books that are well known in the therapy & mental health world - often read & recommended by therapists, social workers, and other professionals in the field 💕
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last updated July, 2026
The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series)
Natalie Y. Gutiérrez
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey
Secure: The Revolutionary Guide to Creating a Secure Life
Amir Levine
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Judith Lewis Herman
All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Elaine N. Aron
Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World
Jenn Granneman
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Adrienne Maree Brown
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Nedra Glover Tawwab
Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing
Hillary L. McBride
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Richard C. Schwartz
You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships
Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Memory Reconsolidation and the Psychotherapy of Transformational Change
Bruce Ecker
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice--Endorsed by top experts in therapeutic healing modalities
Susan McConnell
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom
Tamala Floyd
Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
Mariel Buqué
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures
Janet W. Hardy
Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
Jessica Fern
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice
Jennifer Mullan
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Sue Johnson
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
Francine Shapiro
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Peter A. Levine
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back
Ingrid Clayton
What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Bruce D. Perry
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