Recommended Reading

There have been more influences on my own career than I could ever include (or remember) in a list. Below are some of the titles that stand out as having shaped my thinking about the field of helping and my own identity within that field:

NON-FICTION Books

Dopamine Nation – Anna Lambke

On Being a Therapist – Jeffrey Kottler

A Way of Being – Carl Rogers

The Heart of Addiction – Lance Dodes

I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can – Barbara Gordon

This Naked Mind – Annie Grace

FICTION BOOKS

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger

PODCASTS

Hidden Brain

Say Why to Drugs

FILMS

Acts of Worship

Beautiful Boy

Clean and Sober

Crazy Heart

Days of Wine and Roses

Flight

Lost Weekend

My Name Is Bill W.

Requiem for a Dream

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INVALUABLE RESOURCES and websites

Addiction Policy Forum

American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)