These are books that have personally influenced my practice and that I recommend to clients seeking valuable mental health resources:

• "The Body Keeps the Score" - Bessel Van der Kolk, MD

• "No Bad Parts" - Richard Schwartz, PhD

• "When the Body Says No" - Gabor Mate, MD

• "The Myth of Normal" - Gabor Mate, MD

• "Radical Acceptance" - Tara Brach, PhD

• "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma" - Peter Levine, PhD

• "The Polyvagal Theory" - Stephen Porges, PhD

• "The Wild Edge of Sorrow" - Francis Weller

• "Mind Magic" - Dr. James R. Doty

• "Goddesses in Everywoman" - Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

• "Goddesses in Older Women" - Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

• "The Inner World of Trauma" - Donald Kalsched

• "Why People Don't Heal and How They Can" - Caroline Myss, PhD.

• "The Heroine's Journey" - Maureen Murdock

• "Nonviolent Communication" - Marshall B Rosenberg, PhD.

• "Mind Over Medicine" - Lissa Rankin, MD.

• "The Connected Child" - Karyn B. Purvis, PhD & David R. Cross, PhD.

• "Raising Adopted Children" - Lois Ruskai Melina

• "Daring Greatly" - Brené Brown, PhD LMSW

• "Atlas of the Heart" - Brené Brown, PhD LMSW

• "The Invisible Partners" - John A. Sanford