The following is a compilation (not exhaustive!) of books 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*
Ballou, Mary, Hill, Marcia, and West, Carolyn, “Feminist Therapy: Theory and Practice,” Springer (2008)
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)
Brown, Brene, “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are,” Hazelden Publishing, originally published in 2010.
Bryan, Craig J., “Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails, and How We Can Do Better,” Oxford University Press, published in 2022 (ISBN: 9780190050634)
Cabaniss, Deborah L.; Cherry, Sabrina; Douglas, Carolyn J. and Schwartz, Anna, “Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual,” John Wiley & Sons, LTD. (2016)
Camus, Albert, “The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays,” Vintage, published in 1991 (ISBN: 0679733736)
Dolgoff, Ralph; Harrington, Donna; & Loewenberg, Frank M., “Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice,” Brooks/Cole (2009)
Ecker, Bruce; Ticic, Robin; Kushner, Elise; Lasser, Kymberly & 4 more, “Memory Reconsolidation in Psychotherapy,” The Neuropsychotherapist (2015)
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)
Evans, Kathy M., Kincade, Elizabeth Ann, and Seem, Susan Rachael, “Introduction to Feminist Therapy,” Sage (2011)
Fanon, Frantz, “A Dying Colonialism,” Grove Press (1965)
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)
Frankl, Viktor E., “Man’s Search for Meaning,” Beacon (1959)
French, Christopher C. and Stone, Anna, “Anomolistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief & Experience,” Bloomsbury Publishing, originally published in 2013 (ISBN: 9781403995711)
Gaztambide, Daniel José, “Decolonizing Psychoanalytic Technique: Putting Freud on Fanon’s Couch,” Palgrave Macmillan (2024)
Harris, Russ, “ACT Made Simple,” New Harbinger Publications (2019)
Hoff, Benjamin, “The Tao of Pooh,” Penguin Books (1982)
Horwitz, Allan V., “The Social Control of Mental Illness,” Academic Press, published in 1982 (ISBN: 0971242763)
Iacovou, Susan and Weixel-Dixon, Karen, “Existential Therapy,” Routledge (2015)
Kirkpatrick, Kate, “Becoming Beauvoir: A Life,” Bloomsbury Academic, originally published in 2019 (ISBN: 9781350047174)
Lembke, Anna, “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence.” Dutton (2021)
Madigan, Stephen, “Narrative Therapy,” American Psychological Association (2015)
Miller, Lisa, “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life,” Random House (2021)
O’Connell, Mark, “The Performing Art of Therapy: Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians,” Routledge (2019)
Parker, Ian and Pavón-Cuéllar, David, “Psychoanalysis & Revolution,” 1968 Press (2021)
Sartre, Jean-Paul, “Existentialism and Human Emotions,” Citadel Press (1957)
Schwartz, Richard C., “Introduction to Internal Family Systems,” Sounds True (2023)
Steinem, Gloria, “Revolution from Within,” Little, Brown
Williams, Elizabeth Friar, “Voices of Feminist Therapy,” Routledge (1995)
Yalom, Irvin, “Existential Psychotherapy,” Basic Books, published in 1980 (ISBN: 0465021476)
Yalom, Irvin, “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients,” Harper Perennial, originally published in 2001 (ISBN: 978-0061719615)
Yalon, Irvin, “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death,” Jossey Bass, originally published in 2008 (ISBN: 978-0470401811)