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Recommended Reading
Discover hand-picked books recommended by Sage Therapy Chicago for self-care, personal growth, and empowerment.
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Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
A collection of stories of how QTBIPOC individuals, sick/mad/disabled people, and sex workers have used harm reduction and mutual aid to live their lives.
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The Pain We Carry
Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
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The Deepest Well
Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity
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Trauma and Recovery
The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
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In an Unspoken Voice
How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
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No Bad Parts
Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
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Trauma Stewardship
An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
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The Boy who was Raised as a Dog
And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
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What Happened to You?
Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing
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It Didn't Start with You
How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
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Walking the Tiger
Healing Trauma
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The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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Quit Like a Woman
The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
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Atlas of the Heart
Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
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Man Enough
Undefining My Masculinity
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The Myth of Normal
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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This Book is Gay
Find the Answers to all the Questions You Ever Wanted to Ask
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Polysecure
Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
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Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Come Together
The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections