Media Compilation

Learn and Grow Outside of the Therapy Room:

If you like Books, Workbooks, Audiobooks, Videos, Articles, Podcasts, etc. Good News!

Clients often ask for additional resources for their topics of interest to deepen their knowledge and practice their skills between sessions. 
Below we’ve provided a list of some of our and our colleague’s favorite materials. 
You may access the book directly by clicking on the link. 
Enjoy!
Browse By Topics: List of Content

Anger

  1. The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner PhD
  2. From Anger to Intimacy: How Forgiveness Can Transform Your Marriage
  3. Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion – Gary Chapman
  4. The Surprising Purpose of Anger – Marshal Rosenberg

Anxiety

  1. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund Bourne
  2. The Wisdom of Anxiety – Sheryl Paul
  3. Women Who Think Too Much
  4. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
  5. Meditations: Oren Jay Sofer on Youtube
  6. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You – Elaine N. Aron
  7. The Worry Cure – Robert L. Leahy  
  8. The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It – David Carbonell
  9. When Panic Attacks – David D. Burns

Attention Issues

  1. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Autism

  1. Aspergers From the Inside Out: A Supportive And Practical Guide – Michael Carley

  2. Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, and A Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome – Tony Atwood

  3. The Asperkid’s (Secret) Book of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens With Asperger Syndrome – Jennifer O’Toole

  4. The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: A guide to Living in an Intimate Relationship with a Partner who as Asperger Syndrome – Maxine Aston

BIPOC (Black, Indiginous, People of Color)

  1. Black Pain – Terrie Williams
  2. Black Women’s Mental Health – Stephanie Evans
  3. Healing Racial Trauma – Sheila Wise Rowe
  4. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem
  5. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome – Joy DeGruy
  6. Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Fear, and Panic – Angela Neal-Barnett
  7. The State of Black Girls – Marline Francois-Madden
  8. The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health – Rheeda Walker

Borderline Issues

Boundaries

Children

*For Parenting and Teens: Scroll Down or Click for More

  1. How to Talk so Kids Will Listen, & Listen so Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  2. No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson
  3. Nurturing Good Children Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Nurture your Child’s Core Self – Taffel
  4. The Magic Years – Selma Fraiberg (young children’s development)
  5. The Scientist in the Crib – Alison Gobnik (1 year olds and their minds)
  6. The Whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson

Codependency

Dating and Relationships

  1. 101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged – H. Norman Wright
  2. After the Affair – Janis Abrahms Spring
  3. Broken Promises Mended Hearts – Joel Block
  4. Contemplating Divorce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go – Susan Pease
  5. The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner
  6. Deal Breakers: When to Work on a Relationship and When to Walk Away – Dr. Bethany Marshall
  7. If the Buddha Dated
  8. Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands – Dr. Laura Schlessinger
  9. The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm
  10. The Courage to Trust – Cynthia Lynn Wall
  11. The Stories We Tell Ourselves
  12. The 5 Love Languages
  13. The Relationship Cure – 5 Step Guide to Strengthen Your Marriage – John Gottman
  14. The Upside Down Marriage: 12 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Right Side Up – Jim Keller
  15. Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay – Mira Kirshenbaum
  16. Fierce Intimacy – Terry Real
  17. Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt
  18. How We Love: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage – Milan Yerkovich, Kay Yerkovich
  19. Love and War: Finding the Marriage You’ve Dreamed of – John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge
  20. Marriage on the Rock: A Guide for Discovering God’s Design for Your Dream Marriage
  21. Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution
  22. Sacred Marriage – Gary L. Thomas
  23. Smart Couples Finish Rich. 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Spouse
  24. The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly
  25. The Emotionally Destructive Marriage – How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
  26. The Magic 5 Hours: The Relationship Cure – 5 Step Guide to Strengthen Your Marriage – John Gottman
  27. The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
  28. The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists
  29. Why Does He Do That? – Lundy Croftman

Depression

  1. How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies

  2. The Art of Happiness – Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler

  3. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu

  4. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David Burns

  5. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living – Russ Harris

  6. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression – Andrew Solomon

  7. The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

  8. The Secret

  9. Self- Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself – Kristin Neff

Debt Free

Eating Disorders / Body Image

Emotional Self-Help Books

 

Family Issues

 

Grief

Infertility

 

Infidelity

Leadership

LGBTQ+

  1. A Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth (Guide)

  2. Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender

  3. Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People (Guide)

  4. How to Support Bisexual Youth (Guide)

  5. The Queer Advantage – Andrew Gelwicks

  6. Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health (Article)

  7. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World – Alan Downs

  8. Yes, You Are Trans Enough – Mia Violet

Life Planning

Narcissism

  1. Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare – Shahida Arabi
  2. Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving & Thriving with the Self Absorbed
  3. One Mom’s Battle Divorcing a Narcissist
  4. Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
  5. Psychopath Free – Jackson MacKenzie
  6. Psychopath Free
  7. Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free: Ultimate Guide to Telling the Truth, Creating Connection & Finding Freedom
  8. The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist – Debbie Mirza
  9. The Safest Place Possible – Debbie Mirza
  10. The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists
  11. Why Does He Do That? – Lundy Croftman

(About) Mental Health and Therapy

  1. Creatures of a Day and Other Tales of Psychotherapy  – Irvin Yalom

  2. Existential Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

  3. The Gift of Therapy – Irvin Yalom (For clinicians)

  4. Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy – Irvin Yalom

  5. On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy – Carl Rogers

  6. Momma and The Meaning of Life – Irvin Yalom 

Parenting (Including Teens)

  1. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson, PhD
  2. The Bullying Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Social Aggression and Cyberbullying – Rachelle Lohmann and Julia Taylor
  3. Positive Discipline for Toddlers – Jane Nelsen
  4. Relational Parenting: Going Beyond Your Child’s Behavior to Meet Their Deepest Needs
  5. How to Get Your Son Back: 7 Steps to Reconnect and Repair Your Relationship – Kevin Fall and Austin Fall
  6. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys – Kindlon and Thompson
  7. The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Riase a Respectable Adult – Josh Shipp
  8. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions to Adulthood – Lisa Darmour

PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Trauma

  1. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay Gibson

  2. It didn’t Start with You – Mark Wolynn

  3. The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk

  4. The Sexual Healing Journey – Wendy Maltz

  5. The Verbally Abusive Relationship – Patricia Evans 

  6. Why Does He Do That? – Lundy Bancroft

Racial Justice, Anti-Racism

  1. Brené  Brown and Ibram X. Kendi Discuss How to Be an Antiracist (Podcast)
  2. How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion (TedTalk)
  3. Systemic Racism Explained (Short video) 
  4. White Fragility (Short video)
  5. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Article)
  6. Why “I’m Not a Racist” is Only Half the Story (Short video)
  7. Why Its So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Article)
  8. Why You Should Stop Saying “All Lives Matter” Explained (Article) 

*There’s more on our Racial Equity and Inclusion Resource Page. and our Asian American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Page

Self Improvement

  1. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parent
  2. How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
  3. Empowered Boundaries – Cistien Storm
  4. The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
  5. Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want
  6. Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey – James Hollis
  7. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior and Feel Great Again
  8. Raving Fans – Ken Blanchard
  9. The 4 Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
  10. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
  11. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
  12. Your Best Life Now – Joel Osteen
  13. Untethered Soul – Michael Singer
  14. You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For – Richard Schwartz

Spirituality

 

Sexual Education

  1. Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski

  2. The Guide to Getting it On – Paul Joannides

  3. Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel
  4. She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman – Ian Kerner

  5. The Multi-Orgasmic Couple: Sexual Secrets Every Couple Should Know – Mantak Chia, Maneewan Chia, Douglas Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams

Credits and Thanks: We appreciate colleagues for generously sharing their recommendations and materials. Our gratitude to:

Chicago Counseling Collective