These are some of my favorite books on a variety of issues that people seek help for. Have a book that really helped you with something you were struggling with? Drop me a line and let me know about it. I love reading books related to my work but don't have nearly enough time to spend reading.
Relationships
The New Rules of Marriage by Terence Real
Us by Terrence Real
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work and other books by John Gottman
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It by Leslie-Becker Phelps
Healing From Infidelity by Michele Weiner-Davis
The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurt You the Worst by Michelle Mays
It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula
Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections by Anna Goldfarb
Family and Parenting
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adults by Lisa D’amour
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid For Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson
Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict by Joshua Coleman
The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon
Mindfulness and Positive Psychology
Self Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind by Kristen Neff
The How of Happiness by Sonya Lyubominsky.Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel
Mindfulness: An 8-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark William & Danny Penman
Mindful Path to Self Compassion: Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Christopher Germer
The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) by Russ Harris
Trauma and Anxiety
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Kolk
The Myth of Normal: Trauma Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resiliency, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey.
The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response byEllen Vora.
How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by Ellen Hendriksen
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagaski
Miscellaneous
The Gifts of Imperfection and other books by Brene Brown
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by McBride
The Menopause Brain by Lisa Mosconi
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul Mason and Randi Kreger.