This list represents the books clients have found most useful through my years of clinical practice, but it is by no means comprehensive.

For additional educational material please contact me directly.

For Difficult Times

• Necessary Losses – Judith Viorist

• The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown

• When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron

• Wherever You Go There You Are – John Kabat-Zinn

• The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook– Mathew McKay

• Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke 

• Listening to Shame – Brene Brown PhD Ted Talk

Anxiety Management

• The Worry Cure – Robert L. Leahy

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmond J. Bourne

Depression

• The Mindful Way Through Depression – Mark Williams and John Kabat Zinn

• The Noonday Demon – Andrew Solomon

• Swamplands of the Soul; New Life in Dismal Places – James Hollis

Eating Disorder Recovery

• When Food is Love – Geneen Roth

• Eating in the Light of the Moon – Anita Johnston PhD

• Eight Keys to Healing from an Eating Disorder – Carolyn Costin LMFT

• Overcoming Binge Eating – Dr. Christopher Fairburn

• Intuitive Eating – Evelyn Tribole + Elyse Resch RD

• Addiction to Perfection – Marion Woodman

• Father Hunger – Margo Maine

Parenting

• The Whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegel

• The Teenage Brian – Frances E. Jensen

• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids – Peter Levine

• Consequences of Stressed Parenting– Gabor Mate MD

• Reviving Ophelia – Mary Pipher Ph.D.

• The Highly Sensitive Child – Elaine Aron Ph.D.

For Parents of a Child with an Eating Disorder

• Your Dieting Daughter – Carolyn Costin LMFT

• Just a Little too Thin – Dr. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider LCSW

• 101 Ways to Help your Daughter Love her Body – Brenda Lane Richardson and Elane Rehr

• Body Wars – Margo Maine Ph.D.

Bipolar Disorder

• The Bipolar Survival Guide – David Miklowitz PhD

• An Unquiet Mind – Kay Redfield Jamison

Trauma Recovery

• The Inner World of Trauma – Donald Kalsched

• Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma affects Self Regulation, Self Image, and the Capacity for Relationship – Larry Heller PhD and Aline LaPierre PsyD

• Drama of the Gifted Child – Alice Miller

• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van der Kolk

• In an Unspoken Voice – Peter Levine

• Podcast on Trauma – Bessel Van der Kolk interviewed by Krista Tippett

• Educational Facebook page – an online fountain of information on trauma research and healing

Relationships

• Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel

• Hold me Tight – Sue Johnson

• Why Marriages Succeed or Fail – John Gottman

• Facing Love Addiction – Pia Melody

• Ready to Heal- Kelly McDaniel

• Facing Codependency – Pia Melody

• The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other- James Hollis, PhD

• You Will Marry the Wrong Person- Alain de Bottom ( New York Times, Oped)

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