Suggested further reading

Families

• A stranger in the family: How to cope if your child is gay, Terry Sanderson, The Other Way Press.

• Families and How to Survive Them, Robin Skinner and John Cleese, Vermilion London.

Body Psychotherapy

• Deep Bodywork and Personal Development, Jack W Painter, Bodymind Books.

• Embodied Relating, Nick Totton, Karnac.

• Gut, Giulia Enders, Scribe.

• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety & Connection, Deb Dana, Norton.

• When Hurt Remains, Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar & Rachel Shalit, Karnac Books.

• Your Body Speaks Your Mind, Debbie Shapiro, Piatkus.

Communities of Colour and Themes of Privilege

• Intercultural Therapy, J Kareem et al, Blackwell Science.

• Internal Racism, MF Davids, A Downs, Pelgrave Macmillan.

• Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Routledge.

• Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saad, Quercus.

• Padagogy of the Oppressed, Paolo Freire, Penguin Books.

• Racism after ‘Race Relations’, Robert Miles. Routledge.

• The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta, Hodder.

• White Fragility, Robin Diangelo, Penguin.

• Why I’m No Longer Talking To White people About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Bloomsbury.

Personal Development

• Born for Love, Mai Szalavitz et al, William Morrow.

• Coming Home, John Bradshaw, Piatkus.

• Counselling for Toads: A Psychological Adventure Robert de Board, Routledge.

• Daring Greatly, Brene Brown, Gotham Books.

• Dibs In Search of Self, Varginia M Axline, Penguin Books.

• Grief Works, Julia Samuel, Penguin.

• How to be and Adult, David Richo, Paulist Press.

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, G Mate, Vintage Canada.

• Love’s Executioner, Irvin D. Yalom, Penguin Books.

• The Road Less Travelled, M. Scott Peck, Arrow Books.

• Man’s Search for Meaning, Victore E Frankl, Rider.

• The Attachment Theory Workbook, Annie Chen, Althea Press.

• Say what you mean: a mindful approach to nonviolent communication, Oren J Sofer, Shambhala.

• The Compassionate Mind Workbook, Chris Irons et al. Robinson.

Relationships and Sexuality

• A Positive View of LGBTQ: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-Being, Ellen DB Riggle, Rowan and Littlefield.

• Born Gay, The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation, Glenn Wilson and Qazi Rahman, Peter Own.

• Commitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love, Richard Isay, John Wiley and Sons.

• Compulsive Sexual Behaviours, Silva Neves, Routledge.

• Enjoy Sex, Meg Jiohn Barker & Justin Hancock, Icon Books ltd.

• God’s Other Children: A London. Memoir, Vernal W Scott.

• Growth and Intimacy for Gay Men: A Workbook, Christopher J Alexander, The Harrington Park Press.

• Intersectionality, Sexuality and Psychological Therapies, Roshan Das Nair Catherine Butler, Blackwell.

• Lust, Men and Meth, David Fawcett, Healing Path Press.

• Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel, Harper.

• Our Responses to a Deadly Virus, Angela Molnos, Karnac Books.

• Pink Therapy, Dominic Davies and Charles Neal, Open University Press.

• Queer A Graphic History, Meg John Barker and Jules Scheele, Icon Books ltd.

• Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships, Meg Barker, Routledge.

• Safe, Sane and Consensual: Cotemporary Perspectives on Sadomasochism, Darren Langbridge and Meg Barker, Palgrave Macmillan.

• Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice, Catherine Butler et al, Routledge.

• Sexuality: A Psychological Manifesto, Katherine Johnson, Polity.

• Sexuality A Graphic Guide, Meg John Barker and Jules Scheele, Icon Books ltd.

• Straight Jacket: How to be Gay and Happy, Matthew Todd, Bantam Press.

• Tales of the City (series of books), Armistead Maupin, Black Swan.

• The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures, Dossie Easton and Janet W Hardy, Celestial Arts.

• The Heart of Desire, Stella Resnick, Wiley.

• The Life and Times of Harvey Milk, Randy Shilts, St Martin’s Press.

• The Stately Homo: A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp, Paul Baily, Black Swan.

• The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight World, Alan Downs PHD, Da Capo Life Long.

• Treating Out of Control Sexual Behaviour, Douglas Braun-Harvey et al. Springer.

Transgender, Non-Binary and Queer

• Burgerz, Travis Alabanza, Hackney Showroom.

• Gender Explorers, Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Gender Trauma, Alex Lantaffi, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• How to Understand your Gender: A practical guide for exploring who you are, Alex Lantaffi and Meg John Barker, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Life is not Binary, Alex Lantaffi and Meg John Barker, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• My Gender Workbook, Kate Bornstein, Routledge.

• Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities, Jos Twist, Ben Vincent, Meg John Barker and Kat Gutpa, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships, Juno Roche, JKP.

• The Queer Art of Failure, Judith Halmberstam, Duke.

• The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, Shon Faye, Penguin Random House.

• To My Trans Sisters, Charlie Craggs, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Top to Bottom, Finlay Games, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Transgender Health: A Practitioners Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care, Ben Vincent, JKP.

• Trans Power, Juno Roche, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Trauma

• Beyond Individual & Collective Trauma, C Mucci, Karnac Books.

• Healing Developmental Trauma, L Heller.

• Shame and Jealousy The Hidden Turmoils, P Mollen, Karnac Books.

• The Trauma Tool Kit, Banitt, SP, Quest Books. North Atlantic Books.

• The Body Keeps the Score, Van Der Kolk, B, Penguin.

• The Body Remembers, B Rothschild, WW Norton & Company.

• The Politics of Trauma, Staci K Haines, North Atlantic Books.

• Trauma Therapy and Clinical Practice, M Taylor, Open University Press.

• Understanding Trauma: A Psychoanalytic Approach, Garland, C.

• Walking the Tiger Healing Trauma, PA Levine, North Atlantic Books.