<font color="darkblue">I enjoy the book The Owner's Manual for The Brain, by Pierce J Howard, PhD. It speaks in laymans terms.

I understand your eagerness to learn, but think you are getting the cart before the horse. There are hundreds of hours of learning ahead of the act of engaging in the talk therapy process. Perhaps having a few one on one counseling sessions with your own therapist will give you a good look at your own anxieties about this, help you with them, and show you how the process works. TC!