by Robert A. Johnson

I recommend this book to my male clients who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and masculine stage of life issues.

- Michael Haynes

by Robert A. Johnson

I recommend this book to my clients who are beginning to become aware of how they might be projecting their unwanted feelings and/or personality traits onto others.

- Michael Haynes

by Robert A. Johnson

I recommend this book to any of my client’s who are struggling to find joy, worth, and meaning in life.

- Michael Haynes

by Robert Bly

I recommend this book to my adult male clients who are struggling with what it means to find their own masculinity.

- Michael Haynes

by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

I recommend this book to my clients who are struggling with sexual assault, trauma, and abuse. I like the author’s perspective on the many ways in which trauma impacts the body and the more well rounded approach to addressing trauma.

-Jamie Johnson

by Megan Jay, Phd

Although I am not a therapist, I recommend this book to any twenty-something individual. It will not tell you what you should do with your life, but will inspire, motivate and educate you to figure it out.

-Kae, Care Specialist

by Chanel Miller

I recommend this book to anyone that has struggled with sexual assault, abuse and trauma.

-Kae, Care Specialist

by Dr. Peter Levine

I recommend this book to my clients who are struggling with trauma. Peter Levine developed Somatic Experiencing - a body based treatment for trauma.

-Leslie O’Neill

by Peter Walker, MFT

I recommend this book to my clients who are addressing childhood emotional, verbal, psychological and other forms of abuse or neglect. “...my hopeful effort to create a map that you can follow to heal the wounds that come from not enough childhood love.”

-Leslie O’Niell

by Henry Cloud & John Townsend

I recommend this book to my clients who are addressing codependency. This book contains examples from the Christian faith, but can help with understanding what is a boundary to helping determine and maintain healthy boundaries.

-Leslie O’Neill

by Patricia Evans

I recommend this book to clients who find that no matter how hard they try to get along, explain, or how much they give up, the other person may never be happy, approving, or accepting.

-Leslie O’Neill

By Francis Weller

This is a beautiful and profound book about the important work of grieving--of loved ones, of the state of the world, of our cultural inheritance, of the misunderstood parts of ourselves. Weller invites us to apprentice with grief, because when our sorrow is not felt and expressed, it hardens and disconnects us from our vitality. I recommend it for anyone who is human.

-Matt Russell

By Johann Hari

Great book for anyone dealing with depression and/or anxiety. Hari writes “If you are depressed and anxious, you are not a machine with broken parts. You are a human being with unmet needs.” I appreciate how Hari considers factors that may often be overlooked in understanding depression and anxiety--connection to others and to self, meaningful work, a sense of awe.

- Matt Russell

By Bruce Tift

Brilliant book on how psychotherapy and awareness practices can support our personal work and relationships. This is one of my all-time favorite books. It is particularly helpful for anxiety and relationship issues.

- Matt Russell

By Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry

I especially like the authors’ perspective on how trauma informs our worldviews... I recommend it to anyone who has dealt with early-life stress or adversity.

- Matt Russell

By Michael Brown

The Presence Process outlines an experiential, 10-week program for developing present-moment awareness in order to do deep integration/healing around emotional triggers, which Brown believes are undigested emotional imprints from the past.

- Matt Russell

By Pete Walker

Pete Walker is best known for his groundbreaking theoretical books on Complex Trauma. This is his memoir about how he overcame his own complex PTSD. It chronicles his time in Vietnam, his failed search for spiritual awakening, his profound openings with psychedelics, and ultimately his healing through safe relationships and his own therapy.

- Matt Russell

By Arielle Schwartz

A short and practical book that I recommend for my clients suffering from developmental trauma, depression or anxiety. I think it could be a helpful adjunct to almost anyone entering therapy for the first time. It includes many concrete practices and also provides an overview of some of the most cutting edge treatment modalities for treating complex trauma.

- Matt Russell

By Alice Miller

I recommend this book to my clients who had to learn to hide their feelings and their true self as children in order to fit in with their families. This book was so enthralling to me when I first read it that I completed it in one sitting! It is a book that can help you connect with your authentic self.

- Matt Russell

By Mark Wolynn

I recommend this book to anyone dealing with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, phobias, or obsessive thoughts. The author shows how these symptoms may originate not as the result of our current life circumstances or from neurological imbalances but from the experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents.

- Matt Russell

By Richard C. Schwartz

I recommend this book to my clients struggling with relationship issues who are interested in doing their own individual work as a way of improving their relationships.

- Matt Russell