Welcome to the book club!
If you enjoy reading and are looking for some psychotherapy books to add to your library, this post is for you. In therapy sessions, I often recommend reading material that I think would benefit my clients in our work together. It is important to me as a therapist to provide my clients with resources to utilize in between sessions. Below is a list of my top book recommendations organized by topic. These are all books that I have personally read and can vouch for. Enjoy!
Internal Family Systems:
- No Bad Parts – Richard Schwartz
- Internal Family Systems Therapy – Richard Schwartz
- Internal Family Systems for Shame and Guilt – Martha Sweezy
Anxiety & Attachment:
- The Mindful Way Through Anxiety – Susan M. Orsillo & Lisabeth Roemer
- Attached: The New Science Of Adult Attachment And How It Can Help You Find – And Keep – Love – Amir Levine & Rachel S.F. Heller
Eating Disorders:
- 8 Keys To Recovery From An Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies From Therapeutic Practice And Personal Experience – Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb
- Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too – Jenni Schaefer
- Just Eat It: How Intuitive Eating Can Help You Get Your Shit Together Around Food – Laura Thomas
Trauma:
- The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma – Bessel Van Der Kolk
Other:
- Self-Compassion: The Proven Power Of Being Kind To Yourself – Kristin Neff
- Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Counters with Addiction – Gabor Mate
- The Courage To Be Disliked: How To Free Yourself, Change Your Life And Achieve Real Happiness – Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
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