This page will be added to over time. Recommended books and links are listed, for clients and counsellors. Often they will be helpful for both. They are not listed in any order of importance or significance. There are many other books I have read and studied. The books listed here I have greater personal appreciation for.
GSRD & LGBTQ+
Gender: A Graphic Guide (Introducing…) by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
Queer: A Graphic History (Introducing…) by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
Sexuality: A Graphic Guide (Introducing…) by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker
Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma by Alex Iantaffi
Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities by Twist (Author), Vincent (Author), Barker (Author), Gupta (Author)
Trans Teen Survival Guide by Fox Fisher and Owl Fisher
Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us by C. N. Lester
Trans Power: Own Your Gender by Juno Roche
Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows by Christine Burns
Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships by Juno Roche
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox
Just One Letter by Kirstie McEwan
Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide by Christina Richards and Meg-John Barker
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs
Out of the Shadows: The Psychology of Gay Men’s Lives by Walt Odets
Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
The Bi-ble: The Bi-ble: Volume One 1: Essays and Personal Narratives about Bisexuality by Lauren Nickodemus (Editor), Ellen Desmond (Editor)
The Bi-ble: Volume Two (2) (The Bi-ble: New Testimonials: Further Original Essays and Narratives about Bisexuality) by Lauren Nickodemus (Editor), Ellen Desmond (Editor)
Relationships & Sex
LoveSex: An Integrative Model for Sexual Education (UKCP Karnac) by Cabby Laffy
Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships by Meg John Barker – 2nd edition
The Secrets of Enduring Love: How to make relationships last by Meg John Barker
Enjoy Sex (How, when and if you want to): A Practical and Inclusive Guide by Meg John Barker
Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture by Meg-John Barker and Rosalind Gill
Sexual Abuse
Nina Burrowes also has a great YouTube channel about recovering from sexual abuse
Making Out Like a Virgin: Sex, Desire & Intimacy After Sexual Trauma by Catriona McHardy
Self-harm
Our Encounters with Self-Harm edited by Charley Baker, Clare Shaw and Fran Biley
Safe with Self-Injury : A Practical Guide to Understanding, Responding and Harm-Reduction by Kay Inckle
Beyond Fear and Control: Working with Young People Who Self Harm by Helen Spandler
Personal development – good for clients & counsellors
The little book on authenticity by Nina Burrowes
I Thought it Was Just Me (But it Isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power by Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Rising Strong by Brené Brown
Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone by Brené Brown
The Power of Focusing: Finding Your Inner Voice by Ann Weiser Cornell
The Radical Acceptance of Everything: Living a Focusing Life by Ann Weiser Cornell
Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body’s Knowledge: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition by Eugene T. Gendlin
Black Rainbow: How words healed me: my journey through depression by Rachel Kelly
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter Levine
Person-centred counselling – mainly for counsellors & therapists
Person-Centred Counselling in Action (Counselling in Action series) by Dave Mearns and Brian Thorne
A Way of Being by Carl Rogers
On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers
Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment: Bridging Faith and Person–Centred Therapy by Brian Thorne
Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy by Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper – 2nd edition
Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice by Dave Mearns and Brian Thorne
Person-Centred Counselling Training by Dave Mearns
Developing Person-Centred Counselling (Developing Counselling series) by Dave Mearns
Skills in Person-Centred Counselling & Psychotherapy Third Edition (Skills in Counselling & Psychotherapy Series) by Janet Tolan
Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Person-centred Practice editors Janet Tolan and Paul Wilkins
Practicing Client-Centered Therapy: Selected Writings of Barbara Temaner Brodley editors Kathryn A Moon, Marjorie Witty, Barry Grant and Bert Rice
Carl Rogers’ Helping System: Journey & Substance by Godfrey T Barrett-Lennard
Mystical Power of Person-Centred Therapy: Hope Beyond Despair by Brian Thorne
Person-centred Counselling: Therapeutic and Spiritual Dimensions (Counselling & Psychotherapy Series) by Brian Thorne
Focusing – mainly for counsellors & therapists
The Power of Focusing: Finding Your Inner Voice by Ann Weiser Cornell
The Radical Acceptance of Everything: Living a Focusing Life by Ann Weiser Cornell
Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change by Ann Weiser Cornell
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experiential Method (The Practicing Professional) by Eugene Gendlin
Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body’s Knowledge: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition by Eugene T. Gendlin
Integrating Spirituality in Counseling: A Manual for Using the Experiential Focusing Method by Elfie Hinterkopf
8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health): 0 by Babette Rothschild
Theory and Practice of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: Beyond the Talking Cure by Greg Madison
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma – The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A. Levine
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