Judith Lewis Herman

Trauma and Recovery. (The aftermath of violence -- from domestic abuse to political terror). Basic Books [1992]

Gershen Kaufman

Shame: The Power of Caring. Schenkman Books [1980]

Leslie Margolin

"Abuse and Neglect in Nonparental Child Care: A Risk Assessment". Journal of Marriage & the Family, August 1991.

Alice Miller

Drama of the Gifted Child (Prisoners of Childhood). Basic Books [1981]

For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and The Roots of Violence. Farrar, Straus, Giroux [1983]

Nancy J. Napier

Recreating Your Self: Help for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. W. W. Norton Company [1990]

Getting Through The Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children. W. W. Norton Company, 1993.

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Leslie Conro, Al Ravitz

"Persisting Psychophysiological Effects of Traumatic Stress: The Memory of States". Violence Update, April 1991.

Bruce D. Perry, M.D.

"Neurodevelopment and the Neurophysiology of Trauma I: Conceptual Considerations for Clinical Work with Maltreated Children".
The Advisor, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 1993, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.

"Principles of Working with Traumatized Children: Special Considerations for Parents, Caretakers, and Teachers".
CIVITAS Child Trauma Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,, Baylor College of Medicine [1994]

"Incubated In Terror: Neurodevelopmental Factors in the Cycle of Violence".
Excepted from Children, Youth and Violence: Searching for Solutions, Joy D. Osofsky, Editor, The Guilford Press [1995]

Mariposa Men’s Wellness Institute was founded in 2001

to help men become emotionally healthy.