Resources

Abuse & Trauma:

• The Courage to Heal by Bass and Davis

• Trauma and Recovery by J. Herman

• The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

• Toxic Parents by Susan Forward

• Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children by Eliana Gil

• The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz

• The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk

 

Anxiety:

• The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook  by Edmund Bourne

• Coping with Anxiety by Edmund Bourne

• The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques by Margaret Wehrenberg

 

Couples & Relationships:

• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

• Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship by Hal Stone and Sidra Stone

• Hold Me Tight by Susan Johnson

• Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner

• The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

 

Depression & Self- Esteem

• Silencing The Self: Women and Depression by Dana Jack

• Embracing Your Inner Critic by Hal Stone and Sidra Stone

 

Existentialism:

• Man’s Search of Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Existential Psychotherapy  by Irving Yalom

 

Latinx Identity, Psychology & Wellness

• The Maria Paradox by Rosa Maria Gil

• Voicing Chicana Feminisms: Young Women Speak Out on Sexuality and Identity by Aida Hurtado

• Intersectional Chicana Feminisms by Aida Hurtado

• Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino Masculinities by Aida Hurtado

• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

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Mindfulness:

• Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett-Goleman

• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by  Christopher K. Germer PhD and Sharon Salzberg

 

Psychotherapy & Psychology:

• Love’s Executioner by Irving Yalom

• Intimate Journeys by James Bugental

• The Tao of Psychology by Jean Shinoda Bolen

• Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert Johnson

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Racial Trauma & Anti-Oppression:

• Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe

• My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem

• Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy Degruy

• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve, by Rheeda Walker, Ph.D.

• Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability, edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Ph.D.

• Liberation Psychology edited by Lillian Comas-Diaz & Edit Torres Rivera

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Sexuality:

• The Guide to Getting It On  by Paul Joannides

• Sex for One by Betty Dodson

• The New Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld

• Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women by Julia Heiman & Joseph L

• The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz

 

Women's Issues:

• Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology of Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen

• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls  by Mary Pipher

• Silencing The Self: Women and Depression by Dana Jack