Books on Parts Work and Dissociative Identity Disorder

Someone recently asked for a list of the books that inform how I work with trauma, dissociation, and dissociative identity disorder, so here is that list. I thought I might share it here for those who work with these clients or those who suffer with these symptoms.

The books with an * are books I endorse as excellent resources.


Best Readings in Trauma and Dissociation:

• Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and Capacity for Relationship - Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre *
• Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists - Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der hart *
• The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defences of the Personal Spirit - Donald Kalsched *
• Trauma and the Soul: A psycho-spiritual approach to human development and its interruption - Donald Kalsched *
• In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness - Peter Levine and Gabor Mate *
• The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency - Robert Scaer *

Psychosynthesis:

• Multiple Mind: Healing the Split in Psyche and World - Gretchen Silker
• Unfolding Self: The Practice of Psychosynthesis - Molly Young Brown
• The Primal Wound: A Transpersonal View of Trauma, Addiction, and Growth - John Firman and Ann Gila *

Subpersonalities, Ego States, and Parts:

• Subpersonalities: The People Inside Us - John Rowan (basic reference to existing models)
• Parts Psychology: A Trauma-Based Self-State Therapy for Emotional Healing - Jay Noricks
• Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual - Hal and Sidra Stone *
• Ego States: Theory and Therapy - John G and Helen H Watkins *

Internal Family Systems Therapy:

• Internal Family Systems Therapy - Richard C. Schwartz *
• Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life - Tom Holmes (for clients)
• Self-Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy - Jay Earley (for clients)

Dissociative Disorders:

• The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele *
• Structural Dissociation: A Proposed Modification of the Theory - Colin Ross *
• Trauma Model Therapy: A Treatment Approach for Trauma Dissociation and Complex Comorbidity - Colin Ross *
• The Dissociative Mind - Elizabeth F Howell *
• The Wandering Mind: Understanding Dissociation from Daydreams to Disorders - John A Biever and Maryann Karinch
• The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease - Robert Scaer *

Dissociative Identity Disorder:

• Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity: Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder - Valerie Sinason *
• Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder - James L Spira, editor
• Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook - Deborah Bray Haddock
• Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach - Elizabeth F Howell *
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder - Frank W Putnam *
• Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality - Colin Ross

For Clients or By Clients:

• Amongst Ourselves: A Self-Help Guide to Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder - Tracy Alderman and Karen Marshall
• Got Parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder - A.T.W. 
• Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out - Barry Cohen, Esther Giller, and Lynn W., editors