Are you someone who loves reading, learning, and needs a little bit of an escape? Below I have listed some of my favorite books to recommend to clients. They range from topics about trauma, parents, sex, and more. These will have you up all night in enjoyment and contemplation of what was just learned and discussed. Have other books you would recommend? Reach out to me and let’s talk about some!

-The Body Keeps the Score

            Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

This book focuses on how people navigate through trauma, and how the treatment of trauma has grown throughout the years. From the authors point of view and experiences with many different people, it allows the reader to feel the authenticity, care, and work that goes into treating trauma clients, while also seeing how trauma affects human beings. 

https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748

5/5 on Amazon Rating and New York Times Best Seller!

-Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

            Esther Perel

This book does a deep dive of desire and intimacy and how they sometimes hold each other back. Esther Perel is an internationally known sex therapist who enjoys answering the hard, and sometimes uncomfortable, questions. This book is no different. It allows the reader to see success and failures she has had with clients, all while relating them back to your own life.

 https://www.amazon.com/Mating-Captivity-Unlocking-Erotic-Intelligence/dp/0060753641

4.5/5 on Amazon Rating and International Best Seller!

-Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

            Lori Gottlieb

A fictional book based on a therapist, her clients, and her adventure through her own personal therapy. A lighthearted book that allows insight into the readers life in a surprising way.

https://www.amazon.com/Maybe-You-Should-Talk-Someone/dp/1328662055/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZDBV6ZX0FOTO&dchild=1&keywords=maybe+you+should+talk+to+someone&qid=1632841524&s=books&sprefix=maybe+you+%2Cstripbooks%2C184&sr=1-1

4.5/5 on Amazon Rating and New York Times Best Seller!

-Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

            Lindsay C Gibson, PsyD

As past children enter adulthood, there comes a time when they realize that their parent are only humans and with that comes understanding that they may not have always been the best, or what they needed. This book allows for exploration into past wounds, known and unknown, and focuses towards freeing oneself from parents past emotional immaturity.

 https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/1626251703/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29EIXL0KFW9EF&dchild=1&keywords=adult+children+of+emotionally+immature+parents&qid=1632842172&s=books&sprefix=adult+childr%2Cstripbooks%2C210&sr=1-1

5/5 on Amazon Rating!

-The Boy who was Raised as a Dog

            Bruce Perry, MD, Ph.D., with Maia Szalavitz

Children are known for their resilience and their ability to grow in the most adverse of situations. This book tells stories of exactly that. Following Dr. Perry through his stories of past child clients and the horror they have overcome will leave the reader in awe of the human spirit. Through science, love, and nurturing, Dr. Perry works to help even the most wounded children.

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Raised-Psychiatrists-Notebook-What/dp/0465094457/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T7YUIHXNRXQQ&dchild=1&keywords=the+boy+who+was+raised+as+a+dog&qid=1632933610&s=books&sprefix=the+boy+who+was+%2Cstripbooks%2C183&sr=1-1

5/5 on Amazon Rating and New York Times Best Seller!