Books Listed by Topic
As a therapist I am an avid reader and often suggested books to clients. Here are some that I often recommend to clients grouped by subject.
*This list will continually be added to and edited
Relational
The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together by Daphne de Marneffe, PhD
The All or Nothing Marriage by Eli J. Finkel
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work by John Gottman & Nan Silver
The Course of Love: A Novel by Alain de Botton
ACT with Love by Russ Harris
You’re Not Listening and Why It Matters by Katy Murphy
What Makes Love Last by John Gottman & Nan Silver
US by Terrance Real
Fight Right by Julie & John Gottman
Sex & Intimacy
State of Affairs by Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, PhD
More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory by Franklin Veaux & Eve Rickert
The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy & Dossie Easton
Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha
Anxiety & Depression
Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
A Liberated Mind by Steven C. Hayes, PhD
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Unstuck by James S. Gordon, MD
Addiction & Recovery
Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, MD
Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
The Alcoholic Family in Recovery by Stephanie Brown & Virginia Lewis
Life Transitions
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes by William Bridges
The Way of Transitions: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments by William Bridges
Life is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler
Grief & Loss
Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss
A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin D. Yalom & Marilyn Yalom
Sleep
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
The Science of Sleep by Heather Darwall-Smith
The Sleep Book by Dr. Guy Meadows
Say Good Night To Insomnia by Gregg D. Jacobs, PhD
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van Der Kolk, MD
Traumatized by Kati Morton
The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein, MD
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, MD
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
Emerging Adulthood
Emerging Adulthood by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
What I Wish I knew When I Was 20 by Tina Seelig
Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein
Girls and Sex by Peggy Orenstein
Attachment
Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Becoming Attached by Robert Karen, PhD
The Attachment Effect by Peter Lovenheim
Happiness
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt
The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why by Dean Burnett
Books on Therapy/About Therapy
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom
On Being a Therapist by Jeffery A. Kottler
Creativity
Art and Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland
inGenious by Tina Seelig
The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin