Bibliotherapy

I love a good book! They’re also tremendously helpful in expanding your mental health journey on your own! Here are a few options that I would recommend. They cover a wide range of topics and are listed in no particular order:

Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD

Eating in the Light of the Moon: how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors and storytelling by Anita Johnston, Ph.D.

Heart Talk: The Journal (52 weeks of self-love, self-care and self-discovery) by Cleo Wade

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

Intuitive Eating (Make peace with food. Free Yourself from chronic dieting forever. Rediscover the pleasures of eating.) by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD

Self-Therapy (A step-by-step guide to creating wholeness and healing your inner child using IFS, a new cutting edge psychotherapy) by Jay Earley, PhD

Come As You Are (The surprising new science that will transform your sex life) by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

Hold Me Tight (Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love) by Dr. Sue Johnson

The Whole Brain Child (12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind) by Dan Siegel, MD

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents) by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

How To Do The Work (Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from your Past and Create Your Self) by Dr. Nicole LePera