RECOMMENDED READINGS 

 TRANSGENDER & GENDER NON-BINARY 

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• "Becoming a Visible Man," Jamison Green (2004) 

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• "Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity," C. Riley Snorton (2017) 

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• "Conundrum," Jan Morris (1974) 

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• "decolonizing trans/gender 101," b. binaohan (2014) 

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• "The Intermediate Sex," Edward Carpenter (1908) 

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• "Fairest: A Memoir," Meredith Talusan (2020) 

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• "The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing & Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes," Diane Ehrensaft (2016) 

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• "Gender Failure," Ivan Coyote & Rae Spoon (2014) 

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• "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, & the Rest of Us," Kate Bornstein (2016) 

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• "Gender Trouble: Feminism & the Subversion of Identity," Judith Butler (1990) 

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• "Girl Sex 101," Allison Moon (2015) 

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• "Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite," Herculine Barbin (1978) 

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• "A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities," Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg (2019) 

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• "My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy & Sex Positivity," Kate Bornstein (2013) 

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• "Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender & Identity," Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane (eds.) (2019) 

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• "The Intermediate Sex," Edward Carpenter (1908) 

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• "Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, & So Much More," Janet Mock (2014) 

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• "Theorizing Transgender Identity for Clinical Practice: A New Model for Understanding Gender," S.J. Langer (2018) 

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• "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community," Laura Erickson-Schroth (ed.) (2014) 

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• "Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary," Morty Diamond (ed.) (2011)

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• "Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender & Non-Binary Voices," Freiya Benson (2019) 

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• "We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 1961-1991," Ellis Martin & Zach Ozma (eds.) (2019) 

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• "Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, & the Desire to Conform," Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (ed.) (2012) 

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• "You & Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery," Dara Hoffman-Fox (2016) 

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 QUEER, GAY, & OTHER SEXUALITIES 

 

• "Antes que anochezca: autobiografia / Before Night Falls," Reinaldo Arenas (1992) 

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• "Boy-Wives & Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities," Stephen Murray & Will Roscoe (eds.) (1998) 

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• "The Case for Gay Reparations," Omar G. Encarnación (2021) 

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• "For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, & Coming Home," Keith Boykin (ed.) (2012) 

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• "Girl Sex 101: A Queer Pleasure Guide for Women & Their Lovers," Allison Moon (2015) 

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• "Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past," Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, & George Chauncey, Jr. (eds.) (1989) 

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• "Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender Muslims," Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle (2009) 

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• "Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America," Pete Sigal (ed.) (2002) 

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• "The Intermediate Sex," Edward Carpenter (1908) 

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• "The Joy of Gay Sex," Charles Silverstein & Edmund White (1977) ​​

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• "A Queer History of the United States," Michael Bronski (2011) 

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• "Same-Sex Love & the Path to Wholeness: Perspecties on Gay & Lesbian Psychological Development, " Robert Hopcke, Karin Lofthus Carrington, & Scott Wirth (eds.) (1993) 

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• "Stone Butch Blues," Leslie Feinberg (1993) 

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• "The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World," Alan Downs (2005) 

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 POC PSYCHOLOGY, INTERSECTIONALITY, & ANTI-RACISM 

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• "Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, & Therapy," Pamela Hays (2008) 

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• "Are Prisons Obsolete?," Angela Davis (2003) 

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• "Bad Feminist: Essays," Roxane Gay (2014) 

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• "Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)" (8th century AD) 

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• "Between the World & Me," Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015) 

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• "Bhagavad Gita" (2nd century BCE) 

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• "Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity," C. Riley Snorton (2017)

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• "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge," Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) 

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• "The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present," Byung-Chul Han (2019) 

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• "The Fire Next Time," James Baldwin (1963) 

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• "For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, & Coming Home," Keith Boykin (ed.) (2012) 

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• "God Is Red: A Native View of Religion," Vine Deloria Jr. (1973) 

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• "Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot," Mikki Kendall (2020)

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• "I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters," Bayard Rustin, Michael Long (ed.) (2012) 

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• "Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation," Derald Wing Sue & Lisa Spanierman (2020) 

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• "El monte," Lydia Cabrera (1954) 

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• "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma & the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies," Resmaa Menakem (2017) 

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• "Native American Postcolonial Psychology," Eduardo Duran (1995) 

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• "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," Michelle Alexander (2010) 

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• "The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco - Monterrey Bay Area," Malcolm Margolin (1997) 

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• "Pedagogia do Oprimido / Pedagogy of the Oppressed," Paulo Freire (1968) 

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• "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healing," Joy DeGruy (2005)

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• "The Read (weekly podcast)," Kid Fury & Crissle (2013-present) 

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• "Ritual: Power, Healing, & Community," Malidoma Patrice Somé (1993) 

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• "Tao Te Ching," Lao Tzu (4th century BCE) 

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• "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," Robin DiAngelo (2018) 

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• "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," Carol Anderson (2016) 

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• "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde," Audre Lorde (1982) 

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 TRAUMA / PTSD RECOVERY 

 

• "Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, & Autism," Stanley Rosenberg (2017) 

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• "Anatomy of the Spirit: The 7 Stages of Power & Healing," Caroline Myss (1996) 

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• "The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love," Sonya Renee Taylor (2018) 

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• "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, & Body in the Healing of Trauma," Bessel van der Kolk (2014) 

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• "The Chalice & the Blade: Our History, Our Future," Riane Eisler (1987) 

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• "Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy," Francine Shapiro (2012) 

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• "Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation," Janina Fisher (2016) 

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• "Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma," Staci Haines (2007) 

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• "Internal Family Systems Therapy (2nd ed.)," Richard Schwartz & Martha Sweezy (2020) 

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• "It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are & How to End the Cycle," Mark Wolynn (2016) 

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• "Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power & Spiritual Transformation," Sanaya Roman (1986) 

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• "Man's Search for Meaning," Viktor Frankl (1946) 

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• "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma & the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies," Resmaa Menakem (2017) 

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• "The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing & Social Justice," Staci Haines (2019) 

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• "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healing," Joy DeGruy (2005) 

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• "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment," Eckhart Tolle (1997) 

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• "Self-Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness & Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy (2nd ed.)," Jay Earley (2012) 

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• "Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder," Paul Mason & Randi Kreger (1998) 

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• "Trauma & Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror," Judith Herman (1992) 

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• "Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others," Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk (2007) 

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• "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma," Peter Levine (1997) 

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• "When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress," Gabor Maté (2003)

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• "The Wisdom of Trauma (documentary)," Gabor Maté (2021) 

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 RELATIONSHIPS, SEX, & INTIMACY 

 

• "All About Love: New Visions," bell hooks (1999)

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• "Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection & the Language of Human Experience," Brené Brown (2021) 

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• "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment & How It Can Help You Find - & Keep - Love," Amir Levine & Rachel Heller (2010) 

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• "The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion," Jack Morin (1995) 

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• "The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, & Other Freedoms in Sex & Love (3rd ed.)," Janet Hardy & Dossie Easton (2017) 

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• "The 5 Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate," Gary Chapman (1992) 

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• "Girl Sex 101: A Queer Pleasure Guide for Women & Their Lovers," Allison Moon (2015) 

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• "Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma," Staci Haines (2007) 

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• "Hold Me Tight: 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love," Sue Johnson (2008) 

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• "The Joy of Gay Sex (3rd ed.)," Charles Silverstein & Edmund White (2006) 

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• "Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence," Esther Perel (2006) 

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• "The Myth of Sex Addiction," David Ley (2012) 

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• "The New Bottoming Book," Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy (2001) 

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• "The New Topping Book," Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy (2003) 

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• "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life," Marshall Rosenberg (1999) 

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• "Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good," adrienne maree brown (2019) 

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• "Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, & Consensual Nonmonogamy," Jessica Fern (2020) 

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• "A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability," A. Andrews (2020) ​

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• "Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, & What It Means for Modern Relationships," Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá (2010) 

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• "Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary," Morty Diamond (ed.) (2011) 

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• "Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology & Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate," Stan Tatkin (2016) 

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• "Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain & Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict & Build a Secure Relationship," Stan Tatkin (2012) 

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 DRUG / SUBSTANCE USE & HARM REDUCTION 

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• "Beyond Addiction: How Science & Kindness Help People Change," Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, & Nicole Kosanke (2014) 

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• "Chasing the Scream: The 1st & Last Days of the War on Drugs," Johann Hari (2015) 

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• "Drug Use for Grown-ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear," Carl Hart (2021) 

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• "Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight," Lindo Bacon (2008) 

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• "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction," Gabor Maté (2008) 

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• "The Ketamine Papers: Science, Therapy, & Transformation," Phil Wolfson & Glenn Hartelius (eds.) (2016) 

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• "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," Michelle Alexander (2010)

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• "Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide to Controlling Your Drug & Alcohol Use (2nd ed.)," Pat Denning & Jeannie Little (2017) 

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• "The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, & Sacred Journeys," James Fadiman (2011) 

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• "You Have the Right to Remain Fat," Virgie Tovar (2018) 

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 THE ARTS AS THERAPEUTIC & TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE 

 

• "The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity," Julia Cameron (1992)

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• "The Expressive Body in Life, Art, & Therapy: Working with Movement, Metaphor, & Meaning," Daria Halprin (2008) 

 

• "Handbook of Art Therapy," Cathy Malchiodi (2002) 

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• "Letters to a Young Poet," Rainer Maria Rilke (1929) 

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• "Miles: The Autobiography," Miles Davis & Quincy Troupe (1989) 

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• "The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir," Jenifer Lewis (2017) 

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• "Ritual: Power, Healing, & Community," Malidoma Patrice Somé (1993) 

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• "Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage," Pauli Murray (1987) 

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• "Walk Through Walls: A Memoir," Marina Abramović (2016) 

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• "Your Art Will Save Your Life: A Candid Guidebook About Art-Making in the Midst of Oppression," Beth Pickens (2018) 

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