On My Bookshelf…
These books are currently on my bookshelf, and ones I commonly recommend to clients. I’m always adding to this list, but these are some of my favorites!
Trauma
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model Dr. Richard Schwartz
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessl van der Kolk
Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS Jay Early
Getting Past Your Past (EMDR) Francine Shapiro
Anchored Deb Dana
Personal Development
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E Frankl
Let Your Life Speak Parker Palmer
Untamed Glennon Doyle
Atlas of the Heart Brené Brown
In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World Pádraig Ó Tuama
The Gift of Therapy Irvin Yalom
The Wisdom of Your Body Hillary McBride
Anti-Racism
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness Austin Channing Brown
Sexuality & Relationships
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic Esther Perel
Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Emily Nagoski
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love Levine & Heller
Pure Linda Kay Klein
Where Should We Begin? (Podcast) Esther Perel