Books of Interest and for Exploration
You may not be ready to start therapy, but may want some resources to explore the practice of therapy. There are too many good books to list them all, and more are always coming out. Here’s a start from my own recommended reading list:
- The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck.
- Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
- The Course in Miracles, published by the Foundation for Inner Peace.
- The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron.
- The Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller.
- Emotional Intelligence, Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, by Daniel Goleman.
- The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, by Thich Nhat Hanh.
- The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, by Bruce Perry.
- Toward A Psychology of Awakening, by John Welwood.
- Between Therapist and Client, by Michael Kahn.
- The Tao of Leadership, by John Heider.
- Over the Influence, The Harm Reduction Guide For Managing Drugs and Alcohol, by Pat Denning, et al.
- The Mystery of Analytical Work, by Barbara Stevens Sullivan.
- The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, by Sandra Maitri.
- The Unsayable, by Annie Rogers.
- The Betrayal Bond, by Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D.
- Steps Workbooks, Twelve Steps, including Twelve Steps of Adult Children, published by ACOA World Service Organization.
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall Rosenberg.
- Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of Your Own Psyche, by Robert Johnson.
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron.
- Existential Psychotherapy, by Irvin Yalom.
- Love’s Executioner, by Irvin Yalom.
