The following is a compilation (not exhaustive!) of book and media that I have been influenced by in my practice as a therapist.
*The inclusion of any book or other media on this list does not constitute a recommendation by me*
Beauvoir, Simone de, “The Ethics of Ambiguity,” Open Road Integrated Media, originally published in 1947 (ISBN: 1504054229)
Beauvoir, Simone de, “The Second Sex” Open Road Integrated Media, originally published in 1947 (ISBN: 1504054229)
Bergner, Daniel, “The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, The Science of our Brains, and the Search for our Psyches,” Harper Collins, originally published in 2022 (ISBN: 978-0063004894)
Berzoff, Joan, Flanagan, Laura Melano, and Hertz, Patricia, “Inside Out and Outside In: Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and Psychopathology in Contemporary Multicultural Contexts,” Rowman & Littlefield, originally published in 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-5381-2546-5)
Boss, Pauline, “The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change,” W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., originally published in 2022 (ISBN: 978-1-324-01681-6)
Boyle, Mary and Johnston, Lucy, “The Power Threat Meaning Framework: An Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis,” PCCS Books, published in 2020 (ISBN: 1854337580)
Bryan, Craig J., “Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails, and How We Can Do Better,” Oxford University Press, published in 2022 (ISBN: 9780190050634)
Camus, Albert, “The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays,” Vintage, published in 1991 (ISBN: 0679733736)
Ecker, Bruce, Ticic, Robin & Hulley, Laurel, “Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots using Memory Reconsolidation,” Routledge, originally published in 2012 (ISBN: 9781032117539)
Epstein, Mark, “The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life,” Penguin Press, originally published in 2022 (ISBN: 9780593296639)
Foucault, Michel, “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison,” Vintage Books, originally published in 1977 (ISBN: 978-0679752554)Foucault, Michel, “Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth,” The New Press, originally published in 1994 (ISBN: 978-1565844346)
Foucault, Michel, “Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth,” The New Press, originally published in 1994 (ISBN: 978-1565844346)
Foucault, Michel, “Mental Illness and Psychology,” University of California Press, originally published in 1954 (ISBN: 0520256395)
Foucault, Michel, “Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews,” Random House, Inc., published in 1972 (ISBN: 978-0394739540)
Foucault, Michel, “The History of Sexuality,” Vintage Books, originally1978 (ISBN: 978-0679724698)
French, Christopher C. and Stone, Anna, “Anomolistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief & Experience,” Bloomsbury Publishing, originally published in 2013 (ISBN: 9781403995711)
Horwitz, Allan V., “The Social Control of Mental Illness,” Academic Press, published in 1982 (ISBN: 0971242763)
Kirkpatrick, Kate, “Becoming Beauvoir: A Life,” Bloomsbury Academic, originally published in 2019 (ISBN: 9781350047174)
Yalom, Irvin, “Existential Psychotherapy,” Basic Books, published in 1980 (ISBN: 0465021476)