MENTAL HEALTH BOOKS BY LATINE THERAPISTS

Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance
by Lisa Olivera
When Lisa Olivera was just a few hours old, her birth mother abandoned her behind a rock near Muir Woods in Northern California. She was found and adopted. Like with many adopted children, this led Lisa to wonder: why did her mother leave her behind? Without answers, Lisa came up with her own: something must be wrong with her; she wasn’t enough. Many years later, with the help of a therapist, Lisa began to tell herself a better story. Now a therapist herself, Lisa explores how our stories affect us—often much more than we realize. She guides us through reframing our stories so we can remember that we are already enough, just as we are. And she invites us to join her on a journey to healing.

The Maria Paradox 
by Dr. Carmen Inoa Vasquez & Rosa Maria Gill
Explains how Hispanic women can integrate Latin cultural traditions with a North American way of life to balance career and family demands, find help with emotional problems, stand up for one's feelings and rights, and enhance self-esteem.

Women Who Run With the Wolves                                        
by Clarissa Estes, Ph.D                          
In this 2 year NY Times Bestseller, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés discusses how “women are wildly powerful, but this instinctual nature is at risk. For centuries, society has attempted to civilize our most authentic self, whether through rules or pressure to be liked, but the Mexican-American author wants to help us restore our true souls. She shares intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, and visionary attributes inherent to them.

I Am Diosa                                                                      
by Christine Gutierrez
Puerto Rican psychotherapist, Christine Gutierrez, invites women to join her in healing wounds from the past and to discover their true selves and find their soul. This book shares stories of resilience, mantras, meditations, and guided journaling prompts providing tangible tools to soothe the soul and strengthen your spirit.

Making Peace With Your Emotional Disconnection With Your Parents
12 Ways to Cope With Your Latina Mom & Her Difficulties
12 Ways to Cope With Your Latino Dad & His Difficulties
3 Books by Jasmine Cepeda, LCSW                
Jasmine Cepeda is a Latinx psychotherapist working in private practice in Brooklyn. Her 3 books are inspired by her experience in facilitating therapy groups with Latinx individuals regarding their parents. These books focus on exploring the detached relationship with the parent, and how this can create obstacles in feeling safe in other relationships, and in reparenting yourself (being there for yourself). This guide focuses on making peace with your reality through building self-understanding, acceptance, mourning and setting boundaries and self-compassion. Lastly, these books guide in exploring the burden and gift of working through family intergenerational trauma through the practices in this book.