Dear England

Boys Don't Cry

Surviving Climate Anxiety

'A wonderful exploration of emotional awareness — it reminds us that naming and understanding our feelings is a strength, not a weakness' - Therapist Claire Molnar

Permission to Feel

'Influenced how I think about resilience and flexibility when life feels uncertain' - Therapist Claire Molnar

Emotional Agility

'Especially helpful for those caught in anxious cycles' - Therapist Chiara Di Rienzo

Addicted to Anxiety

'Kind, practical and grounding' - Therapist Chiara Di Rienzo

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

'Explores the relational and neurobiological roots of change in a way that resonates with my therapy practice' - Therapist Chiara Di Rienzo

Why Therapy Works

Safe

The Collective Edge

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NeuroTribes

Ultra-Processed Women

Home Is Where We Start

The Anxious Generation

Shy Creatures

Small Pleasures

The State of Disbelief

Trauma and Recovery

The Child In You

Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt

The Therapeutic Relationship

Practising Existential Therapy

Relationally Queer

Polyvagal Theory in Therapy

Unwinding Anxiety

Love's Labour

A Life's Work

Don't Forget We're Here Forever: A New Generation's Search for Religion

Good Enough: A Framework for Modern Parents

On Learning from the Patient

Probably one of our most-recommended books by Welldoing therapists, Bessel van der kolk's seminal work is a must-read for anyone interested in trauma and the body 

The Body Keeps the Score

Our Welldoing Book of the Month for January 2025

No Filters: A Mother and Teenage Daughter Love Story

"This is one I’d recommend to any colleagues looking to become more queer affirmative. It is presented in a conversational/interview format, which is very engaging and readable" – Therapist Julie Gosheva

Queering Psychotherapy

"It’s a deceptively simple book that opens up crucial questions about psychoanalytic theory and technique: What is it for; what might we be aiming at; why do we create the environment we do; what’s play got to do with psychoanalysis?" – Therapist Nicole Scott

Playing and Reality

"This book has helped my clients understand themselves" – Therapist Neil MacVicar

How Emotions Are Made

How to Think Like Socrates

Ten Steps to Positive Living

Grandparenting: On Love and Relationships Across Generations

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Getting the Love You Want

A searingly honest and unflinching co-memoir, In the Blood was our Welldoing Book of the Month for November 2024

In the Blood: On Mothers, Daughters and Addiction

"I first read it before entering psychoanalysis and found it a moving description of a young woman’s attempt to find out who she is and to develop her own method for doing so" – Therapist Nicole Scott

A Life of One's Own

All the Rage

Codependent No More

"Why Love Matters is about the science behind the importance of loving our children. Reading it can help my clients comprehend the neurological realities of a damaged childhood and inspire a new parent to give their child the holding they need." – Therapist Emma Rasalingam

Why Love Matters

Raising Hare

"Grosz an outstanding and articulate writer. He makes his insights from psychoanalysis accessible to the average person" – Therapist Sumeet Grover

The Examined Life

What You Are Looking for Is In the Library

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

"Describes a love story in a humorous way, intertwined with really insightful reflections of what true love really is and how to survive a modern relationship" – Psychologist Dr Ana Costa

The Course of Love

"A lovely book that liberates the idea of giving up from notions of failure" – Therapist Nicole Scott

On Giving Up

Strangers and Intimates

"Particularly enjoyable, and relatable. It was fascinating to understand how a very experienced therapist understood the profession" – Therapist John Garrow

The Gift of Therapy

"For helpful insights into relationship dynamics and difficulties" – Therapist Jess Orlik 

From Impasse to Intimacy: How Understanding Unconscious Needs Can Transform Relationships

The Age of Diagnosis

"A very practical book, not just a book to read; to get the most out of it you read a chapter a week and follow the exercises and suggestions within it" – Therapist Sarah Elizabeth Blake

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Daring Greatly

Rising Strong

The Untethered Soul

"A helpful guide to the psychology of relationships within family, friends, colleagues or partners" – Therapist Michael Armstrong

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

"I often recommend this book to clients working through anxiety and depression" – Therapist Aaron Kelly

The Feeling Good Handbook

"Details the basis of acceptance and commitment therapy and has loads of exercises that I have used with clients" – Psychologist Dr Ana Costa

ACT Made Simple

The Descent of Man

"My go-to for understanding how the brain functions" – Therapist Klara Sharples

The Compassionate Mind

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

Introduction to Internal Family Systems

"Poetic, tender and questioning" – Therapist Camilla Nicholls

The Mothers I Might Have Had

"Despite the title this is not a religious book at all, but written by a leading evolutionary scientist robustly exploring Buddhist techniques and why they work on the brain. It’s great" – Therapist Matthew Landers

Why Buddhism Is True

Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy

The Anatomy of Dependence

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

The Mindful Way through Depression

"Profoundly impactful in helping clients navigate grief. Many have shared that reading it made them feel less isolated in their grief journey" – Therapist Klara Sharples

The Year of Magical Thinking

"Invaluable for clients struggling with loss" – Therapist Klara Sharples

The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss

We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

'An astonishing book offering a psychoanalytic take on sadness" – Therapist Nicole Scott

Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia

Talking it Better: From Insight to Change in the Therapy Room

"I think you can get therapeutic insight from great literature as much as therapy texts!" – Therapist Dan Lowe

Anna Karenina

Wherever You Go, There You Are

The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life

"Forrest was a precociously talented journalist, flying high until her mind unravelled into self-destructive mania. Many reviewers didn’t like this book for its self-indulgence but there’s some winning prose and a fascinating insight into her relationship with a psychiatrist who suddenly died" – Therapist Julia Bueno

Your Voice in My Head

"The book I most commonly recommend to clients, as it offers strategies and skills that they can use to help themselves which can be really powerful" – Therapist Jenny Hunter-Phillips

Mind Over Mood

Mysterious Realities: A Dream Archaeologist's Tales from the Imaginal Realm

"A real opportunity to consider a completely different way of thinking" – Therapist Stephen Slatter

The Red Book: A Reader's Edition

"One of the first books I read when beginning training and led me on the road to object relations and the effect of early years care received on us as adults, and I really appreciated it’s straightforwardness" – Therapist Stephen Slatter

They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life

"Explains in layman’s language that genes do not dictate our biology but are instead switched on and off by outside influences, among others, our beliefs" – Therapist Bettina Falkenberg

The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles

The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory

Come Together: The Science (and Art) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

"Complex theories but such an easy read" – Therapist Matthew Reed

Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach

"This book eally helped me to understand the various theories I was studying" – Therapist Matthew Reed

Integration in Counselling & Psychotherapy: Developing a Personal Approach

"This book really helped me during training and I still refer to it now" – Therapist Matthew Reed

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