Psychology, Mental Health, and Self-Help Books I do NOT recommend as a PhD in psychology & a scientist
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,236 ratings
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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Gabor Maté
4.31 avg rating — 31,755 ratings 3. 
Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society 4.32 avg rating — 475 ratings
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Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems 4.46 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
by:
Francine Shapiro
4.07 avg rating — 3,398 ratings 
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How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
by:
Nicole LePera
4.14 avg rating — 32,829 ratings 11. 
How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
by:
Nicole LePera
3.90 avg rating — 5,852 ratings 12. 
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch in Practice
by:
Susan McConnell
3.96 avg rating — 353 ratings 
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by:
Daniel G. Amen
3.97 avg rating — 12,807 ratings 15. 
Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
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Daniel G. Amen
4.03 avg rating — 2,241 ratings 16. 
Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups
by:
Daniel G. Amen
3.69 avg rating — 1,505 ratings 17. 
Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance
by:
Daniel G. Amen
3.85 avg rating — 979 ratings 18. 
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Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
by:
Robert Whitaker
4.18 avg rating — 2,580 ratings 20. 
Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines: The Truth Behind a Tragedy 3.62 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change
by:
David Grand
3.90 avg rating — 650 ratings 
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Beyond the Self: Healing Emotional Trauma and Brainspotting
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Mario C Salvador
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 25. 
Falling Awake: The FUN® Guide to Integrating EMDR, Brainspotting and Yoga Nidra for Trauma and Self-Regulation
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Kathryn Shafer
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 26. 
Falling Awake: The Fun(r) Guide to Integrating Emdr, Brainspotting and Yoga Nidra for Trauma and Self-Regulation
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Kathryn Shafer
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 27. 
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
by:
Abigail Shrier
4.15 avg rating — 13,176 ratings 
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Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
by:
Jay Shetty
4.18 avg rating — 81,737 ratings 30. 
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Pat Ogden
4.48 avg rating — 263 ratings 31. 
The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Pat Ogden
4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings 32. 
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation
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Janina Fisher
4.52 avg rating — 1,463 ratings 33. 
Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
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Janina Fisher
4.59 avg rating — 507 ratings 34. 
The Living Legacy of Trauma Flip Chart: A Psychoeducational In-Session Tool for Clients and Therapists
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Janina Fisher
4.60 avg rating — 73 ratings 35. 
Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Paul Frewen
3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings 36. 
Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Paul Frewen
3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings 37. 
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Deb Dana
4.30 avg rating — 571 ratings 38. 
Right Brain Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Allan N. Schore
4.49 avg rating — 43 ratings 39. 
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Daniel J. Siegel
4.16 avg rating — 165 ratings 
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The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation 4.11 avg rating — 748 ratings
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Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies 4.39 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe 4.19 avg rating — 874 ratings
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Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) 4.05 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
by:
Deb Dana
4.36 avg rating — 1,671 ratings 50. 
Safe and Sound: A Polyvagal Approach for Connection, Change, and Healing
by:
Stephen Porges
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 51. 
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
by:
Deb Dana
3.94 avg rating — 1,665 ratings 52. 
The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Bonnie Badenoch
4.41 avg rating — 212 ratings 
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Autism in Polyvagal Terms: New Possibilities and Interventions (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Rhythms of Relating in Children's Therapies: Connecting Creatively with Vulnerable Children
by:
Stuart Daniel
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 57. 
Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Pat Ogden
4.40 avg rating — 595 ratings 58. 
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
by:
Esther Perel
4.17 avg rating — 47,213 ratings 
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8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
by:
Jay Shetty
3.91 avg rating — 27,721 ratings 61. 
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love
by:
Amir Levine
4.14 avg rating — 113,132 ratings 62. 
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
by:
Robert Karen
4.24 avg rating — 1,396 ratings 63. 
When The Body Says No / In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts / Hold On To Your Kids
by:
Gabor Maté
4.41 avg rating — 135 ratings 64. 
You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships 4.41 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
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Gabor Maté
4.49 avg rating — 22,314 ratings 66. 
The Return to Ourselves: Trauma, Healing, and the Myth of Normal
by:
Gabor Maté
4.28 avg rating — 57 ratings 67. 
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Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual: Trauma-Informed Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD & Substance Abuse
by:
Frank Anderson
4.36 avg rating — 714 ratings 70. 
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model 4.13 avg rating — 16,526 ratings
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Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy 4.30 avg rating — 521 ratings
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Outshining Trauma: A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation
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Ralph De La Rosa
4.47 avg rating — 53 ratings 75. 
You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships 4.41 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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The Tender Parts: A Guide to Healing from Trauma through Internal Family Systems Therapy
by:
Ilyse Kennedy
4.07 avg rating — 131 ratings 77. 
Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat C-PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders
by:
Joanne Twombly
4.23 avg rating — 82 ratings 78. 
Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom
by:
Tamala Floyd
4.40 avg rating — 67 ratings 79. 
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Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd Edition by Richard C. Schwartz, Martha Sweezy paperback
by:
Martha Sweezy
4.29 avg rating — 146 ratings 81. 
You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: A New Approach to Intimate Relationships with the Internal Family Systems Model
by:
Richard Schwartz
4.29 avg rating — 188 ratings 82. 
We All Have Parts: An Illustrated Guide to Healing Trauma with Internal Family Systems
by:
Colleen West
4.56 avg rating — 313 ratings 83. 
An Internal Family Systems Guide to Recovery from Eating Disorders: Healing Part by Part 4.29 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Self-Led: Living a Connected Life With Yourself and With Others An Application of Internal Family Systems
by:
Seth Kopald
4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings 86. 
Unburdened Eating: Healing Your Relationships with Food and Your Body Using an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach
by:
Jeanne Catanzaro
4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings 87. 
