A still-growing list from Where the Client Is collects therapy books recommended by therapists in two categories–for therapists and for everyone. Here are both:
For Therapists
- Shouldn’t I Be Feeling Better Now? Yvonne Bates
- Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond, Judith Beck
- A CBT Practitioners Guide to ACT, Joseph Ciarrochi & Ann Bailey
- Resolving Sexual Abuse, Yvonne Dolan
- Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy, Albert Ellis
- The Transforming Power of Affect, Diana Fosha
- Consuming Psychotherapy, Ann France
- Reality Therapy, William Glasser
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change, Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson
- Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erikson, MD, Jay Haley
- Direct Social Work Practice, Hepworth…
- Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence, Judith Herman
- Play Therapy – The Art of the Relationship, Garry Landreth
- Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha Linehan
- Where to Start, What to Ask, Susan Lucas
- Psychoanalytic Case Formulation, Nancy McWilliams
- Motivational Interviewing, William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
- Listening with the Third Ear, Theodor Reik
- Don’t Lose Your Patients, Herbert Strean
- The Gift of Therapy, Irvin Yalom
- Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Irvin Yalom
For Everyone
- The Good Divorce, Constance Ahrons
- Dibs in Search of Self, Virginia Axline
- Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
- Feeling Good, David Burns
- The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Davis, Eshelman, McKay, and Fanning
- The Complete Single Mother, Andrea Engber & Leah Klungness
- The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, John Forsyth and Georg Eifert
- Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
- Trapped in the Mirror, Elan Golomb
- The Seven Principles of Making a Marriage Work, John Gottman
- Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, Hayes
- Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
- Hold Me Tight, Sue Johnson
- Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- If You Meet Buddha on the Road, Kill Him, Sheldon Kopp
- The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
- On Death and Dying, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner
- Today I Will Do One Thing, Tim Mc
- The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller
- For Your Own Good, Alice Miller
- The Divided Mind, John Sarno
- Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch
- Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
- The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression, Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson
- The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
- After the Honeymoon, Daniel Wile
- Love’s Executioner, Irvin Yalom
The original list is here. My much shorter recommended books lists is here.