Oh wow....this is such a good topic. I haven't ever gotten any reading recs except for former T who mentioned the Harlow experiments once (didn't ask me to read but when I did read, got all pissy and refused to discuss it). Towards the end, she also mentioned R-DBT -- I checked it out, came back and told her how I found the manual to be 'patronizing, demeaning, condescending, infantilizing' and so on. She at first let it go and then got all huffy about how at the places she trained, it's a legit treatment for someone with borderline traits (but of course, per usual, she endlessly vacillated and would never give me a straight answer on whether she really thought that's my diagnosis or not).

So, maybe this is just me but the Ts I've dealt with have either gotten all weird about my reading or have just been dead silent and stared back at me -- I super much envy folks with Ts who actually discuss this stuff then (Crocus, your T sounds so awesome in taking your reading recs!).

A potential new T drilled into asking why I read psych lit when I briefly referred to it (she thought it was former T's sagacious influence which made me roll my eyes about the pedestals that Ts seem to place themselves and each other on). But, when I told her I just read it like I read on any other topic, she let it go and vaguely recommended some book (I forgot what it was -- I blocked it out of my memory as soon as I heard the subject) on 'somatic experiencing' (which apparently she was not trained in).

Another potential new T -- I was just about ready to switch to her (from former T) but then she mentioned 'Courage to Heal' as a legit resource to consult and based solely on that (considering she billed herself as a trauma expert, she seemed to be unaware of how thoroughly it'd been debunked), I didn't switch to her. I told former T about it (how I didn't switch because of the book) and she said I was "too picky" (and this is why my life sucks etc).

Current (new) T hasn't recommended anything but her bookshelf is rather solid -- the most 'pop' it seems is the inclusion of Daniel Siegel's Mindsight and one of Alice Miller's books. The rest are all heavy-duty psych tomes. I didn't want to be disappointed and so, at first, tried not to stare too much at the bookshelf in session -- so thankful then that at least she doesn't have any pablum out on display. She asked me about my adventures in T-interviewing-land and I told her about the other T I was about to switch to but didn't because of the 'Courage to Heal' rec -- she didn't say anything other than how it was totally okay for me to do that etc. (Nausea alert) I kinda wanted to give her a (mental) hug then.