What’s on My Bookshelf?

I am always learning, always researching, always looking for ways to connect and spur on clients to fullness.

Below is a collection of books I often recommend. These resources have shaped the way I think about healing, relationships, self-compassion, and emotional well-being. While every recommendation may not fit every person, these works may offer encouragement and practical insight wherever a client might be in his/her journey.

Parenting

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman

  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

Relationships

  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, Ph.D. & Nan Silver

Trauma, Anxiety, Depression

  • Make Sense of Your Story: Why Engaging Your Past with Kindness Changes Everything by Adam Young, MA, LMSW

  • Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us Out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode—and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber, MA, LPC

  • The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living by Hillary L. McBride, Ph.D.

  • Practices for Embodied Living: Experiencing the Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary L. McBride, Ph.D.

Self-Compassion

  • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, Ph.D.

  • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, Ph.D. & Christopher Germer, Ph.D.

Eating Disorders

  • How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food by Casey Crosbie, RD, CEDS & Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD, CEDS

  • In the Light of the Moon: A Story of Food, Feelings, and Family by Dr. Julie Caswell

  • Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder—and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge

  • The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, and Everyone in Between by Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed.