Curated Reading List
Get started on your own with one of these books, specially curated for calming anxiety.
Barry McDonagh
Dare
The new way to end anxiety and stop panic attacks
Easy to learn tools for managing panic attacks
Jon Kabat Zinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life
This book is a great introduction to mindfulness, meditation, and living a more purposeful life.
Susan Orsillo, PhD & Lizabeth Roemer, PhD
The Mindful Way through Anxiety
Break Free from Chaotic Worry and Reclaim Your Life
Learn to befriend and calm anxiety and worry.
Susan Orsillo, PhD & Lizabeth Roemer, PhD
Worry Less, Live More
The Mindful Way through Anxiety Workbook
Dare to live the life you really want.
Jeffrey Brantley, MD
Calming Your Anxious Mind
How Mindfulness & Compassion Can Free You From Anxiety, Fear & Panic
This book is full of guided meditations you can start using on your own to calm your mind.
Russ Harris
The Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
This book is a guide to using mindfulness techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to reduce stress and live a more meaningful life.
Francine Shapiro, PhD
Getting Past Your Past
Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
Learn about how EMDR Therapy can free you from the past.
Tara Brach, PhD
Radical Acceptance
Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Learn how to confront even the most challenging circumstances with mindfulness.
Jon Hershfield, MFT & Tom Corboy, MFT
The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD
A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
I highly recommend this book to anyone struggling with OCD.
Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, & Laurel Hulley
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Eliminating Symptoms at their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
Highly recommended for therapists. Only discovered by neuroscientists in 2004, memory reconsolidation turns out to be the key to what makes any transformational therapy successful.