Resources — Further Reading

Trauma Healing

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
  Dr. Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
  Dr. Peter Levine, Ph.D.

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
  Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

• Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
  Dr. Laurence Heller, Ph.D., and Aline Lapierre, PsyD

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
  Pete Walker, M.A., MFT

• The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
  Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW

• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
  Stephanie Foo

Depression & Anxiety

• This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better
  Dr. Faith G. Harper, Ph.D.

• Unf*ck Your Brain
  Dr. Faith G. Harper, Ph.D.

• Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More
  Dr. Christopher M. Palmer, M.D.

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
  Dr. David D. Burns, M.D.

Mindfulness & Meditation

• Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
  Dr. David A. Treleaven, Dr. Willoughby Britton, Ph.D.

• The Power of Now
  Eckhart Tolle

• Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
  Ayya Khema

• Mindfulness, Bliss and Beyond
  Ajahn Brahm

• Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
  Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

• The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works
  Shinzen Young

• Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief: Guided Practices for Reclaiming Your Body and Your Life
  Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

Pornography & Sex Addiction

• Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame
  George Collins, M.A., and Andrew Adleman, M.A.

• Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery
  Dr. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.

Boundaries

• Unf*ck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs
  Dr. Faith G. Harper, Ph.D.

• When I Say No I Feel Guilty
  Dr. Manuel J. Smith, Ph.D

• Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
  Melody Beattie

• The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators
  Shahida Arabi, M.A.

Relationships

• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
  Dr. Amir Levine Ph.D., Rachel Heller, M.A.

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
  Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

• The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships
  Dr. Diane Poole Heller Ph.D., Dr. Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.

• Unf*ck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating
  Dr. Faith G. Harper, Ph.D.

ADHD

• Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
  Dr. Gabor Mate, M.D.

• ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - from Childhood Through Adulthood
  Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., Dr. John J. Ratey M.D.

• The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength
  Dr. Dale Archer, M.D.

• The Gift of Adult ADD: How to Transform Your Challenges and Build on Your Strengths
  Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D.

• Journeys Through ADDulthood: Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning with Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sari Solden, M.S., Foreword by Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Addiction & Substance Use

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
  Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D.

• Healing the Addicted Brain: The Revolutionary, Science-Based Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Program
  Dr. Harold C. Urschel III, M.D.

• The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love — Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
  Dr. Judson Brewer, M.D. and Jon Kabat-Zinn

Anger

• Unf*ck Your Anger: Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness
  Dr. Faith G. Harper, Ph.D.

Psychedelics

• Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States
  Dr. Tim Read, M.D. (Editor), Maria Papaspyrou, MSc (Editor), Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D. (Foreword)

• Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness
  Marc Aixala, Jose Carlos Bouso, Ph.D. (Foreword)

• DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences
  Dr. Rick Strassman, M.D.

• The History of Psychedelics
  Dr. Erika Dyck, Ph.D.

• Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
  Dr. Richard Louis Miller

• How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
  Michael Pollan

Spiritual Emergency, Growth & Healing

• Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis
  Edited by Dr. Stanislav Grof, M.D., and Christina Grof

• The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crisis
  Christina Grof and Dr. Stanislav Grof, M.D.

• Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy
  Dr. Stanislav Grof, M.D., Christina Grof, Foreward by Dr. Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.

• The Transpersonal Vision: The Healing Potential of Nonordinary States of Consciousness
  Dr. Stanislav Grof, M.D.

• Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences
  Dr. Yvonne Kason, M.D.

• A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
  Dr. Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.

• The Call of Spiritual Emergency: From Personal Crisis to Personal Transformation
  Dr. Emma Bragdon, Ph.D.

• Trials of the Visionary Mind: Spiritual Emergency and the Renewal Process
  Dr. John Weir Perry, M.D.

• Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
  Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

• Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior
  Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

• Be Here Now
  Ram Dass, Formerly Dr. Richard Alpert, Ph.D.

• The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment
  Adyashanti

Kundalini

• The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932
  Dr. Carl Jung, M.D.,; Edited by Sonu Shamdasani

• The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence?
  Dr. Lee Sannella, M.D.

• Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini
  Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

• Awakening Kundalini: The Path to Radical Freedom
  Dr. Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.

• Energies of Transformation: A Guide to the Kundalini Process
  Dr. Bonnie Greenwell, Ph.D.

• The Kundalini Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey
  Dr. Bonnie Greenwell, Ph.D.

• Kundalini Vidya: The Science of Spiritual Transformation - A Comprehensive System for Understanding and Guiding Spiritual Development
  Bri. Joan Shivarpita Harrigan, Ph.D.

• Stories of Spiritual Transformation: The Fulfillment of Kundalini Process - Modern Seekers, Ancient Teachings
  Bri. Joan Shivarpita Harrigan, Ph.D.