Virtual Library
NU-Q Counseling and Wellness Virtual Library in collaboration with NU-Q Library
bib·lio·ther·a·py: noun \ˌbi-blē-ə-ˈther-ə-pē, - : the use of reading materials for help in solving personal problems
Life challenges are something everybody experiences at some point in their life and while there are many healthy ways to cope, using literature can facilitate self reflection and personal development. We’ve provided you with these resources to get you started on your own, or as an adjunct to the work you may already be doing with your therapist.
Family and Relationships:
- My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.
- Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People; extended edition
- Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
- Mindful Relationship Habits: 25 Practices for Couples to Enhance Intimacy, Nurture Closeness, and Grow a Deeper Connection
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life; Updated and Expanded Edition
Mental Health:
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.
- Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
- Making Friends with Anxiety: A warm, supportive little book to ease worry and panic - 2020 edition, with a new section on keeping calm during the Coronavirus ... the way through life’s biggest challenges.)
Personal Development:
- The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love
- Radical Belonging: How to Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World (While transforming it for the Better)
- Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
- You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery
- The Self Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Improving Self-Esteem
- How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
- The Solution to Social Anxiety: Break Free from the Shyness that holds You Back
- Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life
- Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- ReWrite: The Journey From Self-Harm to Healing
- You've Got This!
General Health:
- Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Failto Understand about Weight.
- Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
- Health at Every Size (The Surprising Truth About Your Weight)
- Teens -- body image and beyond: facilitator reproducible activities for groups and individuals
- The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
- Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period
- Everyday Mindfulness for OCD: Tips, Tricks, and Skills for Living Joyfully
- PURE OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Gender and Gender Identity:
- Becoming a Visible Man: Second Edition
- How to Understand Your Gender
- World atlas of gender equality in education
- The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens & Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
Interpersonal Communication:
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
- Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It