If you've been in therapy with me, you know I'm a huge fan of reading and always have a book to recommend (I know, I'm sorry. They are just suggestions). I'm also a huge fan of giving people skills and information to empower them outside of our sessions; so, you leave our time together with new insight to be the best you--without therapy. Knowledge is one thing that can never be taken from us. Here are some of the resources (not comprehensive) that gave me knowledge and insight over the years:
Relationships:
The Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work, Gottman
Intimacy and Solitude: The Workbook, Dowrick
Mating in Captivity, Perel (she also has an excellent podcast, "Where Should We Begin?"
He's Just Not That Into You, Behrendt
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love, Levine
Hold Me Tight, Johnson
The 5 Love Languages, Chapman (great quiz on his website to find yours)
If The Buddha Dated (and If The Buddha Married), Kasl
Are You the One for Me?, De Angelis
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, Stone
Growth:
Why You're Life Sucks: And What You Can Do About It, Cohen
Stop Feeling Like Shit, Owen
Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, Neff
Gifts of Imperfection, Brown
Trauma:
It Didn't Start With You, Wolynn
Not the Price of Admission, Brown
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Maté
When Rabbit Howls, Chase
Career:
Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job, Acuff
Do What You Are, Tieger
Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, Johnson
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life, Burnett
Novels:
The Alchemist, Coelho
Travels with Charley, Steinbeck
Between the World and Me, Coates
Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert
Under the Tuscan Sun, Mayes
Jitterbug Perfume, Robbins
Stones from the River, Hegi
Les Miserables, Hugo
Empire Falls, Russo
The Painted Bird, Kosinski
Spiritual:
The Four Agreements, Ruiz
The Places That Scare You, Chodron
When Things Fall Apart, Chodron
Falling Upward, Rohr
Emotional Rescue, Ponlop
Humor:
A Walk in the Woods, Bryson
Anything written by Anne Lamott
SantaLand Diaries, Sedaris
and so many more...happy reading!
If you're interested in more resources, reach out now.
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