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Book Recommendations and Other Resources by Topic

Many people know that I am an avid reader and ask me for book recommendations.  Here are some of my favorites for the following topics.  If you have another topic that you would like recommendations for, please shoot me a message and I am happy to update this page!   I am also providing links to some other products that I have tried, recommended to clients, and that clients have also liked.
***Some of the products below have links to amazon.  As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.  I have to disclose this.  

Quarantine Ideas

* Exercise at home for free with the YMCA; click here to get free on demand classes for the whole family

* kindle unlimited: unlimited reading and listening from any device, thousands of books to choose from; try it now for FREE for your first month! click here for your free month

* new kindle: trade in your old kindle to get 20% off of a new one here --the thing I love about the newer kindles is that they are front lit, rather than back lit, making it much easier on your eyes if you like to read in the dark like me

* try amazon prime: try it for 30 days for FREE; prime includes thousands of free movies, shows, books, and music, in addition to 2 day shipping; click here for your FREE 30 days of prime

* give an Audible gift membership to a loved one by clicking here; Audible has thousands of amazing audio books--I personally listen to several books per month with this--it is my favorite form of "reading"

* if you are already a Prime member, you can add free trials of premium channels like HBO, Showtime, STARZ, etc.; click here to get your free trial access

Addiction

* Book: Over the Influence: Second Edition, The Harm Reduction Guide to Changing Your Alcohol and Drug Use , by Patt Denning and Jeannie Little, kindle version: click here

* Book: How to Change Your Drinking: A Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol, by Kenneth Anderson, kindle version: click here
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* Book: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, by Gabor Mate, kindle version: click here

​* PDF: Amber's Free Guide to Drinking Less (yes, this is mine :))

*product: motivational water bottle (drink more water and less of the other stuff!)

Anxiety

* Book: It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to you Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self, by Hilary Jacobs Hendel , kindle version: click here

* Book: The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, kindle version: click here

* Book: The Anxiety & Worry Workbook, by David Clark and Aaron Beck, kindle version: click here

Body Positive / HAES

* Book: Body Respect, by Linda Bacon 

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* Book: Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole , kindle version: click here

* Book: The Intuitive Eating Workbook, by Evelyn Tribole , kindle version: click here

Depression

* Book: It's Not Always Depression, by Hilary Jacobs Hendel , kindle version: click here

* Book: Feeling Good, the New Mood Therapy, by David Burns , kindle version: click here

Mindfulness

* Book: Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach , kindle version: click here

​* Book: Peace is Every Step, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Racism/Anti-Racism

* Book: How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi

* Book: Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence, by Derald Wing Sue

* Book: So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo

* Book: What it means to be White, by Robin DiAngelo

* Book: Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

* Book: White Like Me: Refelctions on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise

Trauma

* Book: The Body Keeps the Score , by Bessel van der Kolk
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* Book: The Complex PTSD Workbook, by Arielle Schwartz

* Book: Quick Steps to Resolving Trauma, by Bill O'Hanlon

My favorites for supervisees / other clinicians

* Electronic Health Record: Theranest (if you sign up using this link you will get 20% off of your first 2 months)
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* Book: The Gift of Therapy, by Irvin Yalom, kindle version: click here

* Book: Letters to a Young Therapist, by Mary Pipher, kindle version: click here

* Book: The Therapeutic "Aha!": 10 Strategies for Getting Your Clients Unstuck, by Courtney Armstrong, kindle version: click here

​* Book: On Becoming a Person, by Carl Rogers, kindle version: click here

* Book: The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, kindle version: click here
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