Books for Healing and
Recovery from NPD
Finding information on healing from NPD can be challenging. The resources below represent some of the best books on recovery from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as well as other helpful ideas for the journey to emotional well-being.
Books
The Tao of Fully Feeling, Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame, Pete Walker
Unmasking Narcissism, Mark Ettehson, PsyD
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsay P. Gibson, PsyD
The Tao of Fully Feeling, Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame, Pete Walker
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Peter A. Levine, Phd
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: An Essential DBT Guide for Managing Intense Emotions, Anxiety, Mood Swings, Heath Metzger
It Wasn’t Your Fault: Freeing Yourself from the Shame of Childhood Abuse with the Power of Self-Compassion, Beverly Engel, LMFT
Don’t Believe Everything You Feel, Robert L. Leahy, PhD
How to Do the Work, Dr. Nicole LePera
Addicted to the Monkey Mind: Change the Programming That Sabotages Your Life, J. F. Benoist
Compassion’s COMPASS: Strategies for Developing Insight, Kindness, and Empathy, Wilson C. Hurley
Workbooks
Uncovering the Resilient Core: A Workbook on the Treatment of Narcissistic Defenses, Shame and Emerging Authenticity, by Patricia Gianotti and Jack Danielian
Repeat After Me: A workbook for Adult Children Overcoming Dysfunctional Family Systems, Claudia Black, PhD
A Better Boundaries Workbook, Sharon Martin, MSW, LCSW
The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook for Anger, Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, RPsych; Kim L. Gratz, PhD
Relationships in Recovery: Repairing Damage and Building Healthy Connections While Overcoming Addiction, Kelly E. Green, PhD
Addiction-specific Books
Recover: Freedom for Our Addictions, Russell Brand
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, Dr. Anna Lembke
Exit the Maze, Dr. Donna Marks
The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction, Rebecca E. Williams PhD and Julie S. Kraft MA
Conscious Recovery & Workbook, TJ Woodward and Dr. Adriana Popescu