Addiction and Recover

• The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spiritual Path, Christina 
Grof.

ADHD/ADD

• Delivered from Distraction, Edward Hallowell and John Ratey.
• Healing ADD: See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD, Daniel Amen
• Getting Things Done, David Allen

Books for Women

• Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD.
• At The Root of This Longing, Carol Lee Flinders.
• A Women’s Book of Life, Joan Borysenko.

Buddhist Psychology/Mindfulness

•  Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching, Greg Johanson and Ron Kurtz.
•  Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
•  Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, Stephen Hayes.
•  Getting Unstuck, Pema Chödrön. (Audio)
•  The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hahn
•  The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
•  The Sanity We Are Born With, Chogyam Trungpa.
•  When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chödrön

Children/Teens

• The Adolescent Psyche, Richard Frankel
•  Soul Catcher Journal, Kathy and Amy Eldon
•  Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers, Michael Riera

Depression/ Anxiety

•  Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman.
•  Calming Your Anxious Mind, Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Coping With Anxiety, Edmund Bourne
• Darkness Visible, William Styron
• I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Terrance Real
• Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor Frankl
•  Swamplands Of The Soul: New Life In Dismal Places, James Hollis.
•  The Drama Of The Gifted Child, Alice Miller
• The Feeling Good Handbook, David Burns
•  The Mindful Way through Depression, Williams, Teasdale, Segal, Kabat-Zinn.
• When Anxiety Attacks, David Burns

Eating Disorders

•  Eating In The Light of the Moon, Anita Johnston
•  The Owl was a Baker’s Daughter: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa and the Repressed Feminine, Marion Woodman

Expression and Creativity

• The Artist Way, Julia Cameron
• A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life, Nina Wise.
• Life, Paint and Passion, Michell Cassou and Stewart Cubley

Forgiveness and Healing

• Children of the Self-Absorbed, Nina W. Brown
• Family Secrets: The Path from Shame to Healing, John Bradshaw.
•  Forgive for Good, Fred Luskin
• Healing the Shame That Binds You, John Bradshaw
• Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child, John Bradshaw.
• Stress Free for Good, Fred Luskin

Grief & Mourning

•  A Time to Mourn, Verena Kast
•  Healing Into Life and Death, Stephen Levine.
• On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler

Parenting

• Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children, Clarke and Dawson
• Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell.
•  Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott
• Parent as Coach, Diana Haskins
• Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers, Michael Riera.

Relationships/ Intimacy

• In Quest of the Mythical Mate, Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson
• Recreating Partnership, Ziegler and Hiller
• The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other, James Hollis
•  The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy, Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D.
•  The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work, John M. Gottman.
•  The Wounded Woman, Linda Schierse Leonard.

Sexuality

• Where Did I Come From?: An Illustrated Childrens Book on Human Sexuality, Peter Mayle
• Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life, Emily Nagoski
• Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity, Peggy Orenstein
• Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, Peggy Orenstein
• It’s Perfectly Normal, Robie H. Harris
• The Man’s Guide to Women: Scientifically Proven Secrets from the “Love Lab” About What Women Really Want, John M. Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Douglas Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams
• Relate Guide To Staying Together: From Crisis to Deeper Commitment, Susan Quilliam
• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, Esther Perel
• Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships, Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan

Transitions

• Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, William Bridges

Trauma & Recovery

• Trauma & Recovery, Judith L. Herman
• Waking The Tiger,  Peter Levine

*This list, compiled by the Blue Oak Therapy Center, Berkeley CA, has excellent references. For brief synopsis of each title, click here.