Books
I encourage you, when possible, to buy your books used, support your local bookstores, and if needing to use a large distributor, such as Amazon, to first check their independent seller's section.
Somatic Psychology/Practices
Practices for Embodied Living
Hillary McBride, PhD
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox
Manuela Mischke-Reeds
Polyvagal Exercises for
Safety & Connection
Deb Dana
Heal Your Nervous System
Dr. Linnea Passaler
Returning Home to Our Bodies:
Reimaging Our Relationship Between
Our Bodies and the World
Abigail Rose Clark
What My Bones Know: A Memoir
of Healing Complex Trauma
Stephanie Foo
The Somatic Therapy Workbook:
Stress-Relieving Exercises for
Strengthening the Mind-Body Connection
Livia Shapiro
Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for
Presence, Empowerment,
& Waking Up In this Life
Christine Caldwell
My Grandmother's Hands:
Racialized Trauma & The Pathway to
Mending Our Hearts & Bodies
Resmaa Menakem
Nature/Eco-Therapy
Ecotherapy: Guided Workbook
with Prompts for Mindfulness, Grounding
and Connection to Nature
Zooga Press
Everyday Ecotherapy:
Nature Connection Practices
Carolyn Schuyler
Braiding Sweetgrass:
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific
Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Vitamin N: The Essential
Guide to a Nature-Rich Life
Richard Louv
Healing with Nature: Mindfulness &
Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma
Rochelle Calvert
The Japanese Art of Shinrin Yoku
Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Your Guide to Forest Bathing
M. Amos Clifford
Healing Trees
Ben Page
Nature and the Human Soul
Bill Plotkin
Expressive Arts Therapy
Essential Art Therapy Exercises:
Effective Techniques to Manage
Anxiety, Depression, & PTSD
Leah Guzman
Art Cure: The Science Behind
How Art Saves Lives
Daisy Fancourt
Your Brain on Art:
How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsmamen & Ivy Ross
Expressive Writing: Words That Heal
James W. Pennemaker
Move! Movement, Creativity
and the Thinking Body
Felicia Neville
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
Grounded: A Nature Inspired
Art Therapy Workbook
Emily Bell
Self-Care/Mindfulness
Yoga/Yoga Therapy
Adult Adoptee
Mindfulness for Beginners
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A Mindfulness-Based
Stress-Reduction Workbook
Dr. Bob Stahl & Dr. Elisha Goldstein
A Gentle Reminder
Bianca Sparacino
This is Me Letting You Go
Heidi Priebe
Afoot & Lighthearted:
A Journal for Mindful Walking
Bonnie Smith -Whitehouse
Silence: The Psychology and
Craft for Emotional Wellbeing
Olga V. Lehmann
Somatic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
Ashley Wellspring
Gentle Somatic Yoga
Lauren Anderson
Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep
Relaxation & Awakened Clarity
Tracee Stanley
Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses
for Every Type of Body
Dianne Bondy
Restorative Yoga for Ethnic &
Race-Based Stress & Trauma
Gail Parker
The Primal Wound:
Understanding the Adopted Child
Nancy Newton Verrier
Coming Home To Self:
Healing The Primal Wound of Adoption
Nancy Newton Verrier
I'll Always Carry You: A Mother's
Story of Adoption, Loss, Grief & Healing
Linda L. Franklin
Beneath The Mask: Teen Adoptees
& Young Adults Share Their Stories
Center for Adoption Support & Education
You Don't Look Adopted
Anne Heffron
Journey of the Adopted Self:
A Quest for Wholeness
Betty Jean Lifton