Recommended Readings

Anxiety

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook (Edmund Bourne)
• The Feeling Good Handbook (David Burns)
• The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety (John Forsyth & Georg Eifert)
• Get Out Of Your Mind and Into your Life (Steven Hayes)
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (Susan Jeffers)
• Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares Us Into Our Greatest Gift (Thom Rutledge)
• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Martin Seligman)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Jonathon Grayson)
• The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD (Jon Hershfield)
• The OCD Workbook (Bruve Hyman & Cherry Pedrick)
• Brain Lock (Jeffrey Schwartz)

Eating Disorders

• Health At Every Size (Linda Bacon)
• 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder (Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb)
• The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia (Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher and Michael Maslar)
• Beyond a Shadow of a Diet (Judith Matz & Ellen Frankel)
• Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch)
• Befriending Your Body (Ann Saffi Biasetti)
• Life Without Ed (Jenni Schaefer)
• The Body Is Not An Apology (Sonya Renee Taylor)

Relationships

• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When The World Overwhelms You (Elaine Aron)
• Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Take Care of Yourself (Melody Beattie)
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (John Gottman & Nan Silver)
• Getting The Love You Want: A Guide For Couples (Harville Hendrix)
• The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth (M. Scott Peck)
• Set Boundaries, Find Peace (Nedra Glover Tawwab)

Trauma

• What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
• Trauma & Recovery (Judith Herman)
• The Body Keeps The Score (Bessel van der Kolk)
• Healing Trauma (Peter Levine)
• Waking The Tiger (Peter Levine)
• The Myth of Normal (Gabor Mate)
• The Complex PTSD Workbook (Arielle Schwartz)
• No Bad Parts (Richard Schwartz)

Depression

• The Feeling Good Handbook (David Burns)
• Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (Elisha Goldstein)
• Get Out Of Your Mind and Into your Life (Steven Hayes)
• Emotional Freedom (Judith Orloff)
• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Martin Seligman)
• The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Mark Williams, John Teasdale, & Zindel Segal)

Happiness

• The Art of Happiness (Dalai Llama)
• Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (Elisha Goldstein)
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (Mark Hansen)
• Emotional Freedom (Judith Orloff)
• Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill (Matthieu Ricard)
• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Martin Seligman)
• The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Mark Williams, John Teasdale, & Zindel Segal)

Mindfulness

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times (Pema Chodron)
• The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety (John Forsyth & Georg Eifert)
• Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (Elisha Goldstein)
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (Mark Hansen)
• Get Out Of Your Mind and Into your Life (Steven Hayes)
• Wherever You Go, There You Are (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
• Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill (Matthieu Ricard)
• Mindsight (Dan Siegel)

Personal Growth

• The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron)
• The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell)
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Stephen Covey)
• The Art of Happiness (Dalai Llama)
• Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
• When Bad Things Happen To Good People (Harold Kushner)
• The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth (M. Scott Peck)
• The War of Art: Break Through Your Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (Stephen Pressfield)

Self-Compassion

• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (Brene Brown)
• Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (Elisha Goldstein)
• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Kristen Neff)