Welcome to my bookshelf! This is a list of my favorite and most impactful mental health books. This list is ever growing, and many of these books I regularly recommend to my clients.
Boundaries and People Pleasing
Family of Origin
Trauma
- Boundary Boss // Terri Cole
- Boundaries // Anne Katherine
- Where to Draw the Line // Anne Katherine
- Codependent no More // Melody Beattie
- Toxic Positivity // Whitney Goodman
- You Don’t Understand Me // Tara Porter
- Healthy Parenting // Janet Woititz
- Family Secrets // John Bradshaw
- The Family // John Bradshaw
- The Body Keeps the Score // Bessel van der Kolk
- Trauma and the Body // Pat Ogden et al.
- Waking the Tiger // Peter Levine
- Healing Trauma // Peter Levine
- It Didn’t Start With You // Mark Wolynn
- My Grandmothers Hands // Resmaa Menakem
- Intergenerational Cycles of Trauma and Violence // Pamela Alexander
- The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog // Bruce Perry
- The Drama of The Gifted Child // Anne Miller
Anger
- The Dance of Anger // Harriet Lerner
- Rage Becomes Her // Soraya Chemaly
Grief and Loss
- Its Okay That You’re Not Okay // Megan Devine
- Healing Through the Dark Emotions // Miriam Greenspan
- Karuna Cards (Card Deck) // Claudia Coenen
- Life Lessons // Elizabeth Kubler Ross & David Kessler
Relationships
- Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships // John Welwood
- The State of Affairs // Esther Perel
- Mating in Captivity // Esther Perel
- Women Who Love Too Much // Robin Norwood
- Attached // Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
- Real Love // Sharon Salzberg
- All About Love // bell hooks
- Daring to Trust // David Ricoh
- I Need Your Love, Is that True? // Byron Katie
- Nonviolent Communication // Rosenberg
- Getting the Love You Want // Harville Hendrix
- Daring to Trust // David Richo
Disordered Eating
- Women, Food and God // Geneen Roth
- When Food is Love // Geneen Roth
- Feeding the Hungry Heart // Geneen Roth
- Conversations with Anorexics // Hilde Bruch
- Five Longings // David Richo
Memoirs
- The Skeleton Cupboard // Tanya Byron
- Untamed // Glennon Doyle
- Love Warrior // Glennon Doyle Melton
- Tuesdays with Morrie // Mitch Albom
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone // Lori Gottlieb
- Group // Christie Tate
Depression and Anxiety
- Its Not Always Depression // Hilary Jacobs Hendel
- Guilt is The Teacher, Love is the Lesson // Joan Borysenko
- Self Compassion // Kristin Neff
- The Dance of Connection // Harriet Lerner
- The Gifts of Imperfection // Brene Brown
- Daring Greatly // Brene Brown
- I Thought It Was Just Me // Brene Brown
- Feeding Your Demons // Tsultrim Allione
- How to Be Yourself // Ellen Hendricksen
Spirituality
- Women Who Run with Wolves // Clarissa Pinkola Estes
- Spiritual Misfits // Shahar Rabi
Clinging and Clutter
- Your Spacious Self // Stephanie Vogt
- Everything that Remains // The Minimalists
Narcissistic Parent
- The Mother Wound // Bethany Webster
- Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters // Susan Forward
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents // Lindsay Gibson