Reading List
Resources to Support Your Mental Health & Wellness.
These resources are curated to support you alongside clinical care. Everyone’s journey is unique — feel free to ask for personalized recommendations during your treatment.
Maternal Mental Health & Matrescence
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts — Karen Kleiman, MSW
Gentle, illustrated support for mothers experiencing postpartum anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts.
Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood — Lucy Jones
On Pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood
Motherhood — Facing and Finding Yourself — Lisa Marchiano, LCSW
A powerful exploration of identity transformation during matrescence through a Jungian lens.
Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood—and Trusting Yourself and Your Body
— Erica Chidi Cohen
Empowering, inclusive, holistic approach to pregnancy and new motherhood.
— Kimberly Ann Johnson
Focuses on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual healing of postpartum life.
This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
— Karen Kleiman, MSW, and Valerie Raskin, MD
Foundational guide to recognizing and treating postpartum depression.
What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood
— Alexandra Sacks, MD, and Catherine Birndorf, MD
Written by psychiatrists; explores matrescence, emotional transitions, and postpartum adjustment.
Fertility, Infertility, and Reproductive Challenges
— Rebecca Fett
Science-based strategies for improving fertility.
The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood - Belle Boggs
Memoir plus cultural reflection on infertility and assisted reproduction.
The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind — Amy Klein
Warm, humorous, and realistic guide to fertility struggles and mental health.
Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility — Janet Jaffe, PhD; Martha Diamond, PhD; and David Diamond, PhD
Psychological tools for coping with infertility’s emotional toll.
Nutritional Psychiatry
This Is Your Brain on Food — Uma Naidoo
An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More.
— Emeran Mayer
How the hidden conversation within our bodies impacts our mood and our choices.