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A THERAPISTS' BOOK RECS,
AND WHY


No Bad Parts: Managing a Highly Anxious Brain
Managing a High Anxiety Brain I'm level 1 trained in IFS and when I attend my first IFS conference with Richard Schwartz in 2014 I learned...
Kelsey Thomas


The Happiness Trap: A Therapist's Tips on How to Set Sail Toward What Matters
One of the most striking images in The Happiness Trap is the idea of being on a boat, drifting at sea with demons chained below deck. As...
Kelsey Thomas


When Breath Becomes Air: A trauma therapist's Reckoning with Life’s Fragility
I’ll never forget the moment I finished When Breath Becomes Air . Picture in a busy salad shop, people everywhere munching on their kale,...
Kelsey Thomas


The Choice: A therapist's reflection on sitting with the yuck
A Reflection I’ve been running a therapists’ book club for the past four years, and we’ve read everything from psychology classics to...
Kelsey Thomas


How to be Angry: Thich Nhat Hanh
A trauma therapist's guide to befriending our anger

Kelsey Thomas


Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
A Reflection In Rest is Resistance , we’re reminded that our bodies and minds are not machines, and that our worth is not tied to how...

Kelsey Thomas
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