Over the years, I’ve benefited from numerous books and products. The ones listed below are ones I recommend, as I’ve used them myself and/or recommended them to clients with excellent results. Please note that many are affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission on sales.
Recommended Books
Codependency / Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
- The Disease to Please by Harriet Braiker
- Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz
- Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics by Herbert Gravitz and Julie Bowden
- It Will Never Happen to Me by Claudia Black
- The Better Boundaries Workbook by Sharon Martin
Dysfunctional Families
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
- Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents by Sherrie Campbell
- Toxic Parents by Susan Forward
- Cutting Ties with Your Parents by Sharon Martin
- If You Had Controlling Parents by Dan Neurharth
- Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb
- The Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori
- Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members by Sherrie Campbell
- Adult Children of High Conflict Parents by Tracy Hutchinson
- Healing From Parental Abandonment and Neglect by Kaytlyn Gillis
Relationships
- Who’s Pulling Your Strings by Harriet Braiker
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
- After the Affair by Janis Abrahms Spring
- The Better Boundaries Workbook by Sharon Martin
Parenting
- The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
- Beyond Perfect: How Overwhelmed Parents Can Break Free from Performance Culture by Maggie Vaughan
- Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
- Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony Wolf
- Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! by Michael Bradley
Depression/Anxiety/Mental Health
- Feeling Good by David Burns
- Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
- DARE: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh
For Highly Sensitive People
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
- Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World by Jen Granneman and Andre Solo
- Big Feelings, Big Joy: The Essential Practices to Reclaim Your Strengths as a Highly Sensitive Person by April Snow
- The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi
For Women
- Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood
- Why Does He Do That? By Lundy Bancroft
- The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
- Perfect Daughters by Robert Ackerman
- A Radical Awakening by Dr. Shefali
For Men
- I Don’t Want to Talk about It by Terrence Real
- Silent Sons by Robert Ackerman
Trauma and Healing
- Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
- The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
- The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook by Arielle Schwartz
- Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook by Erika Shershun
- Hope and Healing for Survivors: A Workbook for Women Who Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse by Stacey Pinatelli
- The Trauma Map by Karol Darsa
Self-worth/Happiness/Other
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
- Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- Emotional Freedom by Judith Orloff
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
Habit/Behavior Change
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
- Small Move, Big Change by Caroline Arnold
Grief/Perinatal Loss
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah Davis
- Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore
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