Books

Title	Author	Genre	Synopsis
The Body Keeps the Score	Dr. Bessel van der Kolk	Self-Help	Trauma comes in all forms, from near-death experiences to unexpected loss. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk uses recent scientific discoveries to reveal how trauma doesn’t just impact the mind, but also the body.
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body	Daniel G. Amen	Self-Help	The brain is a powerful organ that is responsible for a myriad of functions in our body and mind. Why not treat it like the rest of our body? Author and neuropsychiatrist Daniel G. Amen, MD, makes the case for how anxiety, depression, obsessiveness, impulsiveness, and anger may be related to how specific structures work in your brain.
Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now	Dr. Claire Weekes	Self-Help	Do you ever feel like a prisoner to your thoughts? If you can’t seem to snuff out the flames of intrusive thoughts, there’s a book for that.
Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions	Russell Brand	Self-Help	In 2019, Brand debuted his book, “Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions.” His book provides lessons that can be applied to a variety of addictions, and provides steps for people with addiction and their loved ones to get the help they need.
Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook	Mary Ellen Copeland	Self-Help	With abuse being a saddening but common experience among women, it’s likely you or someone you know has experienced some type of intimate partner violence. Workbooks like “Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook” help to provide a gentle approach to healing and recovery.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone	Lori Gottlieb	Self-Help	In the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” Gottlieb takes readers through life as a therapist seeking therapy. The book follows the therapy sessions of her clients at her Los Angeles-based practice, including the lessons she learns from them and the progress they’ve made along the way.
Codependent No More	Melody Beattie	Self-Help	In Melody Beattie’s “Codependent No More,” she shares life stories, reflections, exercises, and self-tests to help readers break the pattern of codependency and start putting their lives first.
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle	Emily and Amelia Nagoski	Self-Help	Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are on a mission to end burnout by helping readers understand how to unlock the biological stress cycle. Their book, “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle,” has set out to explain why women experience burnout differently from men, how to minimize the feeling, and how to manage emotions.
Emotional First Aid	Guy Winch	Self-Help	Loss, heartache, failure, and rejection aren’t as visible as a broken limb or open cut, but that doesn’t make them any less painful. Guy Winch, PhD, wrote “Emotional First Aid” to provide strategies to those in need of mending the emotional pains that everyone experiences at some point in life.
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle	Mark Wolynn	Self-Help	Mark Wolynn has been recognized around the world as a leading expert on the subject of inherited family trauma. In his 2016 release, “It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle,” he dissects how the trauma of relatives can be passed down the family tree.