Recommended Self-Help Books
Self-help books are an important component of mental health support and other evidence-based treatments for symptom management. Whether used during therapy sessions, or augmenting scheduled mental health visits, these reference books may be used by clients to rehearse new skills, practice coping strategies, and restructure destructive beliefs.
My Top Picks
Anxiety & OCD Helps
Yoga-CBT Workbook for Anxiety
By Juile Greiner-ferris & Manjit Khalsa
Book offers the first research-based model to combine the benefits of traditional psychological practice with the therapeutic benefits of Kundalini yoga.
ADHD/Inattention Issues
Substance Use Help
Concussions & Head Injury Healing
The Concussion Repair Manual
Dr. Dan Engle
A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries
Sadness/Depression Helps
Boundaries
By Anne Katherine ·
An essential guide to setting and respecting boundaries is for anyone wanting to better understand themselves and others.
Making Amends
By AA Grapevine
Features 55 candid, firsthand stories from Grapevine magazine that reveal members’ personal experiences with Step Nine of the AA program that includes making direct amends, wherever possible, to whose we’ve harmed.
Food Mood Conneciton
By Uma Naidoo
It is well known that unhealthy eating patterns can cause mood swings. Blood sugar fluctuations and nutritional imbalances are often to blame. Without a steady source of fuel from the foods we eat, our mind and bodies don't function well.
You're not Crazy--You're Codependent
By Jeanette Menter
If your life has been affected by addiction (yours or someone else's), abuse, trauma or toxic shaming, you may also be struggling with another invisible problem - codependency.
Body Image & Eating Struggles
Trauma & Abuse
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga
By David Emerson
Survivors of trauma—whether abuse, accidents, or war—can end up profoundly wounded, betrayed by their bodies that failed to get them to safety and that are a source of pain.
The DBT Skills Workbook for PTSD
By Matthew McKay, Jeffrey Brantley, & Jeffrey C. Wood
Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance.
Eating for your Mood & Health
Junk Foods & Junk Moods
Stop Craving & start living
Food Mood Connection
An indispensiable guild to the surprising foods that fight depression, anxiety, trauma, ocd, adhd, ...
10-Day Detox Diet Cookbook
By Dr. Mark Hyman
More than 150 recipes to help you lose weight and stay healthy for life.
Food & Mood Cookbook
Recipes for eating well and feeling your best.
Emotional Self-Regulation Skills
Self-Reg
Stop Craving & start living
The DBT Therapy Skills Workbook
By Matthew McKay, Jeffrey Wood, & Jeffrey Brantley
Self-regulation Interventions and Strategies
By Theresa Garland
Yoga-CBT Workbook for Anxiety
Total Relief for mind & body
Environmental Impact on Mental & Physical Health
EMF'd
By Dr. Joseph Mercola
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE CAN HURT YOU. The dangers of electromagnetic fields are real. Reveals exactly what they are and how you can protect yourself.
Dirty Genes
By Dr. Ben Lynch
How leveraging specific lifestyle choices can help re-write our health destiny.”
Radiation Nation
Daniel T. DeBaun and Ryan P. DeBaun
The Complete Guide To EMF Safety. The Proven Health Risks of EMF& What to Do Protect Yourself & Family
The Mind-Gut Connection
By Emeran Mayer
How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health