[musinglizzy]

I know several here have read books in the past, like self help books, related to therapy. I thought it would be useful for some of us to have a list. What books have you read that you found helpful within your therapy process, or even just trying to help yourself without therapy?

[growlycat]

I have read and used the following:

ACT Made simple by Russ Harris
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by mcay, wood, Brantly
Searching for Memory the brain the mind the past by d. Schacter

Although not a therapy book per say I do like Women Who Run with the Wolves
by CP Estes

[stopdog]

This is a beginning list of mine - I have read others recently that are not on here:

Getting Started- Joel Koten
Termination in Psychotherapy - Joyce, Piper, Klein
Positive Endings in Psychotherapy- Steven Kramer
Terminating Therapy- Davis
Good enough Endings – Salberg
Endings in Clinical Practice -Walsh
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis - McWilliams
Being a Brainwise Therapist - Badenoch
Ariadne’s Thread -Cowan
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Ursono
Trauma – Herman
The Talking Cure - Vaughan

How Psychotherapy Really Works - Gaylin

Psychodynamic Techniques – Maroda
Psychodynamic Therapy – Summers and Barber
Attachment in Psychotherapy-Wallin
Trauma and the Avoidant Client – Wallin
Will I Ever Be Good Enough – McBride
Affect Intolerance in Patient and Analyst - Coen
Modes of Therapeutic Action – M. Stark
The Gift of Therapy – Yalom
Between Therapist and Client: The New Relationship – Kahn

The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children--and its Aftermath -Susan A. Clancy

In Session: The Bond Between Women and Their Therapists- Lott

Drama of the Gifted Child – Miller
For Your Own Good – Miller
Shame and Guilt – Tangney
Shame in the Therapy Hour – Dearing and Tangney
Psychology of Shame – Kaufman

[BonnieJean]

sd - do you remember if Trauma and the Avoidant Client was any good?

[stopdog]

Originally Posted by BonnieJean

sd - do you remember if Trauma and the Avoidant Client was any good?

It was interesting - I thought the author was smug and self satisfied and I disliked his tone.

[MaybeYes]

I read Trauma and the Avoidant Client and I liked it. There were a lot of times it was scary because he was so spot on regarding how I feel and act. I was left wanting more, though I couldn't really tell you what I mean by that...just more, if that makes any sense at all

[WrkNPrgress]

I would love a recommendation for a book aimed towards family memembers of people dealing with Depression.

I've seen lots of book advising people who ARE depressed but nothing about children of depressed parents.

[justdesserts]

I just finished I thought it Was Just Me by Brene Brown. It's about healing from shame. It gave me a lot to think about and a lot of new things to bring to therapy.

[musinglizzy]

Wow...I looked at the book on Amazin, Attachment in Psychotherapy by Wallin. It's EXPENSIVE! Yikes..

[stopdog]

I read most from the library.

[ScarletPimpernel]

My T has suggested I read:

* The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
* Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
(Didn't finish because it triggered me)
* Wisdom from The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
* Authentic Happiness by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.
(Haven't finished yet)
* Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
(Haven't finished yet because I get bored with workbooks)
* The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman

I don't read much because I have issues with concentration. But I have enjoy all these books even if I haven't finished yet.

I have read a couple of books by Seligman. They were very helpful.
I have looked at The Five Love Languages, but very quickly found that it describes a model of reality that doesn't apply to me at all. (There was a quiz with a number of either/or questions where none of the alternatives was applicable.)

[stopdog]

I have also read two or three Brene Brown books; Doing Psychotherapy Effectively - Weissmark and Giacomo; 101 Trauma Informed Interventions - Linda Curran; Advanced Techniques for Counseling and Psychotherapy - Conte; Psychoanalytic Technique Expanded - Volkan; Attachment Based Practice with Adults - Baim and Morrison; Language and Narratives in Counseling and Psychotherapy - Meier; Overcoming Resistance - Ellis; Bare Psychotherapy Stripped -Gunn

[stopdog]

Originally Posted by BonnieJean

sd - do you remember if Trauma and the Avoidant Client was any good?

I listed the wrong author - for Trauma and the Avoidant Client - it is Robert Muller

And here is a blog thing of his:
http://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/category/therapy/

[Youdontevenknow]

I used to work with those with BPD, these books, and all teachings from Marsha Linehan seemed to work miracles.

Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder Paperback – May 21, 1993
by Marsha M. Linehan (Author)

Also, The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation & ... Tolerance (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) Paperback – July 1, 2007
by Matthew McKay (Author), Jeffrey C. Wood (Author), & 1 more

My T suggested:

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook particularly for the chapters in the middle over mistaken beliefs and self-talk. Very helpful chapters.

The Mindful Way Through Depression a very good mindfulness book if you are looking for one. Comes with a CD of mindfulness exercises.

[Youdontevenknow]

Excerpt From: Brad T Tinkle. “Joint Hypermobility Handbook- A Guide for the Issues & Management of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type and the Hypermobility Syndrome.” Left Paw Press, 2010. iBooks.
This material may be protected by copyright.

Fabulous book for those with EDS. I have also started a group for support. Below is a poem from the above book.

“Think Horses, not Zebras
The Doctors all say
An excuse for them
Just to wave us away
Hoof beats around us
Some far and some near
Not horses, I’m sure
But Zebras I hear
Unusual condition
Or hypochondriac
Know well the hospitals
From one end and back!
I think that Zebras are
Less rare than they thought
But the rarest of all is one
Of which they’re not taught
The ones who still laugh
Despite all their tears
The ones who love life
And live with their fears
The ones who can comfort
Despite their own pain
And hear sounds of new music
In a well-played refrain
Our hoof beats - not horses’
From the day that we’re born
Much rarer than Zebras
We are all Unicorns.
“Hoof Beats,” by Sarah Mason, from Behind the Mask”

Originally Posted by Youdontevenknow

Excerpt From: Brad T Tinkle. “Joint Hypermobility Handbook- A Guide for the Issues & Management of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type and the Hypermobility Syndrome.” Left Paw Press, 2010. iBooks.
This material may be protected by copyright.

Fabulous book for those with EDS. I have also started a group for support. Below is a poem from the above book.

“Think Horses, not Zebras
The Doctors all say
An excuse for them
Just to wave us away
Hoof beats around us
Some far and some near
Not horses, I’m sure
But Zebras I hear
Unusual condition
Or hypochondriac
Know well the hospitals
From one end and back!
I think that Zebras are
Less rare than they thought
But the rarest of all is one
Of which they’re not taught
The ones who still laugh
Despite all their tears
The ones who love life
And live with their fears
The ones who can comfort
Despite their own pain
And hear sounds of new music
In a well-played refrain
Our hoof beats - not horses’
From the day that we’re born
Much rarer than Zebras
We are all Unicorns.
“Hoof Beats,” by Sarah Mason, from Behind the Mask”

I like the poem, I too have EDS, I wonder, are there many of us here?

[stopdog]

What is EDS?

It's a connective tissue disorder, means you make poor quality collagen, which gives you hypermobile joints, also has other effects. It's often associated with anxiety or depression. I think one of the reasons it's linked with anxiety is your body has to make extra adrenaline to deal with the joint and circulatory problems. It effects more women than men, and, perhaps for this reason is under researched.

[Youdontevenknow]

Originally Posted by Brown Owl

I like the poem, I too have EDS, I wonder, are there many of us here?

I'm not sure. I searched EDS when I first joined and found a couple posts. My best wishes go out to you and please use me as support, if you ever need someone who understands

My t recommends books all the time because she knows I love to read. I'll have to go back and look in my journals for titles/authors of ones that I've written down quotes from. The only one I went out and bought for myself after borrowing hers, because I like it so much and wanted to have it as a reference, was

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth - Robert A Johnson