RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Psychology
- The Presence Process: A Healing Journey – Michael Brown
- The Transformative Power of Crisis: Our Journey to Psychological Healing and Spiritual Awakening – Robert M. Alter
- People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil– M. Scott Peck
- What a shaman sees in a mental hospital
- Toxic Parents – Susan Forward
- Outgrowing The Pain – Eliana Gil
- Trauma and Recovery – Judith Herman
- Love Is Letting Go of Fear – Gerald G. Jampolsky
- When You and Your Mother Can’t Be Friends – Victoria Secunda
- Emotional Blackmail: When The People In your Life Use Fear, Oblig. Guilt To Manipulate You – S. Forward
- Children Of The Self Absorbed: Getting Over Narcissistic Parents – Nina Brown
- How To Be An Assertive Woman – Jean Bauer
- The Courage To Be Yourself – Thoele
- The Undefended Self
- Forgiveness: Forgive For Good – F. Luskin
- The Truth Shall Set You Free – Alice Miller
- The Body Never Lies – Alice Miller
- The Secret Of The Shadow: The Power Of Owning Your Story.- D. Ford
- Taming Your Gremlin – Rich Carson
- The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind – J. Murphy
- Realizing Our Dreams Free E-Book
- Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World? – Mary J. Lore
- Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal (Paperback) – Belleruth Naparstek
- Self Esteem – Mathew McKay
- There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate – Cheri Huber
- Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom – S. Scurlock-Durana
- Finding Meaning In The Second Half Of Life – Hollis
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are – Brene Brown
- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power – Brene Brown
- The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace – Ruiz
- Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers – Karyl McBride
- The UltraMind Solution: The Simple Way to Defeat Depression, Overcome Anxiety, and Sharpen Your Mind – Mark Hyman, M.D.
Spirituality
- Greg Braden, Language Of The Divine Matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxl91U3ufI
- Loyalty To Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology – Mary R. Hulnick, Ph.D.
- The Disappearance of The Universe – Gary Renard
- Meet Your Soul: A Powerful Guide to Connect with Your Most Sacred Self– Elisa Romeo
- Dailyom.com– Wonderful low cost and free courses.
- The 3 Stages of Awakening
- Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters– by Robert Augustus Masters
- Infinite Waters
- Lightworker: Understand Your Sacred Role as Healer, Guide, and Being of Light – Sahvanna Arienta
- Indigo Adults: Understanding Who You Are and What You Can Become – Ritama Davidson
- Spiritual Growth is Not What You Think– Doyle Barnett
- Karmatube.org
- Good News Network
- 55-minute, 6-part interview with Pema Chodron
- A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
- The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz
- Living With Joy – Sonaya Roman
- Personal Power With Awareness – S. Roman
- One Day My Soul Just Opened Up – I. Vanzant
- Journey Of The Heart – Wellwood
- The Greatest Salesman In The World – Og Mandino
- Doreen Virtue’s books.
- Love Is Letting Go Of Fear – G. Jampolsky
- Pema Chodron’s books
- The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn
- Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
- Unconditional Bliss – R. Chusnir
- Ask and It is Given – Esther Hicks
- The Heart Of The Soul: Emotional Awareness – G. Zukav
- Unconditional Bliss – R. Cushnir
- Daughter Of Fire – Irina Tweedie
- The Seekers Guide: Making Your Life A Spiritual Adventure – Elizabeth Lesser
- When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality(Paperback) – Stanislav Grof
- Abraham books, by Esther Hicks
- Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration by Penney Peirce
Family/Children
- Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting
– by Janet Lansbury - Models of Love – Joyce Vissell
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families – Stephen Covey
- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber
- Childhood Unbound: Saving Our Kids’ Best Selves – Confident Parenting in a World of Change – Ron Taffel
- The Aware Baby (Paperback) by Aletha Jauch Solter
- The Twelve Gifts of Birth – Costanzo
- Middleschoolyearswithouttears.com(blog and book)
- Unassisted Childbirth – Laura Shanley
- DiaperFree – Ingrid Bauer
- Magical Child – Joseph Chilton Pearce
- kidsforpeaceglobal.org
- Orgasmic Labor Birth
- Elimination communication BOOK – Go Diaper Free
- godiaperfree.com/elimination-communication-book/
For Children (Body Safety)
- If I’d Only Known: Sexual Abuse in or out of the Family: A Guide to Prevention – D. Neddermeyer
- Tears Of Joy – Behm
- The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse – Sandy Kleven, J Jody Bergsma (Illustrator)
- Your Body Belongs to You – Cornelia Spelman, et al
- My Body Is Private – Linda Walvoord Girard, et al
- Trouble With Secrets – Karen Johnsen
Gender Transcendence – LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual)
- National Center For Transgender Equality
- LGBT Community Center
- myhusbandbetty.com
- She’s Not There: A Life In Two Genders – Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Movies: Tomboy (2011);
Transgeneration (2005);
Transamerica(2005);
Southern Comfort - Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step– Christian de la Huerta, Matthew Fox
- The Whittington Family: Ryland’s Story(YouTube video)
Abuse Recovery
- National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Recovery Groups
- Peer to Peer Support
- psychopathfree.com
- See listings under other headings
Compulsive Behaviors, Addictions
- Facing Love Addiction – Pia Mellody
- The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships – P. Carnes.
- Losing Your Shirt: Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers & Their Families – M Heineman
- Women, Sex and Addiction – Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D.
- Money, Emotions and Recovery – Raphel
Eating Disorders
- Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything – Geneen Roth
- Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery – Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn
- Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery – Lindsey Hall
- All books by Geneen Roth
ADD/ADHD
- Man Credited with “Discovering” ADHD Makes a Startling Deathbed Confession
- Top 5 reasons “ADD” and “ADHD” are misdiagnosed and often NOT actually disorders at all
- ADHD: Is This Your Child? and Is This Your Child’s World? – both by Doris J. Rapp, MD.
- Dr. Fred Baughman, author of The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes “Patients” of Normal Children
- Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD
– Richard P. Brown/Patricia L. Gerbarg - Managing the Gift : Alternative Approaches for Attention Deficit Disorder – Dr. Kevin Ross Emery
- Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception – Thom Hartmann
Autism
- Healing The Symptoms Known As Autism -K. Rivera
- out-of-sync-child.com(autism, sensory processing difficulties)
- Healing Our Son’s Autism – The Best Therapy of All
Asperger’s
- Asperger’s Symptoms & How to Treat Them
- How Homeopathy is Healing Autism
- Help for NT spouses whose partner has Asperger’s/high functioning autism
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Autism Cures
Alcoholism
- Another Chance: Hope and Health for Alcoholic Families – Wegscheider-Cruse
- Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism – K.Ketcham
- I’ll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment – Vernon E. Johnson
- Getting Them Sober, You Can Help – Toby Rice Drews
Sex Addiction
- Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction – Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D.
- Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict – Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
- Don’t Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction – Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
- In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sex Behavior – Carnes
- Cruise Control – R. Weiss (for gay men)
Sexuality
- Healing Sex: A Mind/Body Approach To Healing Sexual Trauma – Staci Haines
- Circumcision: Assault on Male Sexuality – Part 1
- Aphrodite’s Daughters
- Talk Sexy To Me
- The Art Of Sexual Ecstacy – M. Anand
- The Joy Of Sex
- Beyond Orgasm. E. Eatough
- Lesbian Passion – J. Loulan
- Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tantric Sex – Dr. J. Kuriansky
- DVD – Ancient Secrets Of Sexual Ecstacy
- Hearts Cracked Open. Lesbian Tantra
- Tantra For Gay Men – Bruce Anderson
- Soulful Sex: Opening Your Body’s Heart, Body & Spirit to Lifelong Passion – Victoria Lee
- Juliet Allen
- Women’s Sexuality Center pamelamadison.com
Creativity
- The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron, with Mark Bryan
Finances
- Money, and the Law of Attraction – Hicks
- Thnk and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
- Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence – Joe Dominguez
- The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles – Marianne Williamson
Workplace
- Live Your Legend
- Books by Peter Senge
- The New Megatrend Book google
- Idealist.org
Volunteering
- GoEco – Volunteer Abroad for Ecological & Humanitarian Projects
- Catchafire– Skills-Based Volunteer Matching
Relationships
- Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the “Love” Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships – Anne Wilson Schaef
- Madly in Love with ME: The Daring Adventure of Becoming Your Own Best Friend– Christine Arylo
- Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship – John Welwood
- Emotional Intimacy: A Comprehensive Guide for Connecting with the Power of Your Emotions– by Robert Augustus Masters
- Seven Stages Of Relationship – Very Few Get Beyond Stage Six
- How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving – D. Richo
- Calling in the One – Katherine Woodward Thomas
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples – Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
- Undefended Love
- If The Buddha Dated
- In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want – Iyanla Vanzant
- If The Buddha Married
- How Can I Get Thru to You: Reconnecting Men & Women – Terrence Real
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate – Gary Chapman
- Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships – David Schnarch, Ph.D.
- 20 Communication Tips for Couples: A 30-Minute Guide to a Better Relationship – Doyle Barnett
- The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do”
- Shared Heart: Relationship Initiations and Celebrations – Vissell
- The Princess Who Believed In Fairy Tales: A Story For Modern Times – Marcia Grad
- The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work – Terrence Real
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How To Recognize It And How To Respond – Patricia Evans
- Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self – Charles Whitfield
- The Road Less Travelled – Scot Peck
- How to Be an Adult: A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration [Paperback] – David Richo
- How to Become an Adult In Relationship – David Richo
- Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them [Paperback] – Maggie Scarf
- Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment –Hendricks
- The Twelve Gifts in Marriage –Costanzo
- Our Love Is Too Good To Feel This Bad – Kirshenbaum
- Getting Real: Ten Truth Skills You Need To Live An Authentic Life – Campbell
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond – Patricia Evans
- Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough – Lori Gottlieb
- Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do– Duana Welch
- Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love: John Gottman Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman Ph.D.,
Codependency
- The Disease To Please – Harriet Braiker
- Half-Lived Life: Overcoming Passivity And Rediscovering Your Authentic Self by John Lee
- Facing Codependence – Pia Mellody
- Co-dependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself – Melodie Beattie
- The New Codependency – Melody Beattie
Feelings (Sad/Mad/Glad/Scared)
- How to Deal with Your Anger
- The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner
- Knowing Your Shadow: Becoming Intimate with All That You Are– by Robert Augustus Masters PhD
- The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Telling You – K. McLaren
- Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately – John Lee
- The Power of Vulnerability
- Anger: Taming The Beast. For people with explosive or repressed anger. – R. Peurifoy
- Feelings Buried Alive Don’t Die
- The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders: Self-Help Guide – J Santoro
- 30 Days To Fearless Living – R. Britton
- Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway – S. Jeffers
- The Anger Solution, Growing Yourself Back Up, and all books by John Lee
- Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King.
- The Center For Nonviolent Communication
NVC Introduction - Masters of Disguise – Jane Middelton-Moz
- Feelings and Needs List:
nycnvc.org/feelings
nycnvc.org/needs - It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear – Sandra Zimmer, Damon Thomas
Inner Child Books
- Recovery Of Your Inner Child(workbook) – Lucia Capacchione
- Healing Your Aloneness – E. Chopich
- Inner Bonding – Margaret Paul
- Healing The Child Within – Whitfield
- Inner Child Workbook – Cathryn Taylor
- Dear Stupid – Z. Bridger
- Homecoming – John Bradshaw
Dissociated Identity
- The Sum Of My Parts: A Survivor’s Story
- Living With Your Selves – S. J. Hocking
- Multiple Personality Disorder From The Inside Out – Cohen, Giller
- www.WERMANY.org
- Multiple Journeys To One – J. Dragon
- Dissociation Support Group. http://www.igdid.com/
Depression/Bipolar/BPD/Anxiety
- Four Things You Should Know About Depression
- Bipolarorwakingup’s Blog | Taking things to the next level…
- Do 5 Million Americans Really Have Bipolar Disorder?
- Not Crazy: You May Not Be Mentally Ill [Kindle Edition] – Charles Whitfield
- Borderline Personality
- I Hate You. Don’t Leave Me(Borderline)
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook– E. Bourn
- New Hope For People With BPD – J. Fawcett
- Healing Depression & Bipolar Disorder Without Drugs: Inspiring Stories of Restoring Mental Health Through Natural Therapies – Gracelyn Guyol
- Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder, The: New Revised Edition – Stephanie Marohn
Incest and Sexual Abuse
- 12 Step Group – SIA (Survivors of Incest Anonymous
- stopthesilence.org
- Emotional Incest: What To Do When A Parent’s Love Rules Your Life – P. Love.
- The Courage To Heal – Davis
- Allies In Healing – Davis (for partners)
- Ghosts in the Bedroom – K. Graber
- Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Child Sexual Abuse – Mike Lew (plus his other books)
- Gay Men and Childhood Sexual Trauma: Integrating the Shattered Self – J. Casses
- Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners: Understanding Covert Incest – Kenneth M. Adams
- Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors– Whitfield
- Daily Meditation for Survivors
- Reach For The Rainbow: Advanced Healing For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Healing Journey (for abuse survivors) – W. Maltz
- Repressed Memories: A Journey To Recovery From Sexual Abuse – R. Frederickson
- The Right to Innocence(Therapeutic 7-Step Self-Help Program) – B. Engel
- The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma – Annie Roger
- Secret Survivors – E. Sue Blue (old but still valuable book)
- malesurvivor.org
- Signs of Sexual Abuse
- Trauma, Amnesia and the Denial of Abuse – Robert Falconer
- Sexual Abuse: Bait, – Alex Sanchez. (for gay teens and men)
- Silently Seduced and When He’s Married to Mom – Ken Adams
- Characteristics and Behavioral Patterns of Pedophiles
- drdorothy.net/book-store
Health/Medical
- Feeding You Lies: Vani Hari
- The Link Between Physical Illness and Unhealed Trauma
- Modern medicine treats disease symptoms while ignoring underlying causes
- What a shaman sees in a mental hospital
- Molecules of Emotion – Candice Pert (describes that depression is caused by the denial of the self which, in turn, largely creates illness).
- The Food Babe Way: Break Free from the Hidden Toxins in Your Food and Lose Weight, Look Years Younger, and Get Healthy in Just 21 Days!– by Vani Hari
- Total Recovery: Solving the Mystery of Chronic Pain and Depression by Gary Kaplan
- Chemical Imbalances – Result Of Psychological Distress
- The Business Of Mental Health
- Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the “New Psychiatry” – Paperback by Peter R. Breggin
- Greg Braden: Healing Cancer Within Minutes
- Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing– Anita Moorjani
- The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness – Inna Segal
- Biogenealogy: Decoding The Psychic Roots Of Illness – P. Obissier
- The Easy Way – A. Carr (stop smoking cigarettes)
- The Ultimate Conspiracy: The Biomedical Paradigm – James McCumiskey
- Drug Muggers: How To Keep Your Medicine From Stealing the Life Out of You – Suzy Cohen
- The 24-Hour Pharmacist: Advice, Options, and Amazing Cures from America’s Most Trusted Pharmacist (Paperback) – Suzy Cohen
- doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
- The True History of Chemotherapy & the Pharmaceutical Monopoly – Waking Times Media
Alternative To Psychiatric Hospitalization
Past Lives
- Movie: My Reincarnation (with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu)
- The Ghost Inside My Child – Paranormal Documentary
- Books by Brian Weiss
- Books by Edgar Cayce
- Past LIfe Therapy
- ibrt.org(International Board for Regression Therapies)
Paranormal
- ET Origins – Secrets Of The Star People – The Movie – Tribal Elders Speak Out
- Channeling: Bashar.org
- experiencer.org
- drboylan.com
- opusnetwork.org
Shamanism
- The Shamanic View Of Mental Health. shamanicmentalhealth.org
- Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide – Sandra Ingerman
- The Way of The Shaman – Michael Harner
- Of Water and Spirit – Malidoma Some
- Secrets of the Talking Jaguar – Martin Prechtel
Spirit Releasement
- Healing Lost Souls: Releasing Unwanted Spirits from Your Energy Body – William J. Baldwi