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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.32 — 29,496 ratings — published 2001
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.10 — 20,290 ratings — published 2021
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.37 — 408,237 ratings — published 2019
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Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.13 — 124,326 ratings — published 2010
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.35 — 285,731 ratings — published 2014
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Mind to Bend (Stolen Obsessions, #1) Mind to Bend (Stolen Obsessions, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.48 — 6,967 ratings — published
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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.28 — 7,237 ratings — published 2007
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On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.16 — 18,718 ratings — published 1961
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.48 — 24,110 ratings — published 2007
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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.18 — 35,583 ratings — published 2003
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What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.41 — 110,062 ratings — published 2021
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The Shrink (Kephart College, #1) The Shrink (Kephart College, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,344 ratings — published
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.38 — 11,813 ratings — published 2017
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On Being a Therapist (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES) On Being a Therapist (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,005 ratings — published 1986
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.37 — 888,489 ratings — published 1946
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.40 — 15,726 ratings — published 1992
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Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,153 ratings — published
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.25 — 41,874 ratings — published 1989
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Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.45 — 65,840 ratings — published 2020
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The Golden Couple The Golden Couple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.97 — 239,298 ratings — published 2022
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Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,204 ratings — published 1999
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Medicine Man (Heartstone, #1) Medicine Man (Heartstone, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,707 ratings — published 2018
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Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,226 ratings — published 1991
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Hold Me Tight Hold Me Tight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.12 — 22,700 ratings — published 2008
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Sometimes Therapy is Awkward Sometimes Therapy is Awkward (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,728 ratings — published
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.12 — 50,273 ratings — published 1986
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.28 — 87,091 ratings — published 2015
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.58 — 42,117 ratings — published 2007
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The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.26 — 59,960 ratings — published 2011
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Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly, #1) Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.63 — 23,479 ratings — published 2017
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,324,108 ratings — published 2019
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,354 ratings — published 1997
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.55 — 39,127 ratings — published 2016
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Transference (The Montgomery Family, #1) Transference (The Montgomery Family, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,601 ratings — published 2016
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Only Love (One and Only, #3) Only Love (One and Only, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,424 ratings — published 2018
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The Fall Before Flight The Fall Before Flight (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,053 ratings — published 2018
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Egomaniac Egomaniac (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.20 — 51,561 ratings — published 2017
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Letters to a Young Therapist Letters to a Young Therapist (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,541 ratings — published 2003
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Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.51 — 4,135 ratings — published 1994
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Slaying the Holidays Slaying the Holidays (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,734 ratings — published
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Craving the Chase Craving the Chase (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,745 ratings — published
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.31 — 186,950 ratings — published 2024
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The Reality Game: A Guide to Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy The Reality Game: A Guide to Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.06 — 34 ratings — published 1983
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.25 — 37,828 ratings — published 2021
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The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.36 — 23,728 ratings — published 2017
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Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.17 — 50,003 ratings — published 2006
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,680 ratings — published 2022
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as therapist)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,282 ratings — published 2022
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Robert N. Bellah
“While the culture of manager and therapist does not speak in the language of traditional moralities, it nonetheless proffers a normative order of life, with character ideals, images of the good life, and methods of attaining it. Yet it is an understanding of life generally hostile to older ideas of moral order. Its center is the autonomous individual, presumed able to choose the roles he wil play and the commitments he will make, not on the basis of higher truths but according to the criterion of life-effectiveness as the individual judges it.”
Robert N. Bellah, Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

“The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline.”
Michael Adzema

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