Books Related to Contemplative Psychotherapy

Thomas Bien
Mindful Therapy: A Guide for Therapists and Helping Professionals.
Wisdom Publications 2006
Finding the Center Within: The Healing Way of Mindfulness Meditation.
Wiley, 2003

Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
Shambhala 2000
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times.
Shambhala 2007

Guy Claxton
Beyond Therapy.
Wisdom Publications (London) 1986

Mark Epstein
Thoughts Without a Thinker.
Basic Books 1995
Going To Pieces Without Falling Apart.
Broadway Books 1998

Germer, Siegel & Fulton, Editors
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy.
Guilford Press 2005

Cheri Huber
There is Nothing Wrong With You.
Keep It Simple 2001
Suffering is Optional.
Keep It Simple 2002

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope With Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation.
Delta 1990
Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.
Hyperion 1994

Karen Kissel-Wegela
How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance.
Shambhala 1996

Jack Kornfield
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
Bantam 2008

Ron Kurtz
Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method
Life Rhythm 1997

Lorne Ladner
The Lost Art of Compassion.
HarperCollins 2004

Marsha M. Linehan
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)
The Guilford Press 1993

Edward M. Podvoll
The Seduction of Madness: Revolutionary Insights into the World of Psychosis and a Compassionate Approach to Recovery at Home.
HarperCollins 1990;
Rereleased with new material as
Recovering Sanity.
Shambhala, 2003

Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
Guilford Press 2002
The Mindful Way Through Depression.
(with Jon Kabat-Zinn).
Guilford Press 2007

Eckhart Tolle
The Power Of Now.
New World Library 1999

John Welwood
(Editor) Awakening the Heart: East-West Approaches to Psychotherapy.
Shambhala 1985
(Author) Towards a Psychology of Awakening.
Shambhala 2000