Books like Quiet Therapies by David K. Reynolds

A groundbreaking work that explains how trauma rewires the brain and body, and presents evidence‑based therapies—from neurofeedback to yoga—that unlock the mind’s natural capacity for healing.

Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga. He examined the problem of humans in a seemingly hostile universe in ways that questioned the social norms and illusions that bind and constrict modern humans. Marking a groundbreakingsynthesis, Watts asserted that the powerful insights of Freud and Jung, which had, indeed, brought psychiatry close to the edge of liberation, could, if melded with the hitherto secret wisdom of the Eastern traditions, free people from their battles with the self. When psychotherapy merely helps us adjust to social norms, Watts argued, it falls short of true liberation, while Eastern philosophy seeks our natural relation to the cosmos.

Developing Ericksonian therapy, by Jeffrey K. Zeig, investigates the application of Ericksonian principles within psychotherapy, hypnotic practice, and psychoanalytic contexts, citing therapeutic congresses and research settings.

An exploration of Ericksonian psychotherapy, this book outlines the therapeutic use of hypnotic techniques in counseling, drawing upon recent conferences to discuss how hypnotic methods can enhance therapeutic outcomes.

Explores how language shapes interpersonal relations and drives therapeutic change in psychotherapy.