Spiritual Psychology Recommended Reading List
Developmental Psychology
John Bowlby – Attachment theory
- A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development. London: Routledge. ISBN0422622303
- The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
- Attachment. Attachment and Loss (vol. 1) (2nd ed.). Basic Books. ISBN0-465-00543-8
- Separation: Anxiety & Anger. Attachment and Loss (vol. 2); (International psycho-analytical library no.95). London: Hogarth Press. ISBN0712666214
- Loss: Sadness & Depression. Attachment and Loss (vol. 3); (International psycho-analytical library no.109). London: Hogarth Press. ISBN0-465-04238-4 .
Sue Gephardt Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain. Routlage, ISBN 978-1-58391-817-3
Daniel Siegel – Mindfulness and therapy, interpersonal Neurobiology
- Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind. W.W. Norton (2012)
- The Developing Mind, Second Edition: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are, by Daniel J. Siegel. Guilford Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4625-0390-2.
- The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (W.W. Norton 2007)
Heinz Kohut – on self psychology, mirroring and healthy narcissism
- The Search for the Self, Selected Writings of Heinz Kohut 1950–1978, Vol. 1 (1978). Edited by Paul Ornstein. International Universities Press, New York. ISBN 0-8236-6015-X.
- The Search for the Self, Selected Writings of Heinz Kohut 1950–1978, Vol. 2 (1978). Edited by Paul Ornstein. International Universities Press, New York. ISBN 0-8236-6016-8.
Daniel Stern – infant observation
- The First Relationship: Infant and Mother (1977)
- The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from Psychoanalysis and Development (1985)and (1998). ISBN 978-0465034031
- Diary of a Baby (1990)
- Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Dr. Alan Sroufe
- The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood ISBN-10: 1593851588
Lawrence Kohlberg – Stages of Moral Development
- Lawrence Kohlberg’s Approach to Moral Education. by F. Clark Power, Ann Higgins, Clark F. Power, Lawrence Kohlberg · Columbia University Press · Paperback · 322 pages · ISBN 0231059779
Joseph Burgo, PhD – Defenses
- Why Do I Do That?: Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives (2012) New Rise Press
Jungian Psychology
Carl Jung
- The Undiscovered Self (1957) Signet Books
Edward F. Edinger
- Ego and Archetype: individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche (1972) Penguin Books
- Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy (1994) Open Court Publishing
Robert Johnson
- Owning your own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche (1971) Harper Publishing
Astrology and Psychological Development
Liz Greene (and Howard Sasportas)
- The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope, Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 3, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1992
- The Inner Planets: Building Blocks of Personal Reality, Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 4, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1993
- The Astrology of Fate, York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2004
- Relating, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1978
- The Development of the Personality, Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 1, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1987
- Dynamics of the Unconscious, Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 2, York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1988
Gisele Terry
- The Progressed Moon Around the Zodiac
Psychosynthesis
Roberto Assagioli
- New York: The Viking Press. (1965).
- Jung and Psychosynthesis. New York: Psychosynthesis Research Foundation. (1967).
- The Act of Will. New York: Penguin Books. (1973).