Books About Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• The Happiness Trap (Second Edition): How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris
• The Illustrated Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris
• Values in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life by Jenna LeJeune and Jason Luoma

Books About Anxiety & Depression

• Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don’t Want to Talk About by Ryan Casey Waller
• Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky

Books About Autism

• Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone
  
• Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
  
• But you don’t look autistic at all by Bianca Toeps
  
• Girls Growing Up on The Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years by Shana Nichols
  
• Overcoming Autism: Finding Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child’s Life by Lynn Kern Koegel and Claire LaZebnik
  
• A Parent’s Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive by Sally Ozonoff, Geraldine Dawson, and James McPartland
• Understanding Autism in Adults and Aging Adults: Improving Diagnosis and Quality of Life by Theresa Rega
  
• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, Ph.D. 

Books About Parenting

• Age of Opportunity by Lawrence Steinberg
  
• Combative to Collaborative: The Co-parenting Code by Teresa Harlow
  
• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  
• How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King
  
• How To Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  
• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
  
• Parenting Teens With Love And Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood, Updated and Expanded Edition by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
  
• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting by Dr. Laura Markham
  
• Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Dr. Laura Markham
  
• Rediscovering the Joy in Parenthood in An Age of Anxiety by David Anderegg, PhD
  
• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
  
• The Incredible Years: Trouble Shooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 Years by Carolyn Webster-Stratton
  
• The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills by Alan E. Kazdin
  
• The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction by Christine Carter
  
• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
  
• Your Defiant Child, First Edition: Eight Steps to Better Behavior by Christine M. Benton and Russell Barkley
  
• Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship by Arthur L. Robin and Russell Barkley

Books About Relationships & Sex

• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
• Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, PhD
• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel 
• The Elusive Orgasm by Vivienne Cass, PhD

Books About Trauma

• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry, MD
• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

Other Mental Health Related Books

Please note: These are fantastic books that deserve their own categories. Since these would all stand alone in their own category (for now), we’ve decided to group these together while we build our book list for these equally important topics.

• ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction by Edward Hallowell, MD and John Ratey, MD
• Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
• Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey
• Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping You Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, and Get Along with Others by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW
• Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
• Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change by Valerie Porr
• Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
• Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, MD
• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• The Stress Proof Brain by Melanie Greenberg, PhD
• Vertical Mind by Don McGrath and Jeff Elison
• We Will Not Cancel Us And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown