Some bibliotherapy resources that my clients and I have found helpful in our journeys.

attachment

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

  • Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin

anxiety and depression

  • ACT Daily Journal: Get Unstuck & Live Fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Diana Hill & Debbie Sorensen

  • Feeling Great: A Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David Burns

  • Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques by Gillian Butler

  • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristen Neff

  • Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Creative process

  • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyhi

Existential perspectives

  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankle

  • Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin D. Yalom

  • World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Renewal by Joanna Macy

Depth psychology

  • Inner work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert Johnson

  • Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of Psyche by Robert Johnson

  • Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore

  • Memories, Dreams, and Reflections by C.G. Jung

  • King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette

Feminist perspectives

  • Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen

  • Pagan Meditations: The Worlds of Aphrodite, Artemis, and Hestia by Ginette Paris

  • Women who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  • The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock

  • Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion Woodman & Elinor Dickson

grief and loss

  • Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss

  • Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Findings Your Way Through Life’s Ordeals by Thomas Moore

  • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller

Poetry

  • The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master by Hafiz & Daniel Ladinsky (translation)

Relationships

  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

  • Open to Desire by Mark Epstein

  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

  • Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

  • Perfect Love Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wounds of the Heart by John Welwood

  • It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn

  • Getting the Love That You Want by Harville Hendrix

Somatic perspectives

  • Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana & Stephen Porges

  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

transpersonal and spiritual

  • Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

  • Towards a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation by John Welwood

  • The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation by Kabir Helminski

  • Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict by Tsultrim Allione

Trauma

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

  • The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein

  • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz

  • Trauma and the Soul: A Psycho-spiritual Approach to Human Development and its Interruption by Donald Kalsched

  • My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem