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Energy, Soul-Connecting and Awakening Consciousness : Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm

Energy, Soul‑Connecting and Awakening Consciousness introduces energy psychotherapy as an integration of relational therapy with self‑applied energy methods. Smith blends neuroscience, trauma work and spiritual development to show how clearing dense emotional energy can raise consciousness and support healing. Clinical vignettes illustrate its therapeutic potential

The Girls Within: A True Story of Triumph Over Trauma & Abuse, Gill Frost

The Girls Within follows Vivian and her young internal parts as they process severe childhood abuse through long‑term therapy. Frost shows how talking therapy and energy work help integrate dissociated trauma. The story highlights resilience, dissociation and hope for survivors seeking healing.

Energy Medicine: Balancing Your Body’s Energies for Optimal Health, Joy, and Vitality

Energy Medicine introduces Donna Eden’s system for working with the body’s subtle energies to support health and emotional balance. She teaches simple techniques to unblock meridians, strengthen vitality and restore harmony in the body’s energy fields, offering a practical self‑healing approach that complements conventional care

EMDR and the Energy Therapies: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Phil Mollon

EMDR and the Energy Therapies shows how EMDR, EFT and psychoanalysis can work together to process trauma quickly and deeply. Mollon explains how these methods release painful emotion, enrich traditional therapy and support psychosomatic healing. Clinical examples illustrate their impact on trauma recovery

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis, Sally Weintrobe

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis examines how an uncaring mindset, shaped by “Exceptionalism”, drives denial and inaction on climate change. Weintrobe shows how this mindset suppresses empathy and enables magical thinking. She urges a shift towards a caring imagination to confront ecological reality and support healthier psychological responses

Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy, Philippa Perry

Couch Fiction uses a graphic‑novel format to show the therapeutic relationship between psychotherapist Pat and her client James. It offers an accessible, engaging look at therapy, revealing emotions, misunderstandings and breakthroughs. Footnotes explain key psychological concepts, making the process clear and relatable for readers

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, Stephen Grosz

The Examined Life shares real therapeutic stories that reveal how unspoken feelings shape our behaviour. Grosz shows how listening, understanding and finding words for hidden emotions help people change. His clear, compassionate narratives illuminate loss, identity and the stories we tell ourselves.

To Call Myself Beloved, Eina McHugh

To Call Myself Beloved is a patient’s honest account of nearly a decade in therapy in Belfast. McHugh reveals the intimacy, struggle and growth that unfold in both individual and group work. Her story highlights trauma, self‑understanding and the search for self‑love amid the backdrop of the Troubles

The Other Side of You, Salley Vickers

The Other Side of You follows psychiatrist David McBride as his patient Elizabeth’s story of love, loss and guilt reopens his own buried trauma. Through their intense dialogue, the novel explores how art, honesty and connection can reveal hidden pain and offer the possibility of renewal

Issues in Therapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clients, Charles Neal & Dominic Davies

Issues in Therapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clients offers practical guidance for working affirmatively with sexual and gender minorities. Covering identity, oppression, psychosexual concerns, HIV, abuse and transgender issues, it helps therapists practise ethically, sensitively and competently with LGBTQ+ clients

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Pete Walker

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving explains how prolonged childhood trauma creates emotional flashbacks, toxic shame and a harsh inner critic. Walker offers clear guidance on recovery, including self‑compassion, grounding, reducing triggers and reparenting. It is a practical, compassionate resource for survivors and those supporting them.

In Therapy: How Conversations with Therapists Really Work, Susie Orbach

In Therapy draws on five dramatised case studies to show what really happens inside the consulting room. Orbach reveals her thoughts and feelings as sessions unfold, offering rare insight into the therapeutic relationship. The book demystifies therapy with honesty and warmth

Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown

Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown explores how climate anxiety, ecological grief and systemic injustice shape clients’ emotional worlds. It urges therapists to integrate climate awareness into practice, adapt therapeutic models and engage ethically with the psychological impacts of environmental crisis.

Sacred Medicine: A Doctor's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Healing

Sacred Medicine follows Dr Lissa Rankin’s decade‑long global search to understand why some people heal when others do not. She investigates faith healing, spontaneous remission, trauma science and Indigenous wisdom. The book offers grounded insights and practical guidance for those seeking deeper, holistic paths to healing. 

The Biology of Trauma : How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to Heal It

The Biology of Trauma explains how trauma becomes embedded in the body at a cellular and nervous‑system level. Apigian shows how overwhelm leads to shutdown, fogginess and chronic symptoms often mislabelled as stress. She offers practical, body‑based strategies to restore safety, balance and genuine healing.

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