Favorite Book Recommendations

Here are a few of my favorite books for clients to read:

1. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Emily Nagoski, DMA

2. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson, PsyD

3. The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean Into Your Fear, Manage Your Emotions, and Focus on Recovery by Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT

4. Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem by Kimberlee Roth, Freda Friedman, Randi Kreger

5. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

6. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

7. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown

8. Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Lee Baer

9. How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad): A Creative Workbook by Lee Crutchley

10. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, PhD, Jeffrey Wood, PsyD, Jeffrey Brantley, M.D.

11. Strong As a Mother by Kate Rope

12. Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman