BIBLIOTHERAPY

Clients often ask me for book recommendations to help address issues in their lives. Some of my favorite authors are listed below by topic:

ADHD

Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell M.D., John J. Ratey M.D.
Pioneer authors deal with adult ADHD issues, complexities, and overcoming barriers.

A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers by Sari Solden
Guided workbook for women with ADHD to help in breaking negative self-talk cycles, reducing limiting beliefs, and learning to thrive.

Understand Your Brain, Get More Done: The ADHD Executive Functions Workbook by Ari Tuckman, PsyD MBA
Guide for skill development in planning, matching time-to-task, reaching goals, etc.

Anxiety and Depression

Feeling Good by David Burns, MD
Updated classic cognitive-behavioral text – detailed and best browsed by topic.
Note: Originally published in 1980, updated, and still a timeless resource.

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to use the neuroscience of fear to end anxiety, panic, and worry by C.M. Pittman, PhD, & E.M. Karle
Excellent primer for taming anxiety and retraining your brain.

Almost Anxious: Is My (Or My Loved One’s) Worry or Distress a Problem? by Luana Marques, PhD
A guide to help you evaluate if it is time to seek professional help for your anxiety.

Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
Savvy, street smart advice for sustainable change to live your life to the fullest.

The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation by Jeena Cho
A mindfulness guide written by lawyers to address challenges of being a lawyer.

Changing Habits

The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breakers Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World by Pilar Gerasimo
A refreshing step-by-step manifesto for transforming habits sustainably amid life in our unhealthy culture.

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Fascinating read on changing habits and what it takes for lasting results.

Emotional Eating

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole MS RDN, Elyse Resch MS RDN
How to development and maintain a healthier relationship between food and your body.
Note: See most updated 2020 Fourth Edition.

Graceful Aging

Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel J. Levitin
Explores strategies for resilient aging as well as practical, cognitive enhancing tools.

Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Pipher, PhD
For 70-somethings and all ages, good news for women aging and thriving.

The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom From Someone (Probably) Who Will Die Before You by Margareta Magnusson
More good new for aging and thriving from an 85 year old NYTimes Best Selling author.

Life Help

The Gifts of Imperfection, 10th Anniversary Edition by Brené Brown
Timeless reminders on the road to self-acceptance to overcome life’s barriers.

Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris
Practical ways to reduce stress, handle painful feelings, and pursue your goals.

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven Hayes, PhD
A self-help workbook in the tradition of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Loss and Grieving

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
How to move forward when crisis strikes and you face fear, anxiety, and pain.

Option B: Facing Diversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg
Uplifting and useful guide for picking up the pieces after loss or grief.

Lyme Disease and Co-infections

How Can I Get Better?: An action plan for Treating Resistance Lyme & Chronic Disease by Richard Horowitz, MD
Good starting point to learn about the complications of Lyme Disease to plan next steps.

Mindfulness and Healing

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD
Classic mindfulness, meditation, and healing text revised/updated after 25 years.

Mindfulness on the Go: Simple Meditation Practices You Can Do Anywhere by Jan Chozen Bays, MD
Practical methods for those who think they are too busy to present in the here and now.

OCD

Rewire Your OCD Brain: Powerful Neuroscience Based Skills to Break free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears by Catherine Pittman, PhD & W.H. Youngs, PhD
Excellent summary of tools to get unstuck from your looping obsessive thoughts.
Note: Published June 2021. Best place to begin.

Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Updated Ed.: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty by Jonathan Grayson, PhD
Manual outlining tools, strategies, and unflinching courage to overcome OCD. Last updated in 2014 but the concepts are still excellent.

The ACT Workbook for OCD: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Exposure Skills to Live Well with OCD by Marisa T Mazza, PsyD & Lisa W. Coyne, PhD
Combines evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) for up-to-date, effective OCD treatment.

The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Jon Hershfield MFT
More strategies for managing OCD’s unrelenting obsessions and compulsions.

Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts by Lee Baer, PhD
Classic read from 2001 with concrete tools for overcoming OCD and its suffering.