Helpful Resources
Below you will find books that other therapists and myself recommend. These helpful resources can enhance your self-development experience or provide help when needed.
ADDICTIONS
Exposing the Reality of Pornography
Never Enough Neuroscience: Explain Addiction
Rewired: A Bold Approach to Recovery
Being Sober: Step by Step Recovery
Behind Addiction Science: Kindness
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Realm Hungry Ghosts Encounters Addiction
Your Brain Porn Pornography Addiction
Porn Myth Exposing Reality Pornography
Sex Addiction 101 Basic Healing
Never Enough Neuroscience Experience Addiction
Healing Addicted Brain Revolutionary Science Based
Rewired Bold Approach Addiction Recovery
Being Sober Step Step Recovery
ANXIETY
Anxiety and Worry Workbook
Mothers Who Can’t Love Daughters
Be Calm: Proven Techniques to Stop Anxiety Now
Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind (How to Stop the Cycle of the Anxiety, Fear, and Worry)
A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind Hardcover
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook: The 4 DBT Skills to Overcome Anxiety by Learning How to Manage Your Emotions. A Practical Guide to Recovering from Borderline Personality Disorder
Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens
Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
BOUNDARIES
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
CHILD ABUSE AND EMOTIONAL NEGLECT
Running on Empty- CEN
Running on Empty- Transforming Relationships
Adult Children- Emotionally Immature Parents
Recovering Emotionally Immature Parents- Boundaries
Emotionally Absent Mother
Abandonment Recovery Workbook Healing Developmental Trauma Narcissistic Parents- Manuscripts Narcissistic Parents – Self-Involved Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Dr. Jonice Webb Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents and Your Children Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents (Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy) The Emotionally Absent Mother, Updated and Expanded Second Edition: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect The Abandonment Recovery Workbook: Guidance through the Five Stages of Healing from Abandonment, Heartbreak, and Loss Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship Narcissistic Parents. The Complete Guide for Adult Children, Including 2 Manuscripts: Narcissistic Mothers & Narcissistic Fathers. How to Handle a Narcissistic Parent and Recover from CPTSD NARCISSISTIC PARENTS: Heal from Distant and Self-Involved Parents. A Grown-Up’s Guide to Getting Over emotionally immature Parents. Overcome Your Childhood Manipulation and Lack of Empathy
CO-DEPENDENCY
Co-Dependency- No More Controlling Yourself
Codependency Guidance For Todays Generation
Codependency Recovery Blueprint: Narcissistic Relationships
You’re Not Crazy
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation
The Codependency Recovery Blueprint: A Practical Guide to Stop Struggling with Codependent Relationships, Obsessive Jealousy, and Narcissistic Abuse
Stop Walking on Eggshells (Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder)
The Codependency Recovery Plan: A 5-Step Guide to Understand, Accept, and Break Free from the Codependent Cycle
The Codependency Workbook: Simple Practices for Developing and Maintaining Your Independence
DEPRESSION
Mind Over MoodFeeling Good: New Mood Therapy
The Anxiety, Worry & Depression Workbook: 65 Exercises, Worksheets & Tips to Improve Mood and Feel Better
Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
The Anxiety, Worry & Depression Workbook: 65 Exercises, Worksheets & Tips to Improve Mood and Feel Better
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It
Health Journeys: A Meditation to Help You Relieve Depression by Belleruth Naparstek (1993-01-01)
This Is Depression: A Comprehensive, Compassionate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Depression
Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies For Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, And Worry
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) THERAPY
FORGIVENESS
Forgiving Fourfold: Healing Ourselves
Radical Forgiveness: A Revolutionary Five-Stage Process to Heal Relationships, Let Go of Anger and Blame, and Find Peace in Any Situation
The Power of Forgiveness: A Guide to Healing and Wholeness
The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World
The Power of Forgiveness: A Guide to Healing and Wholeness
Grief and Loss
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
Bearing the Unbearable (Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief)
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
The Invisible String
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families)
God Gave Us Heaven
The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families (Memory Box)
Highly Sensitive Person
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING
Breathe Mama: 5-Minute Mindfulness
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process<
Mothering with Courage: The Mindful Approach to Becoming a Mom Who Listens More, Worries Less, and Loves Deeply
Mom Set Free: Find Relief from the Pressure to Get It All Right
Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions
Mom Up: Thriving with Grace in the Chaos of Motherhood
Fourth Trimester Postpartum
Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality
Mom Up: Thriving with Grace in the Chaos of Motherhood
Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions
Mom Set Free: Find Relief from the Pressure to Get It All Right
Mothering with Courage: The Mindful Approach to Becoming a Mom Who Listens More, Worries Less, and Loves Deeply
PARENTHOOD AND PARENTING
Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute
1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting
A Better Way to Teach Kids About Se
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds
It’s Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends
Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook: Practical Exercises, Worksheets and Activities to Nurture Developing Minds
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
Parenting Toolbox: 125 Activities Therapists Use to Reduce Meltdowns, Increase Positive Behaviors & Manage Emotions
Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself
Parenting Toolbox: 125 Activities Therapists Use to Reduce Meltdowns, Increase Positive Behaviors & Manage Emotions
Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children
It’s Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library)
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds
A Better Way to Teach Kids About Sex
1-2-3 Magic: Gentle 3-Step Child & Toddler Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting (Effective Discipline for Children 2-12)
How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting (Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection)
Relationships
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life
Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships
Empowered Boundaries: Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change
Beyond Boundaries: Learning to Trust Again in Relationships
What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind – and Keep – Love
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships
A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships
Come as You Are (The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life)
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
SELF-COMPASSION
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive
Self-Compassion Proven: The Power of BeingYourself
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion: Effective Strategies to Increase Self-Love and Acceptance
Self Compassion Workbook
Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion: Effective Strategies to Increase Self-Love and Acceptance
The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are
Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
The Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion
Achieving Self-Compassion: Giving Yourself the Gifts of Happiness and Inner Peace
Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved (Self-Compassion) (Volume 3)
Dearest Friend: A Mindful Self-Compassion Guide and Journal for Exploration, Reflection and Healing
SELF-ESTEEM/SELF-LOVE
How to Love Yourself
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
How to Love Yourself Cards: A Deck of 64 Affirmations
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Self-Improvement
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids (Bucketfilling Books)
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids
Feel Free to Prosper: Two Weeks to Unexpected Income with the Simplest Prosperity Laws Available
SLEEP
Sleep Smarter- Essential Strategies
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success
How to Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night
The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It
Better Sleep, Happier Life: Simple Natural Methods to Refresh Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
STRESS
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
The Stress-Proof Brain: Master Your Emotional Response to Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
Mayo Clinic
101 Ways to Be Less Stressed: Simple Self-Care Strategies to Boost Your Mind, Mood, and Mental Health
5-Minute Stress Relief: 75 Exercises to Quiet Your Mind and Calm Your Body
The Strengths-Based Workbook for Stress Relief (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Medline Plus
Mental Help Net
Mental Health America
When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition
The Stress-Proof Brain (Master Your Emotional Response to Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity)
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
https://www.nctsn.org/resources
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
The Trauma Heart: We Are Not Bad People Trying to Be Good, We Are Wounded People Trying to Heal–Stories of Survival, Hope, and Healing
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
The Inheritors: Moving Forward from Generational Trauma
From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling
When Ancestors Weep: Healing the Soul from Intergenerational Trauma
Then She Sang A Willow Song: Reclaiming Life and Power with the Ancestors
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
TRAUMA
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