Recommended Reading List

[sorrynormal]

Some authors have multiple (some a dozen or more) of books. In that case I just list the author and 1 or 2 selections. But feel free to check out all of their works.


Pro MH System/Self-Help

The Body Keeps the Score Van Der Kolk
Anything Dan siegel Mindsight Dan Siegel MD
codependent no more mealody beattie
an adults guide to whats normal Friel phd
the sociopath next door Stout phd
anything alice miller Drama of the gifted Child
toxic parents Buck and Perrin
allan schore affect regulation
gordon neufeld hold on to your kids
russell barkley taking charge of adult adhd
esther sternber the balance within the science connecting health and emotions
Don't shoot the dog Pryor
Embracing your inner critic Stone and Stone
Social why our brains are wired to connect Lieberman
DBT Skills Traning Marsha Linehan
Trauma Model Therapy Ross MD, Halpern
The children of neglect when no one cares Smith and Fong
Anything Peter Levine Waking the Tiger


Anti MH System/Critique

Anything Gabor Mate MD The realm of hungry ghosts
Anything Peter Breggin MD Talking back to Prozac, Your Drug May be your problem
Saving Normal Allen Francis
Against Therapy Masson
What about Me?: the struggle for identity in a market-based society Verhaeghe
Anatomy of an epidemic Robert Whitaker
The emperors new drugs irving kirsch
anything bruce levine Commonsense Rebellion
We've had 100 years of therapy and the world is worse James Hillman
anything carl hart phd High Price; Drug-use for grown ups
the spirit level Wilkinson Pickett
Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing more Harm than Good Davies

Edited to add more books that I missed

 

[MelancholyMagic]

Have you read all these books? (fine if you have not, of course - just curious)

 

[sorrynormal]

Have you read all these books? (fine if you have not, of course - just curious)

All but two of them. I only made the list bc people in chat asked for one, not to flex or anything or to be preachy.

 

[MelancholyMagic]

All but two of them. I only made the list bc people in chat asked for one, not to flex or anything or to be preachy.

Ah ok. Thank you for the list!

 

[StrangePossum]

Thanks for the list!

 

[sadandlonely]

Thank you for the list. I have only read one of the books. If my brain doesn't get in my way, I will check out the other books.