BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
If you enjoy reading, here are the books I keep coming back to.
Some of these come up in session, some I just love. Reading is not a substitute for therapy, and none of it is advice for your specific situation. Take what is useful and leave the rest.
On healing trauma
What Happened to You?
Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
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Moving Beyond Trauma
Ilene Smith
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No Bad Parts
Richard Schwartz, PhD
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
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On self-worth
Already Enough
Lisa Olivera
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Nedra Glover Tawwab
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Becoming the One
Sheleana Aiyana
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Untamed
Glennon Doyle
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The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown, PhD
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On relationships
Wired for Love
Stan Tatkin, PsyD
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Anxiously Attached
Jessica Baum, LMHC
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Hold Me Tight
Sue Johnson, EdD
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I Want This to Work
Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT
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The Power of Attachment
Diane Poole Heller, PhD
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Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
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On building new habits
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Reading about it helps. Being met in it helps more.
If something in one of these landed a little too close, that is usually worth talking about.