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Close-up of a human eye with a rainbow-coloured iris. Text below the eye reads: Integral Eye Movement Techniques: The Definitive Guide by Sonia Richards—explore trauma and PTSD recovery beyond EMDR.
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Integral Eye Movement Techniques: The Definitive Guide

Sonia Richards
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An illustrated book titled The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist’s Journal by Andrew T. Austin lies open on a desk, surrounded by candles, bottles, and handwritten notes about trauma and innovative PTSD or EMDR techniques.
The Rainbow Machine - Tales From a Neurolinguist's Journal

Andrew T. Austin
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Book cover of Phantoms in the Brain featuring illustrated segments of an eye, ear, and two hands on colourful backgrounds, hinting at the brain’s role in trauma. Authors Sandra Blakeslee and V.S. Ramachandran are listed below the title.
Phantoms in The Brain

V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
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Book cover of Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter, featuring a side profile of a human head with colourful sections representing brain areas—highlighting trauma and PTSD—and the title text displayed prominently within the brain illustration.
Mapping The Mind

Rita Carter
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The cover of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett features bold white text over a bright, multicoloured, paint-splattered background, reflecting themes of emotion, trauma, and resilience.
How Emotions Are Made

Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Book cover for The Emotional Brain by Joseph LeDoux, featuring the title in large yellow text, four sepia-toned photos of a person with different emotional expressions linked to trauma and PTSD, and a quotation praising the book.
The Emotional Brain

Joseph LeDoux
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Book cover of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson, featuring a minimalist white design with bold brown and black text, and the Penguin Books logo—exploring themes like trauma and personal growth—at the bottom right-hand corner.
12 Rules of Life

Jordan Peterson
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Book cover for Synaesthesia by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. The title is spelt vertically in colourful letters on a black background, evoking the vivid perceptions often experienced in trauma, with the author’s name and a red band at the bottom for The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.
Synaesthesia

Richard Cytowic
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Book cover for Sacred Pathways: The Brain’s Role In Religious and Mystic Experiences by Todd Murphy, featuring a Buddha statue, human brain, and Jesus on the cross with an ECG line—highlighting themes of trauma, EMDR, and PTSD.
Sacred Pathways: The Brain's Role in Religious and Mystic Experiences

Todd Murphy
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Book cover for The God Helmet Experiments by Todd Murphy, featuring an image of a helmet device and text describing it as The Science That Found God In the Human Brain—exploring its impact on trauma, EMDR, and PTSD.
The God Helmet Experiments: The Science that Found God in the Human Brain

Todd Murphy
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Cover of the book The Roy Adaptation Model by Sister Callista Roy and Heather A. Andrews, featuring a maroon and olive green design with white and gold text, exploring adaptation in contexts like trauma and PTSD.
The Roy Adaptation Model

Callista Roy
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Book cover of The Art of Systems Thinking by Joseph O'Connor and Ian McDermott, featuring bold yellow and white text on a blue background. Subheading: Essential Skills for Creativity, Trauma recovery, and Problem Solving.
The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving

Joseph O'Connor and Ian McDermott
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Book cover for Social Panoramas by Lucas Derks, featuring smiling faces of diverse people blended with a world map illustration and lines connecting different regions. Subtext: Changing the unconscious landscape with NLP, EMDR, trauma, and psychotherapy.
Social Panoramas: Changing the Unconscious Landscape with NLP and Psychotherapy

Lucas Derks
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The cover of the book Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson, featuring an illustration of stylised trees and foliage, evokes a journey through trauma, with text in orange and yellow on a black background.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology

Gregory Bateson
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