Joshua Nathaniel Reid Ollswang

On Relationships

Can be read solo or with partners

Secure Love

Julie Menanno

Love Sense

Sue Johnson

Conscious Loving

Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks

Passionate Marriage

David Schnarch

Us

Terry Real

On Men

Manhood in the Making

David Gilmore

Raising Cain

Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson

Of Boys and Men

Richard Reeves

Mental Health Workbook for Men

David Khalili

Boys & Sex

Peggy Orenstein

The Boy Crisis

Warren Farrell & John Gray

The Will to Change

bell hooks

I Don't Want to Talk About It

Terry Real

Understanding Women's Embodied Experience

Good books to help us understand the women in our lives

Journey Through Womanhood

Tian Dayton

The New Menopause

Mary Claire Haver

She Comes First

Ian Kerner

Come As You Are

Emily Nagoski

Girls & Sex

Peggy Orenstein

Women's Sexuality Across the Life Span

Judith Daniluk

The Female Brain

Louann Brizendine

For Potential Fathers

Motherhood — Is It for Me?

Ann Davidman & Denise L. Carlini

Compulsivity

Your Brain on Porn

Gary Wilson

Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation: A Neurobiologically Informed Holistic Treatment

Alexandra Katehakis

Don’t Call It Love

Patrick Carnes

Out of the Shadows

Patrick Carnes

Shame

Embracing Shame

Bret Lyon & Sheila Rubin

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Shame: Powerful DBT Skills to Cope with Painful Emotions and Move Beyond Shame

Alexander L. Chapman & Kim L. Gratz

Infidelity & Re-commitment

The Courage to Stay

Dr. Kathy Nickerson

Help Her Heal

Carol Juergensen Sheets

Infidelity & Discernment

After the Affair

Janis Abrahms Spring

Philosophy

I and Thou

Martin Buber

Forgiveness

Vladimir Jankélévitch

The Four Loves

C.S. Lewis

Somatic Healing

Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body

Andrew Huberman

The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook: Practical Mind-Body Tools to Heal Trauma, Foster Resilience and Awaken Your Potential

Arielle Schwartz

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory for Self-Discovery, Embodied Healing, and Meaningful Change

Arielle Schwartz

Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga: Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health

Arielle Schwartz

Anchored

Deb Dana

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection

Deb Dana

Polyvagal Theory in Therapy

Deb Dana

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy

David Emerson

Spiritual

Finding Your Way Home

Melody Beattie

Finding Inner Courage

Mark Nepo

The Book of Awakening

Mark Nepo

The Exquisite Risk

Mark Nepo

The Invitation

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

The Call

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

What We Ache For

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Daily Reflections

Daily Affirmations for Parents

Tian Dayton

The Soul's Companion

Tian Dayton

Forgiving and Moving On

Tian Dayton

Journey to the Heart

Melody Beattie

Healing After Loss

Martha Whitmore Hickman

For Clinicians

For other clinicians also interested in this work

Loving with the Brain in Mind

Stan Tatkin

Love and War in Intimate Relationships

Marion Solomon & Stan Tatkin

You Are the One You've Been Waiting For

Richard Schwartz

Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them

Susan Forward

When He's Married to Mom

Kenneth Adams

Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory

Stephen W. Porges & Deb Dana

Assessing Adult Attachment: A Dynamic-Maturational Approach to Discourse Analysis

Patricia Crittenden & Andrea Landini

Research