Here are some books that have been have very influential in my work and thinking. Many of them are geared towards therapists but still may be helpful to someone who is really interested reading up on things on their own. I also enjoy when clients recommend books to me as well!
Book List (Most of them are on Audible)
Somatic Books:
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
When The Body Says No, Gabor Mate
Becoming Safely Embodied, Deirdre Fay
Trauma and the Body, Pat Ogden
Call of the Wild, Kimberly Ann Johnson
Mind-Body Stress Reset, Rebekkah LaDyne
Healing The Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Janina Fisher
Nurturing Resilience, Kathy Kain & Sthephen Terrell
Polyvagal Theory:
Befriending Your Nervous System, Deb Dana
Somatic Internal Family Systems Books:
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy, Susan McConell
Internal Family Systems Books:
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts, Richard Schwartz
No bad Parts, Richard Schwartz
You are the One You have Been Waiting For, Richard Schwartz
Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt, Martha Sweezy
NARM/Attachment Theory Books:
The Practical Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma, Laurence Heller, Brad J Kammer
The Power of Attachment, Diane Poole Heller
Healing Your Attachment Wounds, Diane Poole Heller
The 5 Personality Styles, Steven Kessler
Polyamory:
Polysecure, Jessica Fern
Polywise, Jessica Fern
Polyamory, Martha Kauppi, Kathy Labriola
Mindfulness Books:
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Radical Acceptance & True Refuge, Tara Brach
Social Justice Books:
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Pleasure Activism, Adrienne Maree Brown
You Are Your Best Thing, Tarana Burke, Brene Brown
Embodied Activism, Rae Johnson
Jungian Books:
Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Sitting by the Well, Marion Woodman
Trauma and the Soul, Donald Kalsched
Red Book, Carl Jung
Man and his Symbols, Carl Jung
The Soul’s Code, James Hillman
Dream Tending, Stephan Aizenstat
Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
The Way of the Tarot, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Soulcraft, Bill Plotkin
Somatic Jungian Book:
Eastern Body Western Mind, Anodea Judith
Psychedelic Therapy Books:
Psychedelics and Psychotherapy, Tim Read, Maria Papaspyrou
The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide, James Fadiman
Holotropic Breathwork, Stanislav and Christina Grof
Navigating Psychedelics Integration Workbook, Kyle Buller, Joe Moore
Art Therapy:
Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy, Cathy A. Malchiodi
Sex Therapy:
The Return of Desire, Gina Ogden
Mating in Captivity& The State of Affairs Esther Perel
Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Janet Hardy & Dossie Easton
Come as You Are, Emily Nagoski
Come Together, Emily Nagoski
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, Staci Haines
Reclaiming Pleasure, Holly Richmond
The Leather Couch, Stafani Goerlich
Whole Body Sex, Melissa Walker
Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha
Pleasure Plan, Laura Zam
Unf*ck Your Intimacy & Autism Relationship Handbook, Faith G. Harper
Transpersonal Psychology:
Spiritual Emergency, Stansilav Grof
Miscellaneous Books:
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg
Daring Greatly, Brene Brown