Trauma, EMDR & PTSD
For adults working through long-standing trauma, complex PTSD, or the body-based aftermath of frightening experiences. These are books our team often mentions in sessions.
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
The single most-recommended book on trauma in modern psychology. Explains why trauma lives in the body and what therapies (including EMDR) can do about it.
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté
Gabor Maté on how Western culture itself shapes trauma, addiction, and chronic illness — and what individual healing can look like inside that.
Getting Past Your Past
Francine Shapiro
Written by EMDR's founder for general readers. A practical self-help framing of the same model our psychologists use clinically.
What My Bones Know
Stephanie Foo
A journalist's memoir of being diagnosed with complex PTSD and navigating EMDR, IFS, and somatic therapy. Vivid, accessible, validating.
ADHD & Neurodiversity
For adults newly diagnosed (or wondering), parents of neurodivergent kids, and anyone trying to make sense of an ADHD or autistic brain — including the late-diagnosed-women experience.
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Driven to Distraction (Revised)
Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
The classic ADHD primer — still the clearest single explanation of ADHD across the lifespan.
Taking Charge of ADHD
Russell Barkley
For parents. Russell Barkley is the most-cited ADHD researcher; this is his parent-facing guide.
Unmasking Autism
Devon Price
The late-diagnosed-autism experience, particularly common in women and adults whose masking finally cracks in midlife.
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
Sari Solden & Michelle Frank
Workbook-style guide for the women-with-ADHD experience our clinical psychologist sees frequently.
Anxiety, Panic & OCD
For readers working with anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, or the kind of relentless rumination that doesn't stop on its own.
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When Panic Attacks
David D. Burns
David Burns on CBT for anxiety and panic, written for general readers. Practical exercises that match what we do clinically.
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Edmund Bourne
The most widely-used anxiety workbook in CBT-informed therapy. Often given as homework alongside sessions.
Brain Lock
Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Self-directed approach to OCD using the four-step model — useful adjunct alongside formal ERP therapy.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
Australian author's introduction to ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) for anxiety, depression, and stuck thinking.
Mindfulness, Meditation & Yoga
For readers wanting to build a mindfulness practice or understand the science behind why mind-body approaches help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
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Full Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The foundational MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) text. The book that introduced mindfulness into evidence-based mental health care.
Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach
Buddhist psychology and compassion-focused practice for self-criticism, shame, and emotional pain.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Shorter, accessible introduction to mindfulness — ideal first read before a Calm or Headspace subscription.
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
Not strictly mindfulness, but the single best book on sleep — and sleep is the foundation of everything else.
Parenting & Child Psychology
For parents of children of all ages — including parents of neurodivergent kids, kids who have experienced something hard, and parents trying to break the cycle of how they themselves were raised.
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The Whole-Brain Child
Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
The most-recommended parenting book in evidence-based child psychology. Twelve strategies for raising emotionally-regulated kids.
No-Drama Discipline
Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Companion to Whole-Brain Child. How to discipline without breaking connection with your child.
Raising Your Spirited Child
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
For parents of intense, sensitive, persistent, or otherwise spirited kids — often (but not always) overlapping with neurodivergent presentations.
How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen
Joanna Faber & Julie King
Practical communication skills for ages 2–7. Bhavini's parent-consultation work draws on similar techniques.
Every Parent's Guide to ADHD
Russell Barkley
For parents specifically navigating an ADHD diagnosis — by the field's most-cited researcher.
Relationships & Couples
For couples (married or not), people in difficult relationships, and anyone working through attachment patterns inherited from earlier experiences.
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John M. Gottman & Nan Silver
Gottman is the most-researched couples-therapy framework in the field. This is the general-reader version.
Hold Me Tight
Sue Johnson
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, by the modality's founder. Particularly useful for couples in disconnection cycles.
Attached
Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Adult attachment theory made accessible — explains why some relationship patterns repeat and what to do about it.
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Communication framework that's useful for couples, parents, and workplace dynamics.
Self-Care, Stress & Burnout
For readers managing chronic stress, burnout, or trying to rebuild a sustainable relationship with work, rest, and themselves.
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Burnout
Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
The science of burnout — particularly the experience of women navigating chronic over-functioning.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Nedra Glover Tawwab
Practical, therapy-informed guide to boundary-setting in relationships, family, and work.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
The clearest single book on habit change — useful for clients building sleep, exercise, or mindfulness habits between sessions.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
A psychotherapist's memoir about being both therapist and patient. Often what de-stigmatises therapy for first-time clients.
Postnatal Mental Health & New Motherhood
For new mothers navigating postnatal depression, anxiety, identity shifts, or just the ordinary intensity of early parenthood. Sushama works particularly often in this area.
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The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook
Pamela S. Wiegartz & Kevin L. Gyoerkoe
CBT-based workbook for perinatal anxiety. Often given alongside sessions during the perinatal period.
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts
Karen Kleiman
Validating, often-quoted book about intrusive thoughts in new motherhood — a common but rarely-spoken-about experience.
The Fourth Trimester
Kimberly Ann Johnson
Whole-system view of postnatal recovery — physical, emotional, identity-level. Often what new mothers wish someone had given them.