A Therapist's Favorite Mental Health Books

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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men 4.48 avg rating — 16,869 ratings
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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America 3.73 avg rating — 10,294 ratings
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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) 4.05 avg rating — 3,643 ratings
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Hope Is On The Way: How God Reveals a Wellspring of Help on Easter Saturday
Hope Is On The Way: How God Reveals a Wellspring of Help on Easter Saturday it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Superhero Therapy: A Hero's Journey through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Superhero Therapy: A Hero's Journey through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 4.15 avg rating — 146 ratings
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I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression 4.30 avg rating — 4,273 ratings
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Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety
Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety 3.84 avg rating — 830 ratings
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An Invitation to Self-Care: Why Learning to Nurture Yourself Is the Key to the Life You've Always Wanted, 7 Principles for Abundant Living
An Invitation to Self-Care: Why Learning to Nurture Yourself Is the Key to the Life You've Always Wanted, 7 Principles for Abundant Living 4.38 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction 4.17 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
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Expressive Writing: Words That Heal
Expressive Writing: Words That Heal 3.89 avg rating — 300 ratings
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ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 4.19 avg rating — 848 ratings
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SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games
SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games 3.94 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,139 ratings
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The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness
The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness 4.01 avg rating — 629 ratings
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More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD
More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD 4.04 avg rating — 276 ratings
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ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life 3.99 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
18.
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works 4.24 avg rating — 19,824 ratings
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The Anxious Thoughts Workbook: Skills to Overcome the Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts that Drive Anxiety, Obsessions, and Depression (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
The Anxious Thoughts Workbook: Skills to Overcome the Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts that Drive Anxiety, Obsessions, and Depression (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) 4.14 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 904 ratings
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk 4.27 avg rating — 37,561 ratings
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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression 4.19 avg rating — 15,443 ratings
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Listening to Prozac
Listening to Prozac 3.70 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
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The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity 4.21 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy - A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard
Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy - A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard 4.01 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Mindfulness for Parents: Finding Your Way to a Calmer Happier Family
Mindfulness for Parents: Finding Your Way to a Calmer Happier Family 3.53 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It
The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It 4.02 avg rating — 3,658 ratings
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There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love
There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love 4.19 avg rating — 3,753 ratings
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self 3.72 avg rating — 4,865 ratings
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How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life 3.92 avg rating — 20,314 ratings
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A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: How to Be "Normal" in Your Twenties with Anxiety and Depression
A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: How to Be "Normal" in Your Twenties with Anxiety and Depression 4.04 avg rating — 269 ratings
33.
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity 4.36 avg rating — 22,271 ratings
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Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body
Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body 4.34 avg rating — 3,406 ratings
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert 4.25 avg rating — 33,917 ratings
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The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully 4.46 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
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Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire 3.92 avg rating — 785 ratings
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life 4.28 avg rating — 81,121 ratings
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More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory 4.23 avg rating — 4,566 ratings
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Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps 3.70 avg rating — 14,254 ratings
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar 4.15 avg rating — 137,877 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,722 ratings
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What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety
What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety 4.03 avg rating — 458 ratings
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Against Depression
Against Depression 3.86 avg rating — 518 ratings
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Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness
Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness 3.67 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
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The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 4.21 avg rating — 8,233 ratings
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Bad Things Happen to Good People 4.02 avg rating — 19,698 ratings
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence 4.18 avg rating — 49,293 ratings
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My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown
My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown 4.14 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work
The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work 3.58 avg rating — 1,721 ratings
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In This Moment: Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience
In This Moment: Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience 3.78 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting—and Staying—Organized
Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting—and Staying—Organized 3.89 avg rating — 481 ratings