow

• Trauma Bond Recovery Journal: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery.
by Lisa Sonni

• The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators.
by Shahida Arabi, M.A.

• Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself.
by Shahida Arabi, M.A.

• Don’t You Know Who I am?
by Ramani S. Durvasula, Ph.D.

• Should I Stay or Should I Go?
by Ramani S. Durvasula, Ph.D.

Self Empowerment Books:

• Untamed.
by Glenon Doyle

• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW

• Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.
by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW

• Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion, and Embrace Who You Are.
by Megan Logan, MSW, LCSW

Book Recommendations for Healing from Religious Trauma and Cult Abuse:

• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell

•Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
by Steven Hassan

• QAnon and On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults
by Van Badham

• Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
by Jeff Guinn

• Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life
by Sarah Edmondson

• Uncultured: A Memoir
by Daniella Mestyanek Young

• Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them
by Max Cutler

• Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs
by Rachel Jeffs

• I’m Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy

• #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing
by Emily Joy Allison

• Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
by Marlene Winell

• A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
by Mike Rinder

• Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
by Leah Remini

• Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation
by Daniel Shaw

• Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
by Faith Jones