Repose Library
A Curated Selection of our Therapists’ Recommended Reading to Enrich Your Journey
We're going to need more wine, Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle grows up in Alaska in a predominantly white community as she navigates who she is a black woman and finding her community as well as inner peace with being different.
Say Good Night to Insomnia By Gregg Jacobs & Herbert Benson
Jacobs's program, developed and tested at Harvard Medical School and based on cognitive behavioral therapy, has been shown to improve sleep long-term in 80 percent of patients, making it the gold standard for treatment. He provides techniques for eliminating sleeping pills; establishing sleep-promoting behaviors and lifestyle practices; and improving relaxation, reducing stress, and changing negative thoughts about sleep.
My mad Fat Diary by Rae Earl
A book for high school or college-aged clients who may struggle with fluctuating weight or having bigger curves than those around them.
My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
Maybe you should talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone normalizes therapy to improve your mental health by giving an "inside look" into how therapy works from the point of view of a therapist who is in therapy herself.
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
This book is helpful for those in a committed relationship who are working on renewing or creating intimacy in their everyday lives.
It didn't start with you by Mark Wolynn
A book that highlights how relationships from upbringing and intergenerational trauma shape who you are and how you can interrupt the cycle.
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock & Daniel Le Grange
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder provides the tools you need to build a united family front that attacks the illness to ensure that your child develops nourishing eating habits and life-sustaining attitudes, day by day, meal by meal. Full recovery takes time, and relapse is common. But whether your child has already entered treatment or you're beginning to suspect there is a problem, the time to act is now. This book shows how.
How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day
A perfectionist shares how her failures and hardships contributed to building her as a person. This book shows how difficult growth can be and how things going wrong can create strength just as much as success.