Our Deepest Roots: Navigating Past Trauma to Build Healthier Queer Relationships by Dr. Jen Towns has been honored with the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, recognizing its profound impact on readers and its contribution to the fields of mental health, LGBTQIA+ literature, and relational healing.
Lauded for its courageous vulnerability and clinical insight, Our Deepest Roots blends personal storytelling with therapeutic expertise to illuminate the ways trauma—especially when intersected with queerness—can influence attachment, intimacy, and communication in relationships. With a compassionate and grounded voice, Dr. Towns invites readers to explore their emotional patterns, uncover their internal narratives, and foster deeper, more affirming relationships.
Drawing from over two decades of experience as a trauma therapist and social worker, Dr. Towns courageously shares both professional insights and deeply personal reflections from her own queer marriage and healing journey. Through the lens of attachment theory and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, she offers tools for readers to recognize how early life experiences and trauma responses echo in adult relationships—and how they can be transformed.
The book has struck a resonant chord with both professional and lay readers alike. Dr. Bruce D. Perry, bestselling co-author of What Happened to You?, calls the book “intimate and courageous,” adding that the key lessons within “can be generalized to fit non-LGBTQIA+ relationships and carry the key message that all relationships are fragile and fraught, yet full of hope and fulfillment.”
Literary Titan describes the book as “brave and illuminating,” noting, “What sets this book apart is the refusal to shy away from the complicated, layered ways trauma shows up in queer love… It’s raw, smart, sometimes painful, and deeply human.”
In addition to the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, Our Deepest Roots has achieved #1 Amazon Bestseller status and has been recognized with the International Firebird Book Award, cementing its role as a vital resource for queer individuals, trauma survivors, and anyone seeking healthier relationships.
This timely and empathetic guidebook is not just a professional resource—it’s a lifeline for those who have felt unseen in traditional relationship or trauma literature. As the mental health field continues to embrace more inclusive and holistic approaches, Dr. Towns’ voice is a standout: wise, warm, and wholly authentic.
Our Deepest Roots is available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
About the Author
Dr. Jen Towns is a trauma therapist, professor of social work, and a queer woman with over twenty years of experience in clinical and academic settings. She specializes in complex interpersonal trauma, relationships, and identity, offering therapeutic spaces that are affirming, inclusive, and celebratory. Dr. Towns is also a passionate educator, working to advance social justice and mental health equity through community partnerships and transformative teaching. A trauma survivor herself, she brings a rare depth of understanding and empathy to her work. Dr. Towns lives in Michigan with her wife, daughters, and two spirited goldendoodles.
She can be found on Instagram at @Your.Queer.Therapist.
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