Reading is another way in which we can learn and build upon our sessions together. Below you will find a list of books that I have been compiling over the years. It is always growing so check back anytime. You can also find more book referrals on my Pintrest page.
​
Abandonment
​
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing by Susan Anderson
Addiction
​
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
Addiction
​
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate and Peter A. Levine
​
ADHD
​
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential 1st Edition by Peg Dawson
​
Smart but Stuck by Ph.D. Thomas E. Brown, Joe Bronzi
​
Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program Client Workbook (Treatments That Work)by Steven A. Safren
​
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell A. Barkley
​
The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps by Melissa Orlov and Edward M. Hallowell
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention
Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Understand Your Brain, Get More Done by Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA
http://adultadhdbook.com/testing/forms-and-handouts/
​
Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What
You Can Do About It by Gabor Maté MD
Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. , John J. Ratey M.D.
Aging
​
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
​
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir by Martha Stettinius
Anger
​
The New Psychology of Men by Ronald Levant and William Pollack
Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
(Movie): Waking Life – dreams & life
Anxiety
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven Hayes
Autism
​
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
Bipolar
​
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton
Borderline
​
The Buddha & the borderline by Kiera Van Gelder
​
The Toa of Bipolar by Annellen Simpkins
​
Back from the Brink: True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder by Graeme Cowan
​
Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship by Shari Y. Manning
​
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman, Hal Straus
​
Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder by Rick Moskovitz
​
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland
​
Borderline Mothers
​
Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann Lawson
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul Mason MS
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic
Mothers by Dr. Karyl McBride PhD
Career
​
Midlife Career Rescue (What Makes You Happy): How to change careers, confidently leave a job you hate, and start living a life you love, before it’s too late
by Cassandra Gaisford
​
Leave The Grind Behind: Rocket fuel to live life on your terms. Make more money, build your legacy, and quit your job by Justin Gesso
​
Children’s Books
Children’s Books: http://www.pinterest.com/pamdyson/social-emotional-books/ Aloha Self-Esteem?
​
The boy who learned upside down by Christy Scattarella
​
Untangled by Lisa Damour
​
A Terrible Thing Happened: Margaret M. Holmes
Codependency
Co-dependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and start Caring for Yourself by Melodie Beattie
Co-dependent No More Workbook by Melodie Beattie
Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time by Melodie Beattie
The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency by Melodie Beattie
​
Facing Codependency by Pia Meloday
​
The New Codependency by Melodie Beattie
Couples
​
High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation by Alan E. Fruzzetti
Powers of Two: How Relationships Drive Creativity by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in /creative Pairs by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Conscious Loving: Journey to Commitment by Gay Hendricks
Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
Depression
​
SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient by Jane McGonigal
​
The Depression Cure by Stephen Ilardi
Depressed Pregnancy
​
Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by
Brooke Shields
Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy by Shaila Kulkarni Misri M.D.
Tokens of Affection: Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman, Amy Wenzel
Beyond the Blues, Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum
Depression & Anxiety by Shoshana Bennett, Pec Indman
Rebounding from Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery by Lynn Madsen
http://midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp?q=lacerations
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom (Revised Edition): Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Christiane Northrup M.D.
Domestic Violence/Manipulation/Abuse
​
https://www.domesticshelters.org/domestic-violence-books?page=1
​
Why Does He Do that by Lundy Bancroft
How to Spot a Dangerous Man by Sandra Brown
In Sheeps Clothing by George Simon
​
Eating Disorders & Body Image Issues
​
http://www.naspcenter.org/safe_schools/trauma.html
​
Food Crazy Mind: 5 Simple Steps to Stop Mindless Eating and Start a Healthier, Happier Relationship with Food by Davina Chessid
​
It Was Me All Along: A Memoir by Andie Mitchell
​
The MindBody Code: How to Change the Beliefs that Limit Your Health, Longevity, and Success by Mario Martinez PsyD
​
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
​
Love Your Body by Louise Hay
The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks by Thomas Cash PhD
​
The Body has a Mind of its Own by Sandra Blakeslee
​
Never Binge Again(tm): Reprogram Yourself to Think Like a Permanently Thin Person. Stop Overeating and Binge Eating and Stick to the Food Plan of Your Choice! by Glenn Livingston Ph.D.
​
Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good by Kathryn Hansen
Empowerment
You are a badass by Jen Sincero
​
Woman on Fire by Amy Jo Goddard (sexual empowerment)
The Gift of Fear and other Survival Signals that Protect us from Violence by Gavin de Becker
Stronger Day by Day by Susan Pease Gadoua (divorce)
​
The search for existential identity by James F.T. Bugental
Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Succulent Wild Woman by Sark
Eat Mangos Naked by Sark
The Bodacious Book of Succulence by Sark
Big Fat Lies Women Tell Themselves by Amy Ahlers & Sark
Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing your Inner Child by John Bradshaw
​
Breaking Free from the Victim Trap: Reclaiming Your Personal Power by Diane Zimberoff
Family of Origin (FOO)
​
Family Ties That Bind: A self-help guide to change through Family of Origin therapy
​
Fear
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Take-Charge-of-Your-Life-Ask-Deepak
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/let-go-of-fear-by-stopping-the-stories-in-your-head/
The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Fear by Harriet Lerner
Gender Spectrum Issues
​
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
​
Trans 101 by N.M. Teich
​
Where's My Book by L. Gromko
Goerge by Alex Gino
​
Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
Transitions of the Heart by Rachel Pepper
​
Grief & Loss
​
http://www.notifbutwhen.org/
​
http://www.recover-from-grief.com/grief-and-loss-books.html
​
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults by Lois Akner
​
Remembering Mother, Finding Myself: A Journey of Love and Self-Acceptance by Patricia Commins
​
My Friend Just Lost Her Husband by Dana Barfield
​
Wife of the Deceased: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Learning to Live Again by Dawn Bell
​
From Grief to Growth: Coming to terms with the death of a loved one AND getting the most out of your life by Stephen Bennett
​
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman
​
Healing A Child's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
​
Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies by T.J. Wray
​
Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance by Kathy Eldon
Holotropic Breathwork
​
Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) by Stanislav Grof
​
Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) by Stanislav Grof
The Breathwork Experience: Exploration and Healing in Nonordinary States of Consciousness by Kylea Taylor
Inner Child
​
Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Charles L. Whitfield M.D.
​
A Gift to Myself: A Personal Workbook and Guide to "Healing the Child Within" by Charles L. Whitfield
​
The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away by Cathryn L. Taylor
​
Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione
​
Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child by John Bradshaw
​
Affirmations for the Inner Child by Rokelle Lerner
​
Journaling
​
Wreck this Journal by Keri Smith
​
Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration by Meera Patel
​
Mental Health / The Brain
​
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge
The Future of Mental Health: Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm by Eric Maisel
The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory, and Joy in Just 3 Weeks by Mike Dow
​
Parenting
​
Trauma Proofing Your Kids: A Parents Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience by Peter Levine
Parent from the Inside Out by Daniel J Siegel
It Wont Hurt Forever: Guiding Your Child Through Trauma by Peter Levine
The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One to Four Year Old by Harvey Karp
The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
​
Wise Minded Parenting by Dr. Laura Kastner
Parents of OCD
“Talking Back to OCD” by John March and Christine Benton
Pregnancy
Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
​
When Survivors Give Birth Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin
Pharmaceuticals
Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You’re Taking, the Sleep You’re Missing, the Sex You’re Not Having, and What’s Really Making You Crazy by Julie Holland
PTSD
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker
The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Source by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Recovery
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffin
Self
​
Thoughts without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective by Mark Epstein
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness by Mark Epstein
​
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming
The Man Who Wasn’t There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self by Anil Ananthaswamy
A Fortunate Man: The Story of A Country Doctor by John Berger
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Dr. Brené Brown
Lying on the Couch by Irwin Yalom
Search for Meaning
​
Underdogs, misfits, & art of battling giants: David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
​
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
The Search for Meaning: A Short History by Dennis Ford
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Creating Love: The Next Great Stage of Growth by John Bradshaw
Family Secrets: What you Don’t Know Can Hurt You by John Bradshaw
Compulsive Sexual Behavior
​
Arousal: Unlocking the secret of sexual fantasies by Michael Bader
​
Unwanted by Jay Stringer
​
Sexual Freedom
​
SM 101 by Jay Wiseman
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns by Philip Miller and Molly Devon
The New Topping Book by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
The New Bottoming Book by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
​
Health Care without Shame: A Handbook for the Sexually Diverse and Their Caregivers, by Charles Moser
Leathersex: A Guide for the Curious Outsider and the Serious Player, by Joseph L. Bean
Sex Therapy
Loving Sex: The book of joy and passion by Laura Berman
Getting the Sex You Want by Tammy Nelson’
Reclaiming Your Sexual Self by Kathryn Hall
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide by Michele Weiner-Davis
It’s Not Him, It’s You!: How to Take Charge of Your Life and Create the
Love and Intimacy You Deserve by Laura Berman
​
The return of desire by Gina Ogden
Sexual Trauma
Sexual Healing: Transforming the Sacred Wound by Peter Levine
​
The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors
of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass
Allies in Healing: When the Person you Love was Sexually Abused as a Child by Laura Davis
​
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz
​
Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors by Ken Graber
​
Outgrowing the Pain Together by Eliana Gil
Shame
Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw
​
Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You by Darlene Lancer
​
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
​
Trauma
Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart by Stephen Levine
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter Levine
Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter Levine
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter Levine
Freedom from Pain: Discover your Bodys Power to Overcome Physical Pain by Peter Levine
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
​
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter Levine
​
The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System by Thomas Woolsey
Social Justice
​
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
​
"There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book."
–Josh Jameson