Book Recommendations
Bibliotherapy can be a powerful complement to therapy. There are thousands of books we could post here that could be helpful in exploring and deepening your understanding of yourself and the struggles you face as you engage in therapy. This is a sample of a few, with each representing many more related books, depending on what your unique concerns and curiosities are. Want to learn more about any given topic? Feel free to bring it up with your therapist for more recommendations!
ADHD
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adhd-is-awesome-penn-holderness/1143720488 (Holderness & Holderness – ADHD is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD)
Identity
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/4157xTbvTLL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (Han & Hsu – Asian American X)
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QdFLjEZEL.jpg (Mock – Redefining Realness)
Personality Disorders
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Zmj4DmRPL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (Kreger – The essential family guide to BPD)
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/225252/building-a-life-worth-living-by-marsha-m-linehan/ (Linehan – Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir)
Relational
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gXtSKYINL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (Johnson – Eating in the Light of the Moon)
- https://uknow.uky.edu/sites/default/files/styles/uknow_story_image/public/Hold%20Me%20Tight_colon_Seven%20Conversations%20for%20a%20Lifetime%20of%20Love%2C%20Sue%20Johnson.jpg (Johnson – Hold me Tight)
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511EkrqWA9L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (Jordan, Walker, Hartling – The complexity of Connection)
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ONxA3xUvL._AC_UY327_QL65_.jpg (Kallos-Lilly & Fitzgerald – An emotionally focused workbook for couples)
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71H6aM6nWYL._AC_UY327_QL65_.jpg (Taormino – Opening Up)
Self-Care
- https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Resistance-Reclaiming-Divine-Right/dp/0316365211 (Hersey – Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto)
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696654/real-self-care-by-pooja-lakshmin-md/ (Lakshmin – Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included))
Self-Improvement
- https://brenebrown.com/book/daring-greatly/ (Brown – Daring Greatly)
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51aoBIzcI-L._SX260_.jpg (Hayes – Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life)
Sexuality
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51d5JXVH%2BgL._SX346_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (Haines – Healing Sex)
- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Come-As-You-Are-Revised-and-Updated/Emily-Nagoski/9781982165314 (Nagoski – Come as You Are)
Social Justice & Anti-Racism
- http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2019/1/21/do-not-decolonize-if-you-are-not-decolonizing-alternate-language-to-navigate-desires-for-progressive-academia-6y5sg (Appleton – “Do Not ‘Decolonize’ . . . If You Are Not Decolonizing: Progressive Language and Planning Beyond a Hollow Academic Rebranding”)
- https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html (Brown – Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good)
- https://www.socialchangemap.com/home/social-change-now-guide (Iyer – Social Change Now: A Guide For Reflection And Connection)
- https://coco-net.org/problem-woman-colour-nonprofit-organizations/ (Page – “The “Problem” Woman of Colour in the Workplace”)
- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Calling-In/Loretta-J-Ross/9781982190798 (Ross – Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel)
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NfxNjbVML._SX260_.jpg (Singh – The racial healing handbook)
Somatics
- https://hsperson.com/store/bookstore/ (Aron – The Highly Sensitive Person)
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-politics-of-trauma-somatics-healing-and-social-justice-staci-haines/9563705?ean=9781623173876&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthepoliticsoftrauma.com%2F&source=IndieBound&title=The%20Politics%20of%20Trauma%3A%20Somatics%2C%20Healing%2C%20and%20Social%20Justice (Haines – The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice)
- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ofv%2BDpCML._SY346_.jpg (Levine – In an Unspoken Voice)
- https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e550cce58c624deaec474b/1495577825467-GDU769N6DT5CYIT3XSPQ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kE8bApAffW_Dpq7WPVz5gAZZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWEtT5uBSRWt4vQZAgTJucoTqqXjS3CfNDSuuf31e0tVHMHqM9QIeHMgTC2SVmrLQsZlmG0EqsTmZgl3AyoD3WsWvZ84NDtP7Anw8h90Oqwxk/image-asset.jpeg?format=300w (Resmaa Menakem- My Grandmother’s Hands)
Trauma
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/658389/what-my-bones-know-by-stephanie-foo/ (Foo – What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma)