15 best-selling psychology books like Inside Your Therapist's Mind: How A Therapist Thinks, And Why It Works by Drew E. Permut

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Inside Your Therapist's Mind: How A Therapist Thinks, And Why It Works

By: Drew E. Permut

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Psychotherapy is a treatment that most people know of, but few understand. This is because the inne…

If you liked the psychology plot in Inside Your Therapist's Mind: How A Therapist Thinks, And Why It Works by Drew E. Permut , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

By: Henry Marsh

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cu… read more

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2. Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

By: Irvin D. Yalom

3.66

Format: 162 pages,

The collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteri… read more

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3. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering… read more

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"Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing your emotional life force by getting his or her needs met …"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a re…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"How many people get to be awake and aware for the emergence of the person they were always meant to be? How many people get to have two lifetimes in one? So tell me, is it worth the pain to get to li…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"No child can be good enough to evoke love from a highly self-involved parent. Nevertheless, these children come to believe that the price of making a connection is to put other people first and treat…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

4. Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

By: Irvin D. Yalom

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"The publication of Creatures of a Dayis reason to celebrate." --Steven Pinker In this stunning col… read more

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5. Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A Twice-Told Therapy

By: Irvin D. Yalom , Ginny Elkin

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The many thousands of readers of the best-selling Love's Executionerwill welcome this paperback edi… read more

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6. Letters to a Young Therapist

By: Mary Pipher

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's "girl-poisoning culture," Reviving Ophelia,… read more

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7. Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

By: Catherine Gildiner

4.46

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner's presents five of what she calls her m… read more

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"Anger is a defense, not a feeling, ....analyze what feeling the anger was covering."

-Catherine Gildiner, Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

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8. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

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9. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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10. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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11. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

By: Emily Nagoski

3.95

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men—and provides a … read more

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"No one is “complete"

-Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

"Dread is anxiety on steroids."

-Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

"So how much rest is “adequate"

-Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

"Not knowing why is, itself, a profound type of suffering."

-Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

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12. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

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13. Sometimes Therapy is Awkward

By: Nicole Arzt

3.90

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Sometimes therapy is awkward. And sometimes it's also painful, messy, and downright confusing. In i… read more

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14. Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time

By: Angela Brown

3.66

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life—and its surprises—in a funny and emot… read more

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15. Two Women Walk into a Bar

By: Cheryl Strayed

4.06

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more

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16. Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir

By: Marsha M. Linehan

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of… read more

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"Somehow I lost all ability to regulate not only my emotions but my behavior as well.... It was an alarmingly rapid and complete descent into hell."

-Marsha M. Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir

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17. Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma

By: Galit Atlas

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning psychoanalyst Dr. Galit Atlas draws on her patients' stories—and her own life experie… read more

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18. This Impossible Brightness

By: Jessica Bryant Klagmann

3.54

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Taking refuge on a remote island, a grieving woman develops unlikely connections with the community… read more

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19. Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon

By: J. Paul Waymack

4.08

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1976, Paul Waymack began chronicling his experience as a third-year medical student, and for the… read more

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20. Sessions: Memoirs of a Psychotherapist

By: Kathryn Foster

3.94

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. Addy Conrad, psychologist, encounters the ethical minefield common to private practice. Susan, … read more

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21. MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

By: Rick Cormier

4.18

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

"Some people assume that all therapists are new-agey hand-holders who just listen and nod like bobb… read more

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"Love is how you treat someone."

-Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

"Many of our flaws are old emotional defenses which may fade away when we're loved in spite of them."

-Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

"Three things make up who we are as individuals: what we think, what we feel, and what we do. If we manage to change any one of these three aspects of ourselves, the other two will follow."

-Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

"There is an unspoken agreement in every successful relationship: "I'm not perfect and you're not perfect. I can ignore your imperfections if you can ignore mine. I choose to spend my life in your com…"

-Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

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22. Inside Your Therapist's Mind: How A Therapist Thinks, And Why It Works

By: Drew E. Permut

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Psychotherapy is a treatment that most people know of, but few understand. This is because the inne… read more

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23. Everything is Perfect: A Memoir

By: Kate Nason

4.17

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, … read more

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24. Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

By: Pidgeon Pagonis

4.37

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

From intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, li… read more

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"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

"The system didn’t want to say that I’m intersex. That I’m not female or male. The doctors wanted to choose a gender for me and then make my body agree with their ideas about who I should be."

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

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25. Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

By: Meredith O'Brien

4.32

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

It begins with numbness on her left leg. Then it spreads. Even though an MRI finds a “mass” on her … read more

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26. Themes and Variations

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more

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27. I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison (Dr. Harper Therapy, #2)

By: Dr. Harper

4.01

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated sequel to I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Sho… read more

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28. You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

By: Bretman Rock

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."--Chelsea Handler A chaotically j… read more

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"A role could call for an indigenous Aeta woman and they would hire a half white, half Filipina woman and paint her skin Black just so she could play a maid."

-Bretman Rock, You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

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29. Tell Me About It: Memoir of a Psychotherapist

By: Pinny Brakeley Bugaeff

3.88

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

When Pinny started work as a psychotherapist, little did she imagine the shocking stories her clien… read more

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"...if people ever knew who walks among us freely, they’d never leave their homes."

-Pinny Brakeley Bugaeff, Tell Me About It: Memoir of a Psychotherapist

"I'd imagined my job would involve playing jump rope and weaving lanyards, but, instead, I'd landed inside a jail for kids."

-Pinny Brakeley Bugaeff, Tell Me About It: Memoir of a Psychotherapist

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30. Someone To Talk To: What Really Happens in Therapy and How it Can Work for You

By: Joyce Houser

4.04

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Therapy is a process, not a "one-and-done" event. Someone To Talk To reveals what happens in therap… read more

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31. Twelve Cases: A Psychiatrist’s True Stories of Mental Illness and Addiction [and Other Human Predispositions]

By: Ph Daniel Mierlak MD

3.89

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you curious about the shadowy parts of the human psyche? Join Dr. Daniel Mierlak, a psychiatris… read more

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18 Top audiobook books like Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski

Transform Your Habits

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Brené Brown

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Transform Your Habits

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Bruce D. Perry

4.44

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