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The following books are pivotal in understanding the way we now view Mental Health and Stress
Books from 2000 onwards. Since Covid these new bodymind practices have been burgeoning since the early work on Neuroplasticity by in particular the work of Dr Norman Doidge and Dr Stephen Porges made it comprehensible to many.
.Doidge,N, (2007) The Brain that changes itself-. Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of Brain Science 1NY Viking
*Doidge N, (2015) The Brain’s Way of Healing remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity
Porges.Stephen (2011) Polyvagal theory Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation ( amazon)
This work is fast becoming a main stay for the brain/body connection work in health and education **See What is Polyvagal Theory | Polyvagal Institute short videos from leading practitioners/
Dana, Deb (2020) Polyvagal exercises for safety and Connection. 50 client centred practices Norton NY
Damasio, Antonio (1999) The Feeling of What Happens-body emotion and the making of Consciousness, Vintage
Elbrecht, Cornelia (2018) Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing– Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping North Atlantic Books ,California
Fogal, Alan (2009) the Psychophysiology or Self-Awareness-Rediscovering the Lost Art of Body Sense Norton ,New York
Fosha, D, Siegel ,D & Solomon, M (Eds)(2009) The Healing Power of Emotion Norton, NY
Levine, Peter.A (2010) In an Unspoke Voice-How the Body releases Trauma and restores Goodness,
North Atlantic Books ,California set up training in Somatic experiencing.
Ogden, Pat ,Fisher,J(2015) Sensorimotor Psychotherapy-Interventions for Trauma and Attachment ISBN: 9780393706130
Payton,Sarah,(2017) Your Resonant Self Norton &Co NY
Siegel,D (2011) The Whole-brain Child Scribe NY
Siegel,D, (2009) Mindsight- Change your brain and your life
Siegal D ,&Payne Bryson.T (2020) the power of showing up- how parental presence shapes our kids
become and how their brains get wired Scribe Melbourne, London