Additional Resources

• Anger

  • Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion – Gary Chapman

  • The Surprising Purpose of Anger – Marshal Rosenberg

 

• Antiracist, Racial Awareness, Racial Justice

  • Brené  Brown and Ibram X. Kendi Discuss How to Be an Antiracist (Podcast)

  • How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion (TedTalk)

  • Resources to start/build your antiracist education

  • Systemic Racism Explained (Short video) 

  • White Fragility (Short video)

  • White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Article)

  • Why “I’m Not a Racist” is Only Half the Story (Short video)

  • Why Its So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Article)

  • Why You Should Stop Saying “All Lives Matter” Explained (Article) 

 

• Anxiety 

  • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund Bourne

  • The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You – Elaine N. Aron

  • The Worry Cure – Robert L. Leahy  

  • The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It – David Carbonell

  • When Panic Attacks – David D. Burns

 

• Autism Spectrum Disorder & Asperger’s Disorder

  • Aspergers From the Inside Out: A Supportive And Practical Guide – Michael Carley

  • Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, and A Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome – Tony Atwood

  • The Asperkid’s (Secret) Book of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens With Asperger Syndrome – Jennifer O’Toole

  • The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: A guide to Living in an Intimate Relationship with a Partner who as Asperger Syndrome – Maxine Aston

 

• BIPOC 

  • Black Pain – Terrie Williams

  • Black Women’s Mental Health – Stephanie Evans

  • Healing Racial Trauma – Sheila Wise Rowe

  • My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem

  • Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome – Joy DeGruy

  • Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Fear, and Panic – Angela Neal-Barnett

  • The State of Black Girls – Marline Francois-Madden

  • The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health – Rheeda Walker

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• Children – Parenting (See below for teens)

  • 1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting – Thomas Phelan

  • How to Talk so Kids Will Listen, & Listen so Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

  • No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson

  • Nurturing Good Children Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Nurture your Child’s Core Self – Taffel

  • The Magic Years – Selma Fraiberg (young children’s development)

  • The Scientist in the Crib – Alison Gobnik (1 year olds and their minds)

  • The Whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson

 

• Codependency

  • Boundaries – Henry Cloud

  • Codependent No More – Melody Beattie

  • Facing Codependence – Pia Mellody 

  • The New Codependency – Melody Beattie

 

• Couples and Relationships

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love –  Amir Levine

  • Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix

  • Hold Me Tight – Sue Johnson

  • Keeping the Love you Find – Harville Hendrix

  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion – Marshall Rosenberg

  • The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman

  • The Seven Principles That Make Marriage Work – John Gottman 

  • You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For – Richard Schwartz

 

• Depression 

  • Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David Burns

  • Self- Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself – Kristin Neff

  • The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living – Russ Harris

  • The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression – Andrew Solomon

 

• Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating

  • Eating in the Light of the Moon – Anita A. Johnson

  • Health at Every Size – Linda Bacon

  • Intuitive Eating – Evelyn Tribole

  • Life Without Ed – Jenni Schaefer

  • The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder – Katharine Phillips

 

• Grief and Loss

  • A Time to Grieve – Carol Staudacher

  • Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief – Claire Bidwell Smith

  • Healing After Loss – Martha Whitmore Hickman

  • How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies – Therese A. Rando  

  • I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye – Brook Noel & Pamela Blair

  • The Other Side of Sadness – George Bonanno  

 

• Group Therapy

  • GROUP (Youtube Series)

  • Inpatient Group Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

  • The Schopenhauer Cure – Irvin Yalom (For individuals curious about group therapy)

  • The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

 

• Infidelity and Divorce Recovery

  • After the Affair – Janis A. Spring

  • Conscious Uncoupling – Katherine Woodward Thomas

  • Healing from Infidelity – Michelle Weiner-Davis

  • How Can I Forgive You? – Janis Spring

  • How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair: Manual for the Unfaithful – Linda MacDonald

  • Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends – Bruce Fisher, Robert Alberti

  • Surviving Infidelity – Rona Subotnik, Gloria Harris

  • The Grief Recovery Handbook – John James and Russell Friedman

  • The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner

  • The Human Magnet Syndrome – Ross Rosenberg  

  • The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity – Esther Perel

 

• LGBTQ+

  • A Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth (Guide)

  • Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender

  • Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People (Guide)

  • How to Support Bisexual Youth (Guide)

  • Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health (Article)

  • The Queer Advantage – Andrew Gelwicks

  • The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World – Alan Downs

  • Yes, You Are Trans Enough – Mia Violet

 

• Psychotherapy Essentials (Books about Psychotherapy)

  • Creatures of a Day and Other Tales of Psychotherapy  – Irvin Yalom       

  • Existential Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

  • Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom

  • Momma and The Meaning of Life – Irvin Yalom

  • The Gift of Therapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

 

• PTSD and Trauma

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay Gibson

  • It didn’t Start with You – Mark Wolynn

  • The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk

  • The Sexual Healing Journey – Wendy Maltz

  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship – Patricia Evans 

  • Why Does He Do That? – Lundy Bancroft

 

• Self-Growth

  • Empowered Boundaries – Cistien Storm

  • Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey – James Hollis

  • The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown

  • You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For – Richard Schwartz​

  

• Sexual Health

  • Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski

  • Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel

  • She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman – Ian Kerner

  • The Guide to Getting it On – Paul Joannides

  • The Multi-Orgasmic Couple: Sexual Secrets Every Couple Should Know – Mantak Chia, Maneewan Chia, Douglas Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams

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• Teenagers – Parenting

  • How to Get Your Son Back: 7 Steps to Reconnect and Repair Your Relationship – Kevin Fall and Austin Fall

  • Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys – Kindlon and Thompson

  • The Bullying Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Social Aggression and Cyberbullying – Rachelle Lohmann and Julia Taylor

  • The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Riase a Respectable Adult – Josh Shipp

  • Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions to Adulthood – Lisa Darmour