Recommended Books

LGBTQIA-Related Issues:

• Don't Give Up Before the Miracle Happens: A Relationship Guidebook for Same-Sex Couples by Warrick Stewart
• Gender and Sexuality for Beginners by James Garbacik
• Lesbian Couples: A Guide to Creating Healthy Relationships by Merilee Clunis
• Sex, Gender and Sexuality: The New Basics by Abbey L Ferber
• The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures by Dossie Easton
• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth
• Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas M Teich    
• Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

Relationships:

• After the Affair:  Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has  Been Unfaithful  by Janis Abrahms Spring & Michael Spring
• Boundaries-Where You End and I Begin:  How to Recognize and Set Healthy Boundaries  by Anne Katherine
• Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
• Too  Good To Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping You  Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira  Kirschenbaum
• The Practice of Love: Break Old Patterns, Rebuild Trust, and Create a Connection That Lasts by Lair Torrent
• You Are the One You've Been Waiting For (Internal Family Systems) by Richard Schwartz

Trauma and Abuse:

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A GUIDE AND MAP FOR RECOVERING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA by Pete Walker
• Loving  Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting  with Your Partner after Trauma by Aphrodite T. Matsakis
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
• The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis.
• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz