Rachel Fintzy Woods

Recommended Readings

Addictions/Emotional Eating

  • The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Anonymous)
  • Dialectical Therapy Handbook & Skills Manual (Marsha Linehan)
  • DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets (Marsha Linehan)
  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience (Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb)
  • Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch)

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)
  • Dialectical Therapy Handbook & Skills Manual (Marsha Linehan)
  • DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets (Marsha Linehan)
  • Emotional Freedom (Judith Orloff)
  • The War of Art: Break Through Your Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (Stephen Pressfield)
  • 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)

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)
  • Dialectical Therapy Handbook & Skills Manual (Marsha Linehan)
  • DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets (Marsha Linehan)
  • 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

  • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
  • Getting Unstuck (Pema Chodron)
  • 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)
  • Full-Catastrophe Living (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
  • Wherever You Go, There You Are (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
  • Dialectical Therapy Handbook & Skills Manual (Marsha Linehan)
  • DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets (Marsha Linehan)
  • Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill (Matthieu Ricard)
  • Mindsight (Dan Siegel)
  • Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch)
  • The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Mark Williams, John Teasdale, & Zindel Segal)

Personal Growth

  • The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron)
  • The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell)
  • Getting Unstuck (Pema Chodron)
  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times (Pema Chodron)
  • 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)
  • Siddhartha (Herman Hesse)
  • When Bad Things Happen To Good People (Harold Kushner)
  • A Wrinkle In Time (Madeleine L’Engle)
  • The Drama of the Gifted Child (Alice Miller)
  • Emotional Freedom (Judith Orloff)
  • 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)

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)
  • Healing the Shame That Binds You (John Bradshaw)
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Stephen Covey)
  • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Daniel Goleman)
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (John Gottman & Nan Silver)
  • Getting The Love You Want: A Guide For Couples (Harville Hendrix)
  • Dialectical Therapy Handbook & Skills Manual (Marsha Linehan)
  • DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets (Marsha Linehan)
  • The Drama of the Gifted Child (Alice Miller)
  • The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth (M. Scott Peck)
  • The Language of Feelings (David Viscott)

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)
  • Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch)