r/therapists · 2021

Most-mentioned books in r/therapists during 2021

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/therapists within the published source unit for 2021. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Tracked mentions in 2021

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The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk spent his career arguing trauma changes the nervous system, and r/CPTSD made the book its shared vocabulary for what happened to them.

2 in 2021

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Sue Johnson

A couples therapist maps every recurring fight back to one question neither partner is asking out loud: are you there for me?

1 in 2021

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Gabor Maté

A Vancouver physician treats addicts in the Downtown Eastside and builds a case that addiction is trauma's echo, not a moral failure.

1 in 2021

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lundy Bancroft

A domestic-violence counselor spent years running batterer-intervention groups, then wrote down the excuses so readers could recognize them faster.

1 in 2021