Book Recommendations from a Sex Therapist in Minneapolis

Welcome to Sex Therapist Jackie’s Book Shelf! A place in Minneapolis where you’ll find tons of reading materials, exploratory workbooks for the self, helpful tips, and why I’ve chosen to share these books with you and others. As a sex therapist, it’s important for me to give clients, other therapists, and people in the world resources regarding books that are truly helpful and healing. I see a lot of folks in my therapy practice in Minneapolis who ask about sex therapy books, self-esteem books, self-care, mindfulness, confidence, boundaries, pleasure, and more! Not sure where to start? Sex therapist Jackie to the rescue, I’ve got you boo! Below I have categorized a list of helpful recommendations to check out and see what may be beneficial for you, your friend, family member, or loved one. Please note, that this is an ongoing list and a bitch can’t always keep up with the latest books, so this will be updated every so often!

*Disclaimer: This is not a replacement for therapy. If you are in a crisis, call 911 if you are in an emergency. Please seek a mental health therapist in your area if you need support. Please know that some links are affiliate links. A portion of the purchases come back to me and help my business grow at no cost to you! Shameless Therapy & Consulting Services, LLC is not responsible for any individual decisions you make based on this page’s content.

Sex Therapy & Gender Affirming Care

Better Sex Through Mindfulness

Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex, & Relationships

A Practical Guide to Sex

How To Understand Your Sexuality

A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients

Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy

Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy

Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists

10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy

Women’s Sexuality

Come As You Are

The Come as You Are Workbook: A Practical Guide to the Science of Sex

The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun)

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Men’s Sexuality & Masculinity

The New Male Sexuality: The Truth About Men, Sex, and Pleasure

The Sexually Healthy Man: Essays on Spirituality, Sexuality, & Restoration

Trans & Gender Expansive Folks

Transgender History, Second Edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution

The Trans Partner Handbook

How to Understand Your Gender

The Reflective Workbook for Partners of Transgender People

Trans Self-Care Workbook

Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults

The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals

Transgender History, Second Edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution

He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories, and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

All Boys Aren’t Blue

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

Beyond the Gender Binary

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity

How to Understand Your Gender

Sex & Disability

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness

A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability

Exploring Queerness & Pride Books

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook

The ABC's of LGBT+

LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender-How to Understand Your Sexuality

Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships

The New Queer Conscience

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

This Book Is Gay

Intersex

Born Both: An Intersex Life

Asexuality

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Bisexuality

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

BDSM/Kink

Vanilla to Kinky: BDSM For Beginners

Playing Well with Others: Your Field Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Navigating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities

The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge

The New Topping

The New Bottoming

Polyamory

The Ethical Slut

Designer Relationships

Polyamory & Jealousy

The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know About Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love

When Someone You Love is Polyamorous

Relationships & Attachment

Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It

Attachment: 60 Trauma-Informed Assessment and Treatment Interventions Across the Lifespan

The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk: The Foolproof Way to Follow Your Heart Without Losing Your Mind

Families, Couples, & Marriage Books

The Five Love Languages: Singles Edition

The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively

The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively

The 5 Love Languages for Men: Tools for Making a Good Relationship Great

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, Revised and Updated

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation

Secrets of a Passionate Marriage: How to Increase Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Fulfillment in Committed Relationships

Masturbation

Bang!: Masturbation for People of All Genders and Abilities (Good Life)

The Ultimate Guide to Solo Sex

Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation

Sex Yourself: The Woman's Guide to Mastering Masturbation and Achieving Powerful Orgasms

Painful Sex

When Sex Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain

Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma

Sex Later on in Life

Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex

The Ultimate Guide to Sex After Fifty: How to Maintain - or Regain - a Spicy, Satisfying Sex Life

Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty

Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved (Healing After Loss, Grief Gift, Bereavement Gift, Senior Sex)

Perimenopause & Menopause

What the Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You

Erectile Dysfunction

Coping with Erectile Dysfunction: How to Regain Confidence and Enjoy Great Sex

Sex Education Books

S.E.X. by Heather Corinna

Sex is a Funny Word

Sex, Puberty, and All That Stuff: A Guide to Growing Up

Sex Positive Talks to Have With Kids: A guide to raising sexually healthy, informed, empowered young people

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity

Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors

Can We Talk About Consent Book

Consent.: The New Rules of Sex Education: Every Teen's Guide to Healthy Sexual Relationships

Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Self-Care, Self-Worth, & Self-Compassion Books

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Self Compassion

Self Compassion Workbook

Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook

The High Five Habit

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

The Set Boundaries Workbook: Practical Exercises for Understanding Your Needs and Setting Healthy Limits

The Self-Esteem Workbook

Conquer Negative Thinking

The Self-Love Workbook

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

The Gifts of Imperfection, 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a New Foreword

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connection, and Courage

Books for Therapists

The Gift of Therapy

What Therapists Don’t Talk About And Why

The Clinical Guide Questions

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook: Revised and Updated Seventh Edition

If you are looking for help with Sex Therapy, Couples Therapy, & Self-Esteem, you can read more about how I can help on those pages. If you are seeking Sexual Wellness Coaching Services or Holistic Healing Services, click on those links! If you are a therapist in Minneapolis or outside of Minnesota and seeking Consultation Services, Pick Your Brain 1:1 Consultation, or a Speaker or Trainer for Your Next Workshop, I can help here too! Let’s get started on your Shameless Goals in Minneapolis, MN today!