Lauren Gonzalez, MA, MFA, LMFT
 
 

 Recommended reading 

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Please enjoy browsing a small segment of my bookshelves. I have many other recommendations in the various categories not yet on this list, which I try to update frequently. Please  e-mail me if you have recommendations or questions, or if you are an author and would like me to review your book, podcast or app. I've arranged the titles in sections, in no particular order.

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Mindfulness and Consciousness and a  taste of Neuroscience

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

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Hardwiring Happiness, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

 

Buddha's Brain, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

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Monkey Mind, Daniel Smith

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Radical Nature: The Soul of Matter, by Christian de Quincey

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Nature/Ecotherapy/Wisdom Path

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The Book of Hope: A Survivial Guide for Trying Times, by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams

 

How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human, by Melanie Challenger

 

The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson

 

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson

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Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World, by Bill Plotkin

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Last Child in the Woods, by Bill Plotkin

 

Nature-Speak: Signs, Omens & Messages in Nature, by Ted Andrews

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Animal Speak, by Ted Andrews

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Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth/Healing the Mind, by Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner

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Ecotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, by Martin Jordan & Joe Hinds

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Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind, by Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist

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Ecological Identity: Becoming a Reflective Environmentalist, by Mitchell Thomashow

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Wild Therapy: Undomesticating Inner and Outer Worlds, by Nick Totton

 

Long Life, Honey in the Heart, by Martin Prechtel

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The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers, by Alberto Villalodo

 

The Way of the Shaman, by Michael Harner

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Person/Planet, by Theordore Roszak

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The Voice of the Earth, by Theordore Roszak

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The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning, by James Lovelock

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On the Integration of Nature, by Richard Grossinger

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Deep Down Things: The Earth in Celebration and Dismay, by Lin Jensen

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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache, by Keith H. Basso

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Animism: Respecting the Living World, by Graham Harvey

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The Nature Instinct: Reclaiming Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World, by Tristan Gooley

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Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing our Connection with the Elements, by Nan Moss and David Corbin

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What the Animals Taught Me: Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary, by Stephanie Marohn

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Wildlife in America, by Peter Matthiessen

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What An Owl Knows, by Jennifer Ackerman

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Octopus and the Squid: The Soft Intelligence, by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Diolé

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An Immense World, by Ed Yong

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Reclaiming Yourself

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Psychosynthesis: A Collection of Basic Writings, by Roberto Assagioli, MD

 

The Second Half of Life: Opening the Gates of Wisdom, by Angeles Arrien

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Active Hope: How to face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

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Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga, by Sally Kempton

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A Few of My Favorite Personal Narratives/Memoirs on Nature

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Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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The Pine Island Paradox, by Kathleen Dean Moore

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Vesper Flights and H is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald

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Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World Shell by Shattered Shell, Sy Montgomery

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The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature, J. Drew Lanham

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The Only Kayak: A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska, by Kim Heacox

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Dawn Light, by Diane Ackerman

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Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe, by Carl Safina

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Orion Magazine  (from their website:  Orion magazine invites readers into a community of caring for the planet. Through writing and art that explore the connection between nature and culture, Orion inspires new thinking about how humanity might live on Earth justly, sustainably, and joyously.)

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Creativity

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The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin

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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World, by Lewis Hyde

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DBT

 

Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.

 

The High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation, Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D., Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.

 

The Buddha and the Borderline, Kiera Van Gelder

 

Validation and Psychotherapy, Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.

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Don't Shoot the Dog, Karen Pryor

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Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions & Balance Your Life, by Sheri van Dijk

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Building a Life Worth Living, Memoir by Marsha Linehan (creator of DBT)

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Schema Therap y

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Disarming the Narcissist, Wendy Behary

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Schema Therapy in Practice, by Arnoud Arntz and Gitta Jacob

 

Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide, by Jeffrey E. Young, Janet S. Klosko, Marjorie E. Weishaar

 

Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns: A Schema Therapy Self-Help and Support Book, by Gitta Jacob, Hannie van Genderen, and Laura Seebauer

 

Reinventing Your Life, by Young & Klosko

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General Therapy

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Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships, by Robert Alberti, Ph.D., and Michael Emmons, Ph.D.

 

How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Facing Co-Dependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives, by Pia Mellody

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How to Keep House While Drowing, by KC Davis, LPC

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Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, Richard E. Zinbarg, Michelle G. Craske, David H. Barlow

 

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter A. Levine

 

In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, by Peter A. Levine

 

Trauma Stewardship: A Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

 

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

 

A Guide to Rational Living, Albert Ellis, Ph.D., Robert A. Harper, Ph.D.

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Recommended Podcasts/Blogs

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

 

Hidden Brain

 

Jane Goodall's Hopecast

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Plum Village

 

What's the Schemata, A Schema Therapy Podcast

 

The Hilarious World of Depression

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The Positive Psychology Podcast

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Sexology

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DBT Weekly with Stephanie Alexis Edsall

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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish (Farnam Street) and associated Farnam Street Blog https://fs.blog/

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DBT and Psychology Apps

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Durham DBT Diary Card

 

DBT Coach

 

iBreathe

 

Equanimity

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Buddhify

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Insight Timer

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Daylio

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Focus Keeper

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Mindspace

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Noom

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Fabulous

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