Book Reviews

The Gift by Dr. Edith Eger

Scared Selfish by Michelle Stevens, PhD

Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, MD

Healing Grief by James Van Praagh

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

Childhood Disrupted : How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

The Angel and the Assassin: The tiny brain cell that changed the course of medicine by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it can help you find – and keep – love by Amir Levine, MD and Rachel S. F. Heller, MA

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine with Ann Frederick

Hold Me Tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love by Dr. Sue Johnson

Medical Medium by Anthony Williams

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

In Realm of Hungary Ghosts: Close encounters with addiction by Gabor Maté, MD

Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spiritual Path by Christina Grof

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences by Sarah E. Hill, PhD

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman, PhD and Nana Silverman

The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation by Stephen Porges

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond by Patricia Evans

How We Choose To Be Happy: The 9 choices of extremely happy people- their secrets, their stories by Foster, R., Hicks, G.

The Heart of Desire: Keys to the pleasures of love by Stella Resnick, PhD

A Symphony in the Brain: The Evolution of the New Brain Wave Biofeedback by Jim Robbins

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to LoveThat Lasts by Gary Chapman

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it can help you find – and keep – love by Amir Levine, MD and Rachel S. F. Heller, MA

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body In the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog: And other stories from a child psychiatrist’s notebook by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz

When the Body Says No: Exploring the stress disease connection by Gabor Maté, MD

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art – James Nestor Breath

This is a great book to learn about the connection between breath and health. Nestor participates in his own research, presents others research, and does a deep dive into the history of breath. Please see the links below for more information.

Transcending Trauma – Frank Anderson

Please take a look at the book, Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems by Frank Anderson. “Complex PTSD, in its most basic form, is a relational violation that disrupts our sense of trust and safety in the world and limits access to our Self-energy. Healing relational trauma puts us back in touch […]

What is so bad about inflammatory foods?

Harvard Health Publishing: Harvard Medical School put out an article about inflammation and a list of foods that with inflammation. Inflammation is known to cause mental health problems and disease in the body. Please go directly to the article with the information provided below. “What does an anti-inflammatory diet do? Your immune system becomes activated […]