General & Existential
- Frankl, V. E. (2004). Man’s search for meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust. Rider.
- Orbach, S. (2016). In therapy: How conversations with psychotherapists really work. Wellcome Collection.
- Orbach, S. (2017). In therapy: The unfolding story. Wellcome collection.
- Yalom, I. Love’s executioner and other tales of psychotherapy. Penguin.
- Yalom, I. (2011). The gift of therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients. Piatkus.
Loss and bereavement
- Didion, J. (2006). The year of magical thinking. Harper Perennial.
- Didion, J. (2011). Blue nights. Fourth Estate.
- Yalom, I. (2022). A matter of death and life: Love, loss and what matters in the end. Piatkus.
Intersectionality
- Eddo-Lodge, R. (2017). Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Ellis, E. (2022).The race conversation: An essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue. Confer Ltd.
- Hardy, J. W. W., & Easton, D. (2017). The Ethical slut: A Practical guide to polyamory, open relationships, and other freedoms in sex and love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.
- Turner, D. (2021). Intersections of privilege and otherness in counselling and psychotherapy. Routledge.
Mother & father
- McBride, K. (2009). Will I ever be good enough?: Healing the daughters of narcissistic mothers. Atria.
- Schierse-Leonard, L. (1982). The wounded woman: Healing the father-daughter relationship. University Press.
Trauma and its efects
- Van der Kolk, B. (2015). The body keeps the score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma. Generic.
- Wolynn, M. (2016). It didn’t start with you: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle. Viking.
Relationships
- Perel, E. (2007). Mating in captivity: How to keep desire and passion alive in long-term relationships. Hodder and Stoughton.
- Perel, E. (2019). The state of affairs: Rethinking infidelity – a book for anyone who has ever loved. Yellow Kite.
For Parents
Early years
- Gerhardt, S. (2014). Why love matters: How affection shapes a baby’s brain. Taylor and Francis.
- Music, G. (2024). Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children’s Emotional, Sociocultural and Brain Development. Routledge; 3rd edition.
- Music, G. (2024). Womb Life: Wonders and challenges of pregnancy, the foetus’ journey and birth. Mind-Nurturing Books.
- Perry, P. (2020). The book you wish your parents had read (and your children will be glad that you did). Penguin Life.
Teens and beyond
- Blakemore, S.-J. (2019). Inventing ourselves: The secret life of the teenage brain. Black Swan.
- Bourne, H. (2015). Am I normal yet? Usborne Publishing Ltd.
- Brill, S. A., & Kenney, L. (2016). The transgender teen: A handbook for parents and professionals supporting transgender and non-binary teens. Cleis Press.
- Damour, L. (2017). Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood. Atlantic Books.
- James, O. (2006). They f*** you up: How to survive family life. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
- Jensen, F. E. (2015). The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults. Harper Collins Publisher.
- Perry, P. (2020). The book you wish your parents had read (and your children will be glad that you did). Penguin Life.
- Porter, T. (2022). You don’t understand me: The young woman’s guide to life. Lagom.
- Siegel, D. (2014). Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain. Scribe UK.
- Siegel, D. J., & Bryson, T. P. (2011). The whole-brain child: 12 revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind. Delacorte Press.
- Simone, R. (2010). Aspergirls: Empowering females with Asperger syndrome. Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd.
- Wiseman, R. (2010). Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends and the realities of girl world. Piatkus.