RESOURCES

BOOKS I RECOMMEND

I am an avid reader and love sharing book recommendations with clients.

May these recommendations serve as additional resources and support. These books are not substitutes for professional help, and I’d encourage folks to follow the advice and instructions of medical and mental health professionals you are currently working with.

Stack of five hardcover books with different colored covers, viewed from the side, on a desk or table.

    • Anxiously Attached, Jessica Baum, LMHC

    • Running on Empty, Dr. Jonice Webb

    • Secure Love, Julie Menanno, LMFT

    • Polysecure, Jessica Fern

    • The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor

    • Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison

    • Atlas of Emotions, Dr. Brene Brown

    • Emotional Agility, Dr. Susan David

    • Permission to Feel, Marc Brackett, PhD

    • Platonic, Marisa G. Frankco, PhD

    • It's OK That You're Not OK, Megan Devine

    • Grief is Love, Marisa Renee Lee

    • Welcome to the Grief Club, Janine Kwoh

    • Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner

    • Hello Grief, Alessandra Olanow

    • The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion

    • Poetry by Sara Rian, LMFT

    • The Origins of You, Vienna Pharaon, MFT

    • It Didn’t Start With You, Mark Wolynn, PhD

    • Emotional Inheritance, Galit Atlas PhD

    • Break the Cycle, Dr. Mariel Burque

    • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsay Gibson, PhD

    • Good Inside, Dr. Becky Kennedy

    • Expecting Better, Emily Oster

    • Cribsheet, Emily Oster

    • Matrescence, Lucy Jones

    • Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski, PhD

    • Ace, Angela Chen

    • Sex Talks, Vanessa Marin, LMFT and Xander Marin

    • Anchored, Deb Dana

    • Why Won’t You Apologize?, Dr. Harriet Lerner

    • Think Again, Adam Grant

    • Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine

    • The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

    • What My Bones Know, Stephanie Foo

    • The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, Dr. Bruce D. Perry

    • Trauma Stewardship, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

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