Here are some of the books I have read and find effective when brought into the therapeutic process:
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van Der Kolk MD
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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation - Janina Fisher PhD
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories From a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook - Bruce D. Perry MD PhD & Maia Szalavitz
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Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life - Tom
Holmes PhD, Lauri Holmes MSW, & Sharon Eckstein MFA
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model -Richard C. Schwartz PHD
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection - Gabor Maté MD
Relationships
The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships - Diane Poole Heller PHD
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love - Amir Levine MD & Rachel S.F. Heller M.A.
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) - Eve Rodsky
Self-Compassion
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are - Brené Brown PhD LMSW
Addiction and Substance Abuse
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction - Gabor Maté MD
Self-Help
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - Mark Manson
Racial Justice
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About
Racism- Robin DiAngelo
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