A layman's book on trauma/ptsd?

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The Cinnabon

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So, and I know I posted something similar before, but my SO's mom is going for/starting a master's in counseling. She knows I'm joining at PTSD oriented lab for my PhD and asked for some good books for someone interested about trauma.

Unfortunately, I tend to know more about which books to avoid i.e. The Body keeps the Score or similar pseudoscientific shilling. Does anyone have some solid/interesting reads that are based in sound evidence? She doesn't know too much about trauma and I figured a book would be a palatable start.
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Honestly, I don't really know any layman's books I'd recommend. More research articles or patient education materials.
 
Richard McNally's Remembering Trauma struck me as being accessible for a reasonably intelligent layperson.

EDIT: George Bonanno is pushing his new book, no idea if it's any good but can be pretty sure he's not going to stray into van der Kolkianism

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clausewitz2 said:
Richard McNally's Remembering Trauma struck me as being accessible for a reasonably intelligent layperson.

EDIT: George Bonanno is pushing his new book, no idea if it's any good but can be pretty sure he's not going to stray into van der Kolkianism

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Funny you mention that, I just sent her George Bonanno's appearance on Dr.Mike (something I never thought I'd say).

Richard McNally is a great suggestion thanks !
 
The Cinnabon said:
So, and I know I posted something similar before, but my SO's mom is going for/starting a master's in counseling. She knows I'm joining at PTSD oriented lab for my PhD and asked for some good books for someone interested about trauma.

Unfortunately, I tend to know more about which books to avoid i.e. The Body keeps the Score or similar pseudoscientific shilling. Does anyone have some solid/interesting reads that are based in sound evidence? She doesn't know too much about trauma and I figured a book would be a palatable start.
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The only one I recommend to patients is the following:

Getting Unstuck from PTSD: Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to Guide Your Recovery by Patricia Resick et co.​

 
Kind of off topic, but there's an interesting & well made YouTube series about an experimental clinical psychologist/professor performing ERP treatments at the University of Amsterdam, with one episode focused on PTSD (ep. 2).
 
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