Here are some books that have been have very influential in my work and thinking. Many of them are geared towards therapists but still may be helpful to someone who is really interested reading up on things on their own. I also enjoy when clients recommend books to me as well!
Book List (Most of them are on Audible)
Somatic Books:
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma, Janina Fisher
Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
When The Body Says No, Gabor Mate
Becoming Safely Embodied, Deirdre Fay
Trauma and the Body, Pat Ogden
Call of the Wild, Kimberly Ann Johnson
Mind-Body Stress Reset, Rebekkah LaDyne
Healing The Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Janina Fisher
Nurturing Resilience, Kathy Kain & Sthephen Terrell
Bodyfulness, Christine Caldwell
Trauma Recovery, Arielle Schwartz
Bioenergetics, Alexander Lowen
Sex Therapy:
The Art of Recieving and Giving, Betty Martin, Robyn Dalzen
The Erotic Mind, Jack Morin
Your Blueprint for Pleasure, Jaiya
The Return of Desire, Gina Ogden
Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy, Gina Ogden
Mating in Captivity & The State of Affairs, Esther Perel
Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Janet Hardy & Dossie Easton
Come as You Are, Emily Nagoski
Come Together, Emily Nagoski
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, Staci Haines
Reclaiming Pleasure, Holly Richmond
Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy, LindaWeiner
The Leather Couch & With Sprinkles On Top , Stefani Goerlich
Whole Body Sex, Melissa Walker
Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha
Pleasure Plan, Laura Zam
Ace, Angela Chen
Unf*ck Your Intimacy & Autism Relationship Handbook, Faith G. Harper
Urban Tantra, Annie Sprinkle
Polyvagal Theory:
Befriending Your Nervous System & Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, Deb Dana
Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory, Stephen Porges
Somatic Internal Family Systems Books:
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy, Susan McConell
Internal Family Systems Books:
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts, Richard Schwartz
No bad Parts, Richard Schwartz
You are the One You have Been Waiting For, Richard Schwartz
Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt, Martha Sweezy
The Others Within Us, Robert Falconer
Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems, Joanne H. Twombley
Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors, Regina A Goulding and Richard Schwartz
An Internal Family Systems Guide to Recovery from Eating Disorders, Amy Yandel Grabowski
NARM/Attachment Theory Books:
The Practical Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma, Laurence Heller, Brad J Kammer
The Power of Attachment, Diane Poole Heller
Healing Your Attachment Wounds, Diane Poole Heller
The 5 Personality Styles, Steven Kessler
Polyamory:
Polysecure, Jessica Fern
Polywise, Jessica Fern
Polyamory Breakup Boof, Kathy Labriola
Polyamory, Martha Kauppi, Kathy Labriola
Mindfulness Books:
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
True Refuge, Tara Brach
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Segal, Williams & Teasdale
Social Justice Books:
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Pleasure Activism, Adrienne Maree Brown
You Are Your Best Thing, Tarana Burke & Brene Brown
Embodied Activism, Rae Johnson
Oppression and the Body, Christine Caldwell & Lucia Bennett Leighton
Jungian Books:
Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Sitting by the Well, Marion Woodman
Trauma and the Soul, Donald Kalsched
Red Book, Carl Jung
Man and his Symbols, Carl Jung
The Soul’s Code, James Hillman
Dream Tending, Stephan Aizenstat
Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
The Way of the Tarot, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Soulcraft, Bill Plotkin
Jungian Sex Therapy Books:
The Soul of Sex, Thomas Moore
The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink, Douglas Thomas
Somatic Jungian Book:
Eastern Body Western Mind, Anodea Judith
Psychedelic Therapy Books:
Theradelic Approach, Sunny Strazburg
Psychedelics and Psychotherapy, Tim Read, Maria Papaspyrou
The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide, James Fadiman
Holotropic Breathwork, Stanislav and Christina Grof
Navigating Psychedelics Integration Workbook, Kyle Buller, Joe Moore
Expressive Art Therapy:
Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy, Cathy A. Malchiodi
Process not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery, Jamie Marich
Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing, Cornelia Elbrecht, Cathy Malchiodi.
EMDR:
EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, Arielle Schwartz and Barb Maiberger
Easy Ego State Interventions, Robin Shapiro
Polyvagal-Informed EMDR, Rebecca Kase
Transpersonal Psychology:
Spiritual Emergency, Stansilav Grof
Neurodiversity
Out of Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz (On sensory processing issues)
Divergent Mind, Jenara Nerenberg
Miscellaneous Books:
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg
Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
Brainspotting, David Grand