As a clinician (and a book hoarder) I keep a list of books that I would absolutely recommend to other clinicians to read. Here Is the list of the book. What are the books that you love and would recommend? Please let me know!
[TRAUMA WORK]
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Lavine
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation by Stephen Porges
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson by Pia Mellody
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook — What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce Perry
[GRIEF]
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankel
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvine Yalom
[RACIAL ISSUES]
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy Degury
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
How to Be an Anti-racist by Ibram Kendi
[COUPLE AND RELATIONSHIP]
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find–and Keep– Love by Amir Levine
What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal by John Gottman
[PARENTING]
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind By Daniel Siegel
[Clinician’s Growth]
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvine Yalom
[For Clients]
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
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