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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR MENTAL HEALTH & EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Reading about mental health can be a helpful way to gain perspective and insight. As a therapist, I find that book recommendations for my clients can be a great tool for growth. Here are some of my personal favorites plus wishlist books I've heard good things about!

Adult ADHD
  • Delivered from Distraction by Dr. Edward M. Hallowell and Dr. John J. Ratey

  • A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD by Sari Solden and Michelle Frank

  • Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Dr. Tamara Rosier

General / Mental Health for Everyone
  • Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

  • The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

  • The Anger Trap by Dr. Les Carter

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

  • Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsey Gibson

Abuse & Narcissism in Adult Relationships
  • Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed by Wendy T. Behary

  • Why Does He Do That by: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

Body Acceptance & Justice
  • The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

  • Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

  • Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 

  • What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat By Aubrey Gordon

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

  • Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride

Romantic Relationships / Sex / Attachment
  • Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex and How to Get It by Dr. Marty Klein

  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

  • Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman (or anything by Gottman) 

  • Attached: Are You Anxious, Avoidant Or Secure? How the Science of Adult Attachment Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

The Human Condition / Memoir
  • Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend this Never Happened, both by Jenny Lawson

  • Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

  • Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

  • We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Religious Trauma / Spiritual Abuse
  • Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein.

  • Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

  • Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors by Connie A. Baker

  • You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity by Jamie Lee Finch

Existential Topics 
  • Staring at the Sun by Irvin Yalom

  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

  • "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi

  • Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

  • Man's Search for Himself by Rollo May

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

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