Bookshelf

A selection of books I have found useful across areas of personal and professional development, and often return to.

Managing Anxiety & Intrusive Thoughts 🧠

Books offering practical strategies to manage anxiety, worry, OCD, or intrusive thoughts.

  • The Worry Trap by Chad LeJeune

  • Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes

  • “Pure O” OCD by Chad LeJeune

Self-Directed Change & Mindset 🌱

Books that encourage habit change, personal insight, or mindset shifts.

  • Reframe Your Brain by Scott Adams

  • How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything by Albert Ellis

  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine

Personal Wisdom & Philosophical Living 🧭

Books drawing from philosophy, spirituality, or ancient wisdom to help cultivate a grounded, intentional life.

  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

  • The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

  • The Five Levels of Attachment by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

  • Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki

Mindful Attention, Presence & Emotional Resilience 🧘

Books focused on cultivating awareness, emotional regulation, and inner peace through mindful attention or contemplative practice.

  • The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

  • Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

  • Tao Te Ching translated by Stephen Mitchell

  • The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

  • Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Relationships, Parenting & Communication 💬

Books for deepening emotional intelligence in relationships, parenting, or interpersonal dynamics.

  • Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

  • The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

  • Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Therapy & Professional Growth 🧑‍⚕️

Essential reading for therapists or therapy enthusiasts seeking insight into clinical practice, theory, and personal development in the helping professions.

  • Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy by Mary Jo Peebles

  • Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text by Glen O. Gabbard

  • Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders by Aaron T. Beck

  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist's Guide by Albert Ellis & Catharine MacLaren

  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide by Nancy McWilliams

  • The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom

  • On Becoming a Therapist by Jeffrey A. Kottler

  • On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers

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