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Here are some book recommendations for furthering personal growth and healing outside of or in conjunction with therapy. Please note that while I have tried to differentiate resources by category for easy grouping, many of these books have considerable overlap between and among other categories. Many of these books I have read myself but some are recommendations from colleagues that I have not yet gotten the chance to read.

Childhood Trauma and Narcissistic Abuse

The Body Remembers - Babette Rothschild

Take Back Your Life - Janja Lalich

It's Not You - Ramani Durvasula

The Gift of Fear - Gavin de Becker

Running On Empty - Jonice Webb

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson

Why Does He Do That? - Lundy Bancroft


Neurodivergence, High Sensitivity, and Disability Justice

Unmasking Autism - Devon Price

Laziness Does Not Exist - Devon Price

The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine Aron

Divergent Mind - Jenara Nerenberg


Social Justice, Antiracism, and Unlearning White Supremacy

My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem

Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander


HAES and Fat Liberation

Health at Every Size - Lindo Bacon

Hunger - Roxane Gay

The Body Is Not An Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor


Intersectional Feminism

Rage Becomes Her - Soraya Chemaly

Reviving Ophelia - Mary Pipher

All About Love - bell hooks


Queer and Trans Experiences

Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves


Asexuality and Aromanticism

Ace - Angela Chen

I Am Ace - Cody Daigle-Orians

Sounds Fake But Okay - Kayla Kaszyca and Sarah Costello

The Invisible Orientation - Julie Sondra Decker


Kink/BDSM

Playing Well With Others - Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams-Haas

The New Topping Book/The New Bottoming Book - Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy

Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn

Sexual Outsiders - David M. Ortmann


Polyamory/ENM

Polywise - Jessica Fern and David Cooley

The Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monogamy - Lola Phoenix

The Ethical Slut - Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy


Self-Care and Positive Psychology

Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff

Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach

Resilient - Rick Hanson


Substance Use and Addiction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Gabor Maté


Grief

It's OK That You're Not OK - Megan Devine


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