RESOURCES

Books

Mindful Psychotherapy
Radical Self acceptance, Tara Brach
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodran
Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method, Ron Kurtz
The Power of Now, Eckhardt Tolle
The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Eastern Body, Western Mind, Anodea Judith

Books for Couples
Wired for Love, Stan Tatkin + Harville Hendrix, PhD
Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch, PhD
Hold Me Tight, Sue Johnson
Attached, Amir Levine
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, John Gottman, PhD
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman, Ph.D.
A General Theory of Love, Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lannon, M.D.
Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
The Five Love Languages, Harry Chapman
How to Be an Adult in Relationships, David Richo
Facing Codependency, Pia Mellody

Men’s Psychotherapy
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine, Robert L. Moore
Iron John, Robert Bly
Fire in the Belly, Sam Keen
When Anger Hurts, by Matthew McKay, Peter D., Ph.D. Rogers

Trauma
The Body Keeps Score, Bessell van der Kolk
Tapping in, Laurel Parnell
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
The Body Remembers, Babette Rothschild
8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery, Babette Rothschild

Parenting
Parenting from the Inside Out, Dr. Daniel Siegel

Centers

Meditation
Open Circle Center (https://opencirclecenter.org/)
Open Gate Sangha (http://www.opengatesangha.org/)
San Francisco Zen Center (http://www.sfzc.org/)
East Bay Meditation Center (https://eastbaymeditation.org/)

Recovery
The San Francisco Dry Dock (http://drydocksf.org/)
Meditation in Recovery at the Zen Center (http://www.sfzc.org/city-center/zen-meditation-practice/practice-groups/meditation-in-recovery)
Smart Recovery (https://www.smartrecovery.org/local/meetings/?search_keywords=&search_location=san+francisco%2C+ca&search_categories%5B%5D=&use_search_radius=on&search_radius=50&search_lat=0&search_lng=0&search_region=&search_context=92)

Couples
Hold Me Tight Workshops (http://www.sfceft.com/bay-area-eft-trainings/index.html)
Couples Workshops at the Couples Center (http://www.thecouplescenter.org/couples-retreat)

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