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"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." C.S. Lewis

Books, Podcasts, Videos​

New clients: 

Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage & Healing from Abandonment - Susan Anderson
I Don't Want to Talk About It - Terrence Real 
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't) - Brené Brown

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Relationships & Differentiation:

Brain Talk: How Mind Mapping Brain Science Can Change Your Life & Everyone In It - David Schnarch
Intimacy & Desire - David Schnarch
The State of Affairs Rethinking Infidelity - Esther Perel 
Mating In Captivity - Esther Perel 
Reconnect: Insights & Tools for Cultivating Meaningful Connection in your Marriage - Steve Call
Eight Dates - John/Julie Gottman 
All About Love: New Visions - Bell Hooks
Us - Terrence Real 


Boundaries & Attachment: 
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment - Amir Levine
​Attachment in Psychotherapy - David J. Wallin
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No - Henry Cloud

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself - Melody Beattie


Grief, Depression, & Death:
On Grief & Grieving - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross/David Kessler  
Lost Connections - Johann Hari

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression - Andrew Solomon
Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals - Thomas Moore
A Matter of Death & Life - Irvin & Marilyn Yalom
Staring at the Sun: Being at Peace with Your Own Mortality - Irvin Yalom
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Trauma, Abuse, & Abandonment:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness - Peter Levine
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Dan Allender
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing - Susan Anderson
Healing from Hidden Abuse...The Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse - Thomas Shannon


Personal Development:
The Next Conversation - Jefferson Fisher 
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - Richard Schwartz

Permission to Feel - Marc Brackett

The Developing Mind - Daniel Siegel
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds - David Pollack
The Defining Decade: Why your 20's matter and how to make the most of them - Meg Jay 


Enneagram:
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to...Growth for the Nine Personality Types - Don Riso
The Sacred Enneagram - Christopher Heuertz 
The Enneagram of Belonging - Christopher Heuertz 
Essential Enneagram - David Daniels
The Enneagram in Love - Stephanie Hall

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Emotion Regulation:

Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage & Healing from Abandonment - Susan Anderson
Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You - Elaine Aron
Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions - Judith Siegel
 

Vulnerability/Shame:
Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: A Relational/Neurobiological Approach - Patricia DeYoung
The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community - Curt Thompson

The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves - Curt Thompson
Daring Greatly - Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown
Healing the Shame that Binds You - John Bradshaw

 
Gender Roles:

I Don't Want to Talk About It - Terrence Real 
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love - Bell Hooks
The Mask of Masculinity: How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships... - Lewis Howes

Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope... - Rosalind Wiseman
Real Boys - William Pollack
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys - Rosalind Wiseman

Women Who Run with the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - Rachel Simmons
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Parenting:
Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel Siegel
The Whole-Brain Child - Daniel Siegel
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting - John Gottman
Transforming the Difficult Child Workbook: The Nurtured Heart Approach - Lisa Bravo
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Therapy:
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb
On Being a Therapist - Jeffrey Kottler
The Heart of Psychotherapy - George Weinberg
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients - Irvin Yalom​
Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy - Irvin Yalom
Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A Twice Told Therapy - Irvin Yalom
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy - Carl Rogers 
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Good General Books: 
A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy - Annie Rogers
A Little Manual for Knowing - Esther Lightcap Meek
A General Theory of Love - Thomas Lewis
Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life - Irwin Kula
Dare to Lead - Brené Brown
The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan Watts

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Podcasts/Videos:

Hidden Brain - NPR - Shankar Vedantam
Diary of a CEO - Steven Bartlett
A Bit of Optimism - Simon Sinek 
Unlocking Us - Brené Brown
How's Work? - Esther Perel
Our Whole Childhood - Patrick Teahan
Navigating Narcissism - Dr. Ramani 

YouTube: Understanding Men and Their Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté | The Man Enough Podcast
YouTube: TedTalk - Esther Perel - The secret to desire in a long-term relationship
YouTube: Simon Sinek & Trevor Noah on Friendship, Loneliness, Vulnerability, and More​


Brené Brown:
Atlas of the Heart - HBO Max
The Call to Courage - Netflix
The Power of Vulnerability - TedTalk
Listening to Shame - TedTalk
YouTube: Empathy vs. Sympathy
YouTube: Blame

 

Marc Anderson, MA, LMHC, CMHS, MBA

Email: bluetreadts@outlook.com

Phone: 206-929-2278

Address:​ 1808 Richards Rd #105, Bellevue, WA 98005​

 

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