Anxiety, Meaning, and Purpose
Frankl, V. E. (1959). Man’s search for meaning. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press.
May, R. (1953). Man’s search for himself. New York, New York: Norton & Company Inc.
May, R. (1977). The meaning of anxiety (Revised Edition ed.). New York: Norton & Company, Inc.
Creativity
Andreasen, N. C. (2005). The creating brain: The neuroscience of genius. New York, New York: The Dana
Berman, L. E. A. (1995). An artist destroys his work: Comments on creativity and destructiveness. In B. Panter et. al (Eds.) Creativity and madness. Burbank, CA: AIMED Press, pp. 59-80.
Cameron, J. (1992). The artist’s way: A spiritual path to higher creativity . New York, New York: Penguin Putnam Inc.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Cropley, D. H., Cropley, A. J., Kaufman, J. C., & Runco, M. A. (2010). The dark side of creativity. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Forgeard, M. J. C., & Eichner, K. V. (in press). Creativity as a target and tool for positive interventions. In A. C. Parks (Ed.), Handbook of positive psychological interventions. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Jamison, K. R. (1993). Touched with fire: Manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament. New York, NY: Free Press.
Jamison, K. (1995). Manic-depressive illness and creativity. Scientific American, 272(2), 62– 67.
Kaufman, J. C., & Beghetto, R. A. (2009). Beyond big and little: The four-c model of creativity. Review of General Psychology, 13, 1–12.
Kaufman, J. C., & Sternberg, R. J. (2010). The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Kaufman, J. C. (2009). Creativity 101. New York, NY: Springer.
Kim, S. H., Vincent, L. C., & Goncalo, J. A. (2013). Outside advantage: Can social rejection fuel creative thought? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(3), 605-611.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0029728
Ludwig, A. M. (1995). The price of greatness: Resolving the creativity and madness controversy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
May, R. (1975). The courage to create. New York, New York: Norton & Company, Inc.
McCrae, R. R. (1987). Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 1258 – 1265.
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Verhaeghen, P., Joorman, J., & Khan, R. (2005). Why we sing the blues: The relation between self-reflective rumination, mood, and creativity. Emotion, 5, 226 –232.
Vygotsky, L. S. (2004). Imagination and creativity in childhood. Journal of Russian & East European Psychology, 42, 7–97 (Original work published 1967).
Wiskus, J. (2013). The rhythm of thought: Art, literature, and music after Merleau-Ponty. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Writing
Gold, R. (2014). Writing with at-risk youth. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Goldberg, N., & Cameron, J. (2016). Writing down the bones: Freeing the writer within. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Desalvo, L. (2000). Writing as a way of healing: How Telling Our Stories Transform Our Lives. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press Books.
Lamott, A. (1994). Bird by bird: Some instructions on writing and life. New York, New York: A Division of Random House, Inc.
Lepore, S. J., & Smyth, J. M. (2003). The writing cure: How Expressive Writing Promotes Health and Well-Being. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Pennebaker, J. W., & Smyth, J. M. (2016). Opening up by writing it down: How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain. New York, New York: The Guilford Press.
Pennebaker, J. W., & Evans, J. F. (2014). Expressive writing: Words that heal: Using expressive writing to overcome traumas and emotional upheavals, resolve issues, improve health, and build resilience. Enumclaw, WA: Idyll Arbor Inc.
Singer, J. L., & Barrios, M. V. (2009). Writer’s block and blocked writers: Using natural imagery to enhance creativity. In S. B. Kaufman, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), The psychology of creative writing (pp. 225-246). New York, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Focusing
Cornell, A. W. (2013). Focusing in clinical practice: The essence of change. New York, New York: Norton & Company, Inc.
Gendlin, E. T. (1978). Focusing. New York, New York: Bantam Dell.
Gendlin, E.T. (1981). Focusing and the development of creativity. The Focusing Folio, 1(1), 13-16. From http://www.focusing.org/gendlin/docs/gol_2062.html
Gendlin, E. T. (1996). Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A manual of the experiential method. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, Inc.
Gendlin Online Library: http://www.focusing.org/gendlin/
Relationships
Gottman, J. (2001). The relationship cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press.
Gottman, J. M. (2011). The science of trust: Emotional attunement for couples. New York, NY: Norton & Company, Inc.
Johnson, S. M. (2019). Attachment theory in practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with individuals, couples, and families. New York, New York: The Guilford Press.
Siegel, D. J. (2008). The Neurobiology of We: How Relationships, the Mind, and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are [Audiobook]. Sounds True. Retreived from https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Neurobiology-of-We-Audiobook/B005OZJFWA
Fern, J. (2020). Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy. Portland, Oregon: Thorntree Press, LLC
Richo, D. (2002). How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving. Boston, Massachusetts: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Counseling Adolescents & Children
Axline, V.M. (1969). Play therapy. New York: Ballantine.
Bowlby, J. (1988). Attachment, communication and the therapeutic process. In J. Bowlby (Ed.), A secure base: Clinical applications of attachment theory. (pp 137-157). London: Routledge.
Brown, L.M. (1991). Women, girls, and psychotherapy: Reframing resistance. New York: HarringtonPark Press.
Brotherton, I. (1992). The origins of attachment theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Developmental Psychology.
Clarke, C. and Rabey, S. (2009). When Kid’s Hurt. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.
Edgette, J.S. (2006). Adolescent Therapy That Really Works. W.W. Norton
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Fraiberg, Selma. (1996). The magic years. New York: Fireside. Gilligan, C. Joining the resistance.
Hersch, P. (1999). A tribe apart: A journey into the heart of American adolescence. NewYork: Ballantine.
Landreth, G. (2002). Play therapy: The art of relationship. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Linderman, M. (2007). The teen whisperer. New York: Harper Collins.
Pipher, M. (1994). Reviving Ophelia. Ballantine: New York.
Pollack, W. (1998). Real Boys. New York: Henry Holt.
Singer, D. and Revenson, T. (1996). A Piaget primer: How a Child Thinks. New York: Penguin.
Thompson, C.L., Rudolph. L. B., & Henderson, D. (2007). Counseling children. California: Brooks/Cole.
Parenting an Adolescent
Siegel, D. J. (2013). Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain. New York, New York: Penguin Group LLC.
Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind (Second ed.) How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. New York, New York: The Guilford Press.
Siegel, D. J., & Bryson, T. P. (2012). The whole brain child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child’s Developing Mind. New York, New York: Bantam Books.
Siegel, D. J., & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam Inc.
Trauma
Brown, L.S. (2008). Cultural competence in trauma therapy: Beyond the flashback. Washington, DC: APA
Herman. J. (1997). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. New York: Basic Books.
Levine, P. (1997) Waking the tiger: Healing trauma. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.
Mate, G. (2008). In the realm of hungry ghosts. Berkeley: North Atlantic.
Nader K. et al. (1999) Honoring differences: Cultural issues in the treatment of trauma and loss. New York: Routledge.
Stolorow, R. (2007). Trauma and human existence. New York: Taylor and Francis Group.
Van Dernoot Lipsky, L. (2009). Trauma stewardship: Caring for self while caring for others. New York, NY: Perennial Currents.
Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score. New York: Viking Books.
Podcasts
Creativity
The Psychology Podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman: Insight on mind, brain, behavior and creativity: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/
Writing
Kimberly B. George, writing doula, scholar, consultant and host of podcast: Writing Feminist Life Together