holistic psychotherapy books

Interesting, Eye-Opening, & Inspiring Stuff

We frequently recommend a variety of books and videos to our clients.

Here are some of our favorites.

winding staircase | depth psychotherapy
  • The Body Keeps the Score

    Bessel van der Kolk

    Book cover titled 'The Body Keeps the Score' with a black abstract human figure and yellow starbursts on a blue background.
  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

    Peter A. Levine

    Book cover titled "Waking the Tiger" featuring a tiger walking through green jungle foliage, with authors' names Peter A. Levine and Ann Fredrick at the bottom.
  • The Myth of Normal

    Gabor Mate

    Cover of the book titled 'The Myth of Normal' by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté, focusing on trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture.
  • The Developing Mind

    Daniel J. Siegel

    The Developing Mind | Daniel J. Siegel | neuroscience of holistic psychotherapy
  • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

    Julia Cameron

    Book cover for 'The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity,' 25th Anniversary Edition by Julia Cameron, featuring a painting of a mountain with snow and a trail of birds flying upward.
  • Attached

    Amir Levine

    Book cover titled "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love" showing a heart-shaped magnet on a white background.
  • Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships

    Sue Johnson

    Book cover titled 'Love Sense' by Dr. Sue Johnson, with a red background and green decorative flourish.
  • Getting the Love You Want

    Harville Hendrix

    Cover of the book titled 'Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples' by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., published by New York Times bestseller
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

    Don Miguel Ruiz

    Book cover of 'The Four Agreements' by Don Miguel Ruiz featuring four painted plants with white flowers on each corner and the title in the center.
  • The 5 Love Languages

    Gary Chapman

    Silhouette of a couple embracing on a beach at sunset with the book title 'The 5 Love Languages' and author Gary Chapman.
  • Healing the Shame that Binds You

    John Bradshaw

    Book cover titled 'Healing the Shame that Binds You' by John Bradshaw with silhouette of a person's profile in black and white.
  • Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love

    Pia Mellody

    Book cover titled "Facing Love Addiction" by Pia Mellody, with subtitle "Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love".
  • Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners

    Kenneth M. Adams

    Cover of a book titled "Silently Seduced," featuring a red heart, with a yellow starburst saying 'Includes FAQs for Understanding Covert Incest,' and a yellow banner reading 'Only from Audible.'
  • Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End

    Atul Grawande

    Atul Gawande
  • Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

    Tristan Taormino

    Cover of a book titled 'Opening Up' by Tristan Taormino, featuring a graphic of a couple holding hands and a crowd of people in the background.
  • The Vital Spark

    Lisa Marchiano

    Book cover titled "The Vital Spark" by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, with subtitle "Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire," featuring an illustrated woman's face with colorful, abstract floral elements.
  • A Little Course on Dreams

    Robert Bosnack

    Book cover of 'A Little Course in Dreams' by Robert Bosnak featuring an illustration of a door in a desert landscape with a cloud nearby, opening to a sky scene.
  • The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images

    Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism

    Cover of a book titled "The Book of Symbols" featuring an image of a hand with five fingers. The background is dark with a gradient from black to deep red.
  • Animal Life in Nature, Myths, and Dreams

    Elizabeth Caspari

    A book cover titled 'Animal Life in Nature, Myth and Dreams' by Elizabeth Caspari with Ken Robbins, featuring a photograph of a white goose with wings spread wide.
  • Women Who Run With the Wolves

    Clarissa Pinkola Estes

    Book cover for 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD, featuring a black-and-white portrait of a woman, with the title in large pink and red font and a red patterned background.
Brene Brown in Oprah's "Super Soul Sessions."

The Anatomy of Trust

Brene Brown

SuperSoul Sessions

23 minutes

Videos

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

Ted Talk, Nadine Burke Harris

16 minutes

Trauma & The Nervous System: A Poly-Vagal Perspective

The Trauma Foundation

9 minutes