BOOKS

Below is a list of books that myself and colleagues have found insightful for a variety of themes.
These are subjects particular to my practice, but aren’t all encompassing.

Mood, Mindfulness, Self-Judgment

• The Mindful Way through Depression, Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness; Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Going To Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective On Wholeness; Mark Epstein

• Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha; Tara Brach

• Soul without Shame: A Guide to Liberating Yourself from the Judge Within; Byron Brown

• There is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate; Sherry Huber

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated; David Burnes

Science, Psychology, Mindfulness

• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey; Jill Bolte Taylor

• Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation; Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

• The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being; Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer

• Beyond the Gender Binary; Alok Vaid-Menon

• Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation; Eli Clare

• The Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, and Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us; Kate Bornstein

• Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World; Robyn Ochs

• Stone Butch Blues; Leslie Feinberg

Relationships, Communication, Sexuality

• Come As You Are; Emily Nagasaki & Nicholas Boulton

• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love; Sue Johnson

• Mating in Captivity; Esther Perel

• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life; Marshall Rosenberg

• Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships; Tristan Taormino

• Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships; David Schnarch

• Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy; Jessica Fern

• Strange Bedfellows; Ina Park