Meagan Yarmey PhD, MA, MSW, RSW
The Library
Books and resources I regularly recommend
This is a selective collection of books I return to in clinical and consulting work.
They reflect the psychological frameworks, patterns, and ways of thinking that most often arise in practice. They are offered as reference and influence, not as prescribed reading.
These are not quick fixes. They are substantive texts that support reflection, perspective-taking, and clearer functioning under pressure. What is included reflects how the work is understood, not how it is simplified.
This is a selective and evolving list.
Psychological Range, Attention, and Performance
The Inner Game of Tennis | W. Timothy Gallwey
Thinking in Systems | Donella Meadows
Deep Work | Cal Newport
7 1/2 Lessons About the Brain | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Emotional Regulation, and Psychological Flexibility
The Happiness Trap | Russ Harris
Permission to Feel | Marc Brackett
Changing on the Job | Jennifer Garvey Berger
90 Seconds to a Life You Love | Joan I. Rosenberg
Perfectionism, Self-Criticism, and Imposter Experience
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women | Valerie Young
Present Perfect | Pavel G. Somov
Identity, Meaning, and Psychological Insight
Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl
The Examined Life | Stephen Grosz
Attention, Identity, and the Constructed Self
Why Buddhism Is True | Robert Wright
Thoughts Without a Thinker | Mark Epstein
Reading can support reflection, but it is not a substitute for psychotherapy. Recommendations are made within context rather than as general prescriptions.