Brain Development & Integration
A working bibliography
Mark Brady, Ph.D.
Amen, D.G. (2005). Making a good brain great. New York: Three River Press.
Badenoch, Bonnie (2008). Being a brain-wise therapist. NY: W. W. Norton.
Beauregard, M. and O’Leary, D. (2007). The spiritual brain: A neuroscientist’s case for the existence of the soul. New York: Harper One.
Begley, S. (2007). Train your mind, change your brain: How a new science reveals our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves. NY: Ballantine.
Brady, M. (2006). A little book of parenting skills. Los Altos, CA: Paideia Press.
Brady, M. (2009). Right listening. Langley, WA: Paideia Press.
Bremner, J. D. (2005). Does stress damage the brain? NY: W.W. Norton.
Brizendine, L. (2006). The female brain. New York: Morgan Road Books.
Cozolino, L. (2002). The neuroscience of psychotherapy: Building and rebuilding the human brain. New York: W. W. Norton.
Cozolino, L. (2004). The making of a therapist: A practical guide for the inner journey. New York: W. W. Norton.
Cozolino, L. (2006). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing social brain. New York: W. W. Norton.
Damasio, A. (2003). Looking for Spinoza: Joy, sorrow and the feeling brain. Fort Washington, PA: Harvest Books.
Damasio, A. (2000). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Fort Washington, PA: Harvest Books.
Damasio, A. (1995). Descartes’ error: Emotion, reason and the human brain. NY: Harper Perennial
Dana Foundation (2007). Cerebrum: Emerging ideas in brain science. New York: Dana Press.
Davidson, R. J. and Harrington, A. (2002). Visions of compassion: Western scientists and Tibetan Buddhists examine human nature. New York: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, M. and Hopson, J. (1999). Magic trees of the mind. New York: Plume.
Doidge, N. (2007). The brain that changes itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of neuroscience. New York: Viking.
Dweck, C. Mindset. New York: Random House.
Edelman, G. M. (2004). Wider than the sky: The phenomenal gift of consciousness. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Fonagy, P., Gergely, G., Jurist, E., and Target, M. (2004). Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self. New York: Other Press.
Gazzaniga, M. S. (2005). The ethical brain. New York: Dana Press.
Goleman, D. (2006). Social intelligence: The new science of human relationships. NY: Bantam.
Hannaford, C. (2005). Smart moves: Why learning is not all in your head. Salt Lake City, UT: Great River Books.
Herman, J. (1997). Trauma and recovery. NY: Basic Books.
Huther, G. (2006). The compassionate brain: A revolutionary guide to developing your intelligence to its fullest potential. Boston: Trumpeter.
Jensen, E. (2006). Enriching the brain: How to maximize every learner’s potential. NY: Jossey-Bass Education
Karen, R. (1997). Becoming attached. London: Oxford University Press.
King, J. (2004). Cellular wisdom: Decoding the body’s secret language. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts.
Kurtz, R. (1997). Body-centered psychotherapy: The hakomi method – integrated use of mindfulness, nonviolence and the body. Mendocino, CA: Life Rhythm Books.
Le Doux, J. (1998). The emotional brain: The mysterious underpinnings of emotional life. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Levine, P. with Frederick, A. (1997). Waking the tiger: Healing trauma – the innate capacity to transform overwhelming experiences. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
Levine, P. (2003). Healing trauma. (CD series). Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
Levine, P. and Kline, M. (2007). Trauma through a child’s eyes. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
Lewis, T., Fari, A., and Lannon, R. (2001). A general theory of love. New York: Vintage.
Lipton, B. H. (2005). The biology of belief: Unleashing the power of consciousness, matter and miracles. Mountain of Love/Elite Books.
Love, P. (2005). Principles of change from the new brain science. Washington, DC: Networker U. http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org
Mate, G. (2003). When the body says no: The high cost of human stress. Knopf/Canada.
McEwen, B. and Lasley, E. N. (2002). The end of stress as we know it. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press.
Miller, A. (1990). For your own good: Hidden cruelty in childhood and the roots of violence. New York: Vantage.
Miller, A. (1997). The drama of the gifted child. New York: Perennial.
Miller, A. (2001). The truth will set you free: Overcoming emotional blindness and finding your true adult self. New York: Basic Books.
Newberg, A, D’Aquili, E.G., Rause, V. (2001). Why god won’t go away: Brain science and the biology of belief. NY: Ballantine.
Newberg, A. and Pert, C. (2002). The molecules of emotion: Why you feel the way you do. NY: Simon & Schuster.
Newberg, A. and Waldman, M.R. (2006). Why we believe what we believe: Uncovering our biological need for meaning, spirituality and truth. NY: Free Press.
Nusslein-Volhord, C. (2006). Coming to life: How genes drive development. Carlsbad, CA: Kales Press.
Ogden, P., Minton, K. and Pain, C. (2006). Trauma and the body: A sensorimotor approach to psychotherapy. New York: W.W. Norton.
Pearce, J. C. (2004). The biology of transcendence: A blueprint of the human spirit. New York: Park Street Press.
Perry, B. and Szalavitz, M. (2007). The boy who was raised as a dog. New York: Basic Books
Pinker, S. (1997). How the mind works. NY: W.W. Norton.
Ramachandran, V.S. and Blakeslee, S. (1998). Phantoms in the brain: Probing the mysteries of the human mind. New York: Quill
Ratey, J. J. (2001). A user’s guide to the brain. New York: Vintage.
Restak, R. (2004). Poe’s heart and the mountain climber: Exploring the effect of anxiety on our brains and our culture. NY: Harmony Books.
Restak, R. (2003). The new brain: How the modern age is rewiring your mind. NY: Rodale.
Rossi, E. L. (2002). The psychobiology of gene expression: Neuroscience and neurogenesis in hypnosis and the healing arts. NY: W. W. Norton, Inc.
Sapolsky, R. (2004). Why zebras don’t get ulcers. NY: Owl Books.
Scaer, R. (2007). The body bears the burden: Trauma, dissociation and disease. (Revised Edition). NY: Haworth Medical Press.
Scaer, R. (2005). The trauma spectrum:Hidden wounds and human resiliency. NY: W.W. Norton.
Scaer, R. (2006). The neurobiology of healing – Part 1 & Part 2. Audio CDs. Washington, D.C.: Networker U.
Schwartz, J. M. and Begley, S. (2003). The mind and the brain. NY: Harper Perennial.
Shore, A. N. (2003). Affect regulation and the repair of the self. NY: W.W. Norton.
Shore, A. N. (2003). Affect dysregulation and disorders of the self. NY: W.W. Norton.
Siegel, D. J. (2001). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. NY: Guilford Press.
Siegel, D. J. (2001). Toward an interpersonal neurobiology of the developing mind: Attachment relationships, “mindsight,” and neural integration. Infant Mental Health Journal, Vol. 22(1-2), 67-94.
Siegel, D. J. (2007). The mindful brain.. NY: W.W. Norton.
Siegel, D. J. and Hartzell, M. M. (2004). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. LA: J. P. Tarcher.
Sroufe, L. A., Egeland, B., Carlson, E. A., & Collins, W. A. (2005). The development of the person: The Minnesota study of risk and adaptation from birth to adulthood. New York: Guilford.
Stien, P. and Kendall, J. (2003). Psychological trauma and the developing brain: Neurologically based interventions for troubled children. NY: Haworth Medical Press.
Stern, D. N. (2004). The present moment in psychotherapy and everyday life. New York: W.W. Norton.
Sunderland, M. (2006). The science of parenting. London: DK Publishing.
van der Kolk, B. A. (1994).The body keeps the score: Memory and the emerging psycho-biology of post traumatic stress. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1, 253-265.
van der Kolk, B. A. (Ed.), McFarlane, A. C. (Ed.), and Weisaeth, L. (Ed.), (1996). Traumatic stress: The effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society. NY: Guilford Press.
Wallace, B. A. (2007). Contemplative science: Where Buddhism and neuroscience converge. New York: Columbia University Press.
Wylie, M.S. (2003). The limits of talk: Bessel van der Kolk wants to transform the treatment of trauma. Washington, D.C.: Networker U. http://www.traumacenter.org/Networker.pdf
I saw that you do not have The Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland in your bibliography. I think it is a very good book, and I have read it several times. I am the mother of 4 boys and find the scientific approach to looking at children’s brain development as key to understanding them as people.
http://www.naturallynurturing.co.uk/MargotSunderland.htm
Thank you for the extensive bibiliography.
Bowen Family Systems Theory offers a broad perspective from which to observe phenomena in the brain.
Among the many advantages to thinking about the organ that we call the brain is that it helps to objectify relationships, which quickly become “sticky”. A person who does so, is then freer to become a self. To the extent that one becomes freer, others do as well. When one says “brain”, what that word is intended to convey is not a locus of activity, but a vast and complex set of relationships which can be adjusted in various reliable ways. Watching a child develop is all about observing the development of relationships that, while invisible, have a concrete and tangible impact on the world in which they exist.
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A colleague just turned me on to your site, which is fantastic, as you must surely know! So glad to see my pals JCP and Bruce Lipton listed, as well as Bruce Perry, with whom I appear in a fairly recent documentary on trauma, relationships and the brain. I’m curious about your choice of Sharon Begley’s book (which I admittedly haven’t read) over Jeff Schwartz’s book (which I’m currently reading, and am SO loving)? Hopefully within a couple years you’ll be able (and inclined) to add my book, “Raising Generation PAX: A Science of Peace & Possibility.”
Speaking as an educator, and colleague, this is one of the best , well rounded, reader friendly bibliographies for a variety of groups. I have begun assigning it to students, mothers, caretakers, sharing it with fellow somatic trainers, professors, and other mfts just interested in developmental psychotherapy, attachment and neurobiology. Thanks for all the work you have put into assembling this so far. I would love to work together sometime perhaps in an ongoing consulting peer supervision group? I am in the Bay area most of the time now. Natalie
I agree with Eve! The Science of Parenting is a book I think it is a fabulous book!
I am looking forward to your upcoming book as well. It sounds terrific!
In the future when I do brain development traingings and workshops I will refer participants to your list.
Thank you for your great resource,
Deborah
Dr. Brady,
First off, I really appreciate this incredible site. My friend Wes Eades recommended it, and I am glad he did. Second, thanks for the bibliography, I think that it will help me with both my dissertation and my child rearing (not listed in order of importance!). Finally, what about “Emotions: An Essay in Moral Psychology” by Robert Roberts. It is more about the emotions of adults that a developmental approach, but I still think that it would make an excellent addition to your list.
Paul
If wisdom is in the frontal cortex region, what happens to a child with diagnosed ADHD?
what can we do to pinpoint issues with processing and
anxiety as a result of delayed brain function. isn’t his very “will” frustrated?
Surprised i don’t see “The End of Stress As We Know It” by Bruce McEwen and Elizabeth Norton Lasley that i seem to recall you had said changed your life.
also “The Mind and the Brain” by Jeffrey Schwartz on Neuroplasticity.