Resources

Some bibliotherapy resources my clients and I have found meaningful on our journeys

Depth Psychology

• Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert Johnson

• The Soul’s Code: by James Hillman

• The Little Book on the Human Shadow by Robert Bly

• Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of Psyche by Robert Johnson

• Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore

• Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung

• Healing and Wholeness by John Sanford

• Dreams: Language of the Soul by Marion Woodman

Life Purpose and Calling

• Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis

• What to Remember When Waking by David Whyte

• The Anti-Career Guide by Rick Jarow

• The Way of Rest by Jeff Foster

• Soulcraft by Bill Plotkin

Embodiment

• Sweat Your Prayers: The Five Rhythms of the Soul by Gabrielle Roth

• Rosen Method: An Approach to Wholeness and Well-Being Through the Body by Elaine Mayland 

• Somatic Descent: Experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence of the Body by Dr. Reginald Ray

• Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana & Stephen Porges

• Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

• Joyous Body by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Relationships

• We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert Johnson

• The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other by James Hollis 

• Conscious Loving by Gay and Kathryn Hendricks

• Marriage Dead or Alive by Adolf Guggenbuhl-Craig

• Perfect Love Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wounds of the Heart by John Welwood

• Getting the Love That You Want by Harville Hendrix

Creativity and Writing

• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

• Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice by Laraine Herring

• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg

• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyhi

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

• Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo

Feminine Wisdom

• Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

• The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock

• Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion Woodman & Elinor Dickson

• Leaving My Father’s House: A Journey into Conscious Femininity by Marion Woodman

• Sitting By the Well: Bringing the Feminine to Consciousness Through Language, Dreams, and Metaphor by Marion Woodman

• The Late Bloomer: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Nature Practice

• Nature and the Human Soul by Bill Plotkin

• Soulcraft by Bill Plotkin

• An Unspoken Hunger by Terry Tempest Williams

• Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies

• Evolutionary Herbalism by Saja Popham

• Devotions by Mary Oliver

Dark Night of the Soul

• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller

• The Deepest Acceptance by Jeff Foster

• Consolations by David Whyte

• Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O’Donohue

• No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz

• Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Findings Your Way Through Life’s Ordeals by Thomas Moore

• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach