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licensed clinical psychologist
rosa maría rigol, ph.d.
resources
notable quotes
"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Asking the proper questions
is the central action of transformation.
Questions are the key that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open."
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
"As a human being in this mundane world, nothing is perfect, nothing is permanent, and nothing is simply personal."
Polly Young-Eisendrath
"The relation to the self, relation to the world, the relation to the other; are all constituted through a reversibility of seeing and being seen, perceiving and being perceived, and this entails a reciprocity and contingency for the subjects in the world. . . "
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
recommended books
Couples and Marriage
Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path - Polly Young-Eisendrath
The State of Affairs - Esther Perel
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce - Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, and Sandra Blakeslee
Uncoupling - Diane Vaughan
Female Psychology
The Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner
This Bridge Called My Back - Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to be Wanted - Polly Young-Eisendrath
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Male Psychology
Iron John - Robert Bly
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife - James Hollis
Memories, Dreams, Reflections - C. G. Jung
Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men - James Hollis
Positive Psychology
100 Ways to Happiness - Ilona Boniwell and Bridget Greenville-Cleave
Flourish/Learned Optimism - Martin E.P. Seligman
Table Topics - The Happiness Deck
Mindfulness and Perception
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error - Kathryn Schulz
Mindful Movements - Thich Nhat Hanh
The Case Against Reality - Donald Hoffman
The Science of Enlightenment - Shinzen Young
Trauma
The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Trauma of Everyday Life - Mark Epstein
Trauma and Recovery - Judith Herman
Parenting
The Birth of a Mother - Daniel Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, with Alison Freeland
Parenting That Works - Edward Christophersen and Susan Mortweet
The Science of Parenting - Margot Sunderland
Talking to Parents - D.W. Winnicott
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