Bibliography

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Addiction

• AA, Al Anon, Smart Recovery, SAMH
• A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Hayes
• Addiction As An Attachment Disorder, Flores
• Finding Your Best Self: Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both, Najavits
• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Maté 
• The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook: Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing Techniques, Glasner-Edwards
• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture,  Maté, Maté 

Childhood Adverse Experience Testing 

• Attachment Theory (There are so many great attachment resources, this is a small, incomplete list).

• • A Secure Base, Bowlby
  • Attachment, Intimacy, Autonomy, Holmes
  • Attached, Levine, Heller
  • Attachment Across The Life Cycle, Stevenson-Hine, Parks
  • Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma―and Our World, Hubl
  • Fairnbarn’s Object Relations Theory In the Clinical Setting, Celani
  • Mothers of Psychoanalysis,  Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Sayers
  • Secure Love, Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime, Menanno
  • The Neurobiology of Attachment-Focused Therapy: Enhancing Connection & Trust in the Treatment of Children & Adolescents, Baylin, Hughes 
  • The Psychodynamics of Children and Love, Hate and Reparation, Klein
  • Treatment of Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy, Brisch
  • Trauma and Recovery, Herman

• Attention Deficit Disorder

• • ADHD 2.0: Hallowell, Ratey 
  • Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, Mate’
  • Divergent Mind, Nerenberg
  • Driven to Distraction, Hallowell, Ratey 

• Anger: Wisdom For Cooling The Fire, Thich Nat Hahn

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)

• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Shapiro 
• Family Secrets

• • Family Secrets: The Path From Shame to Healing, Bradshaw
  • Secrets in Family and Family Therapy, Evan Imber-Black

• Grief
  • Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, Cacciatore
  • The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection, Karen
  • It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand, Devine
  • On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Kübler-Ross, Kessler
  • The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss, O’Connor
  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, and other titles, Chodron 

• Guided Imagery
  • Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal, Naparstek
  • Heart Journeys.com, Naparstek
  • Calm
  • Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life, Gawain
  • Fragrant Heart.com, Blakie 
• Mindfulness
  • Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Palouse Mindfulness Online Course (free) 

• Somatic ReProcessing

• • Body Centered Psychotherapy (Hakomi Method), Kurtz
  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Walker
  • Focusing, Gendlin
  • Healing Developmental Trauma, Heller, LaPierre
  • In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Levine
  • My Body Compass, Wong
  • Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress, Mischke-Reeds
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment, Fisher, Ogden
  • The Invisible Machine: The Startling Truth About Trauma and the Scientific Breakthrough That Can Transform Your Life, Lipov, Mustard, Lorincz
  • The Body Keeps the Score,van der Kolk
  • The Blessing of Somatic Therapy Techniques: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Release Trauma, Reveal Peace & Rewire Mind-Body Connections, Naty H.E.A.L.S.
  • Waking the Tiger Within, Levine 
  • Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind or Molecules of Emotion, Pert

• Cultural Studies
• Class Studies
• Critical Theory
• Critical Race Theory
• Ethnography
• Gender Studies
• Queer Studies
• Intersubjectivity

• Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and The Language of Human Experience, and others, Brown
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Dweck
• The War of Art, Pressfield

• The Artist’s Way, Cameron

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rubin 

• Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Gardner 

• Lucid Dreaming, LaBerge, Rheingold

• Idealized design: How To Dissolve Tomorrow’s Crisis Today, Ackoff, Addison, Magidson
• Intuition
  • Second Sight, Orloff
  • The Art of Intuition: Cultivating Your Inner Wisdom, Burnham
  • The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Aron

• Polyvagal Practices: Anchoring the Self in Safety, Dana

• Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Learn and Grow, Miller, Rollnick

• Performance Psychology

• Adult Attachment Projective Picture System, George, West
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Cycle of Change Theory
• Differentiation of Self: Bowen Family Systems Theory Perspectives 1st Edition, Titelman 
  • Family Evaluation, Kerr & Bowen
  • Karpman Drama Triangle
• Energy Psychology
• Epigenetics
• Existential Psychotherapy, Yalom
• Family Systems 
• Identity and Life Cycle, Erikson
• Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self, Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, Target
• Gestalt Therapy
• Introduction to Internal Family Systems, Schwartz
• Honoring the Self and Six Pillars For Self Esteem, and others, Branden
• Internal Family Systems
• Interpersonal Neurobiology (GAINS)
• Interpersonal Neurobiology, Siegel, Collection of Resources 
• Jungian Psychology
• Marcia’s Stages of Identity Development
  • The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, McLean & Syed
• Narrative Therapy
  • Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, Epston & White
• Object Relations (Klein)
• Object Relations Family Therapy, Schraff, Schraff
• People of the Lie, Peck
• Perinatal Psychology
• Psychodynamic Theory
• Psychoanalytic Theory
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Re-Enactment Theory
• Repetition Compulsion
• Solutions Oriented Therapy
• Systems Theory
  • Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer, Becvar, Becvar
• Systematic Desensitization

• Affairs
  • After the Affair, Spring 
  • The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity, Perel
• Difficult Personalities (Disorders)
  • Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration, and Safety, Greenberg
  • Codependent No More, Beattie
  • Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist, Mirza
  • Healing from Toxic Relationships: 10 Essential Steps to Recover from Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Emotional Abuse, Sarkis 
  • It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People, Durvasula 
  • Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving & Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, Behary
  • Divorcing and Healing from a Narcissist: Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery. Co-parenting after an Emotionally Destructive Marriage and Splitting up with a Toxic Ex, Covert
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy, Glover 
  • Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People, MacKenzie 
  • Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD (4 Books in 1): Workbook and Guide to Overcome Trauma, Toxic… and Recover from Unhealthy Relationships), Hill 
  • Stop Walking on Eggshells, Mason & Kreger
  • SBSK Youtube station, Advocacy/Education
  • Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists, Malkin 
  • Ritual Abuse and Mind Control, Badouk-Epstein, Orit, Schwartz, Joseph, Schwartz, Wingfield
  • Terror, Love & Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems, Stein
  • The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators, Arabi
  • Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry, Controlling Men, Bancroft
• Toxic Exes
  • Been There Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High Conflict Divorce, And How To Stay Sane Under Insane Circumstances, Johnson, Barry 
  • Breaking Free From a Narcissistic Co-Parent: A Comprehensive Guide to Co-Parenting With a Narcissistic Ex-Partner, Overcoming Their Control, and Protecting Your Children, Marino 
  • Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex: How to Protect Your Child from a Toxic Parent & Start Healing from Emotional Abuse in Your Relationship Tips & Tricks for Co-Parenting with a Narcissist, Carter 
  • Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-Mouthing and Brainwashing, Warshak
  • Raising Resilient Children with a Borderline or Narcissistic Parent, McBride, Fjelstad
  • The High-Conflict Custody Battle: Protect Yourself and Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations, and Parental Alienation, Baker, Bone, Ludmer

• Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments and Bad Behavior, Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler, Maxfield

• Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money,Levinson

• Happy Money (The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money), Honda

• Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams, Lubrano

• The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness, Housel 
• The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life Reprint, Twist

• Conversations Worth Having, Second Edition: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement, Stavros,Torres 
• Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When the Stakes Are High, Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler, Maxfield
• Getting Love Right: Learning the Choices of Healthy Intimacy, Gorski
• Getting the Love You Want, Hendrix
• Receiving Love, Hendrix
  • Imago Dialogue Technique 
• Hold Me Tight, Anderson 
• How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving, Richo 
• How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships, LePera
• How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, Brooks
• Listen to Your Kids So They’ll Talk, Siblings Without Rivalry, Faber, Mazlish
• Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Gottman
• Catch Them Being Good, A Guide to Positive Parenting, Kussin 
• Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship, Real
• I Don’t Want to Talk About: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, and others, Real
• Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility, Cline, Fay 
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships, Rosenberg
• The Mindful Couple: 52 Weekly Strategies To Real Love and Connection, Lambert, Lambert 
• The Psychology of Romantic Love: Romantic Love in an Anti-Romantic Age, and others, Branden 
• The Two of Us: A Three-Year Couples Journal: 1,000+ Daily Questions for Growing Closer, Whitmoyer-Ober
• Wired For Love, and others, Tatkin

• Affairs
  • Anatomy of an Affair: How Affairs, Attractions, and Addictions Develop, and How to Guard Your Marriage Against Them, Carder
  • After the Affair, Abrahms-Spring
  • The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity, Perel
• When Good People Have Affairs: Inside the Hearts & Minds of People in Two Relationships,  Kirshenbaum
• When the Past Is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships, Richo
• Coming Apart: How to Heal Your Broken Heart (Uncoupling, Breaking up with someone you love, Divorce, Moving on), Kingma 
• Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even, Thomas 
• Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, Trafford
• Dinosaur’s Divorce, Brown and Brown (children’s book series)
• Mom’s House, Dad’s House, Ricci 
• Second Saturday Divorce Workshop 
• Should I Stay or Go?, Bancroft
• Should I Stay Or Go? : How Controlled Separation (CS) Can Save Your Marriage, Raffel 
• The Divorce Recovery Workbook: How to Heal from Anger, Hurt, and Resentment and Build the Life You Want, Rye, Moore 
• Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, Kirchenbaum 
• The Good Divorce, Ahrons 
• Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, Bridges 
• When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal, Wiest
• Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse, MacKenzie

• Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray, Fisher 

• Come As You Are, Nagoski 

• Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships, Knudson-Martin, Rankin Mahoney

• If Buddha Dated, Kasl

• Intimate Communion, Deida 
  • Mating in Captivity, Perel

• Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive, Sexual Crucible, Schnarf

• Sexual States of Mind, Meltzer

• OMGyes, (Sex Education)

• Rebel Love, Donaghue

• Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life, Zweig, Wolf 

• Kama Sutra

• 1in6, Sexual Abuse & Assault of Men and Boys
• RAINN, Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network
• Sensate Focus Technique 
• Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse, Hunter
• Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Is a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse, Davis
• Even From A Broken Web: Brief, Respectful Solution-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse and Trauma, Bertolino, O’Hanlon
• Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, Haines
• I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Bass
• I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse, Robinson, Boyd
• No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse, Stone
• Rebuilding Your House of Self-Respect: Men Recovering in Group from Childhood Sexual Abuse, Wilken
• Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse: Practical Self-help For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children, Ainscough,Toon
• The Invisible Wound: A New Approach to Healing Childhood Sexual Trauma, Kritsberg
• The Courage to Heal: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Davis
• Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse, Lew
• When a Man You Love Was Abused: A Woman’s Guide to Helping Him Overcome Childhood Sexual Molestation, Murphey