Mental Health & Wellness Resources
Therapy consumes only a small chunk of your time in the grand scheme of your weekly schedule. Below are additional resources to continue the work outside of sessions. I encourage you to frequent a nearby library or shop at your local independent bookstore when purchasing these books!
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine and Ann Frederick
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Gutierrez
Sleep Hygiene
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Burnout
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Grief
Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee
A.D.H.D.
Taking Charge of Adult A.D.H.D. by Russell A. Barkley with Christine M. Benton
Your Brain’s Not Broken by Tamara Rosier
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD by Sari Solden and Michelle Frank
The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with A.D.H.D. by Melissa Orlov and Nancie Kohlenberger
Outside the Box by Thomas E. Brown
Intuitive Eating
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating by Rachael Hartley
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Intuitive Eating for Life: How Mindfulness Can Deepen and Sustain Your Intuitive Eating Practice by Jenna Hollenstein
Sex
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski
Community
Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson
All About Love by bell hooks
Liberation
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Assata by Assata Shakur
Stolen Continents by Ronald Wright
TRINITY OF FUNDAMENTALS by Wisam Rafeedie
Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire
Romantic Relationships
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman
Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman
Spirituality & Growth
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Alan Singer
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
You Are the Universe by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos
Anti-Racist Therapists
Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullen
Anti-Racist Psychotherapy by David Archer
The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
The Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue
Liberation Psychology by Lillian Comas-Diaz and Erik Torres Rivera
Boundaries
Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Communication
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall Rosenberg
Self-Compassion
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Culture
But What Will People Say? by Sahaj Kaur Kohli
