Book Recommendations

Trauma

• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
• Trauma and Recovery – Judith Herman
• Waking the Tiger – Peter Levine
• The Body Bears the Burden – Robert Scaer
• The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency – Robert Scaer

Developmental Trauma

• Will I Ever Be Good Enough – Karlyn McBride
• Trapped in the Mirror – Elan Golomb
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsey Gibson
• Toxic Parents – Susan Forward

Co-Dependency

• Co-Dependent No More – Melody Beattie
• Love is a Choice – Robert Hemfelt

Forgiveness

• Forgive for Good – Fred Luskin

Self Discovery/Acceptance

• The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
• The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
• I Thought It Was Just Me – Brene Brown
• The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
• Braving the Wildness – Brene Brown
• The Power of Vulnerability – Brene Brown
• Radical Acceptance – Eckhart Tolle
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** – Mark Manson
• You are a Bada$$ – Jen Sincero
• Finding Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

Parenting

• The Whole-Brain Child – Dan Siegel and Bryson
• Parenting from the Inside Out – Dan Siegel and Hartzell
• It’s a Boy – Dr. Michael Thompson
• Beautiful Oops! – Saltzberg
• The Highly Sensitive Child – Aron
• Mindset – Carol Dweck
• Highly Explosive Child – Greene
• What to Do When You Worry Too Much – Dawn Huebner

Black Mental Health

• Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith – Monica A. Coleman
• Willow Deep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression – Meri Nana Ama Danquah
• Heavy – Keise Laymon
• The Mother of Black Hollywood – Jenifer Lewis
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem MSW, LICSW, SEP
• Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear – Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett
• The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives – Iresha Picot
• Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education – Mychal Denzel Smith
• Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting – Terrie Williams
• I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying – Bassey Ikpi

Hispanic & Latinx Mental Health

• La Guia de Salud: Consejos y respuestas para la mujer latina – Jane Delgado, Ph.D.
• Latino Families in Therapy – Celia Jaes Falicov
• Las Siete Creencias – Belisa Lozano-Vranich
• What If This Were Enough? – Heather Havrilesky
• You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism – Alida Nugent
• A Cup of Water Under My Bed – Daisy Hernandez

People of Color

• The Color of My Mind: People of Color Mental Health Narratives – Vanessa Hazard
• Bloom: A Gift for The Girl Learning to Love Her Beautiful Soul – Shani Jay
• The Collected Schizophrenias – Esmé Weijun Wang
• My Body is a Book of Rules – Elissa Washuta
• I’ve Never Been (Un)Happier – Shaheen Bhatt