Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy: facilitating psychological growth and healing through reading

I Read ALOT. Growing up in remote Yukon in the early 2000’s with fewer resources and starting my healing journey so early, I’ve always turned to books for learning, community, advice, escapism, and reflection.

When you work with me, you can expect that at some point I will say “I have a book recommendation for you”. Some of the books might be self-help, memoirs, others poetry; all have healing words.

Below you will find categories of books that I have found helpful, interesting, soulful.

As with everything I recommend. Take what’s helpful and leave the rest

Some books might be activating - read with care 🖤

    • Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counselling for Indigenous Communities - Eduardo Duran

    • Buddha in Redface: Third Edition - Eduardo Duran

    • Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific knowledge and the Teachings of Plans - Robin Wall Kimmerer

    • Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations - Richard Wagamese

    • One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet - Richard Wagamese

    • Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies - Renee Linklater

    • Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma and Politicizing your Practice - Jennifer Mullan

    • Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet - Carol Schaefer

    • One Story, One Song - Richard Wagamese

    • Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume one: Summary: Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

    • All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward - Tanya Talega

    • 21 things you may not know about the Indian Act: Helping Canadians make reconciliation with Indigneous Peoples a reality - Bob Joseph

    • What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma - Stephanie Foo

    • My Grandmothers Hands: Radicalized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

    • Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of your body - Peter Levine

    • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine

    • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel va Der Kolk

    • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with addiction - Gabor Matê

    • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma - Pete Walker

    • The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice - Staci Haines

    • Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto - Tricia Hersey

    • Who is Wellness for?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who it Leaves Behind - Fariha Roisin

    • Beyond the Gender Binary: AlokVaid-Menon & Ashley Lukashevsky

    • Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics - Bell Hooks

    • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good - Adrienne Maree Brown

    • The Good Aly - Nova Reid

    • Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom - Bell Hooks

    • All about Love - Bell Hooks

    • When the body says no - Gabor Maté

    • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski

    • Anchored: How to Befriend your Nervous System Using Polyvagel Theory- Deb Dana

    • The Body is not an Apology: The power of radical self-love - Sonya Renee Taylor

    • Step Aside Barbie! You’re blocking my view… of Me!: Women and Body Image in North America - Suzann Kingston

    • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain

    • 5 Love Languages: the Secret to Love that Lasts - Gary Chapman

    • The Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert - John Gorman PhD & Nan Silver

    • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help you Find - and Keep - Love - Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

    • The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity - Esther Perel

    • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling others and start caring for yourself - Melody Beattie

    • I Love you But I don’t trust you: The Complete Guide to Restoring Trust in Your Relationships - Mira Kirshenbaum

    • Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogomy - Jessica Fern

    • Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships - Tristan Taormino

    • The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love - Janet W Hardy & Dossie Easton

    • How to Change your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence - Michael Pollen

    • Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States - Tim Read, Maria Oaoaspyrou, Gabor Matê and others

    • The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients for Profound, Transformative Work in Professional Healing Relationships - Kyle Taylor  (For Practitioners)

    • Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine: Creativity, Ecstasy and Healing - Allyson Grey, Maria Papaspyrou, Chiara Baldini and David Luke

    • Good Chemistry: The science of Connection from Soul to Psychedelic - Julie Holland

    • Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations - Thomas Moore

    • A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose - Eckhart Tolle

    • Soul Mates: Honouring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship - Thomas Moore

    • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael Singer

    • Come as you are: The Surprising New Science that will Transform your Sex Life - Emily Nagoski

    • Want Me: A Sex Writer’s Journey into the heart of Desire - Tracy Clark-Flory

    • A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly and Break Through Barriers - Sari Golden, Michelle Frank, Ellen Littman

    • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to yourself - Dr. Kristin Neff