Nancy Jo Sales

Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno By Nancy Jo Sales

I love reading non-fiction books that unfold like fiction and this book checks all the boxes. The author intersperses her own personal difficulties in attempting to find a partner via dating apps along with the research she did for the book. ...

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What I am Reading

You need to expect that a therapist would put a book by this globally recognized leader on this list of recommended readings. Brené Brown has ...

Some of my clients tell me they want to incorporate spirituality into their mental health journey. They tell me that therapy combined with faith is ...

This book of inspirational quotations just never stops hitting the spot just when I need something to ground me or pump me up. You may ...

I absolutely could not create a recommended book list without including the book that has most influenced my career as a couples’ therapist. Not only ...

I am grateful I read this book for so numerous reasons. The most important is that all my clients are generally in various kinds of ...

If you have any interest in understanding the principles or teachings of Buddhism, then I highly recommend anything by Pema Chödrön. I have read almost ...

Talking about sex with our clients is a BIG part of our job as couples’ therapists because a couple’s lack of sex can be a ...

Many of our clients are reading Esther Perel’s books and listening to her podcast, so it makes sense that we would choose one of her ...

This was also another book club choice written by a colleague of mine who owns a group therapy practice that specializes in affirming sex therapy. ...

The book club decided to throw in a little fiction to work as a palate cleanser for all the non-fiction we have been reading. The ...

This book was written by a therapist who also identifies as being polyamorous. Since about 25% of our couples who we see in the group ...

Many clients come to couples’ therapy wanting to talk about the difference between each partner’s attachment styles and how the differences play a role in ...

I was reading our local newspaper one day and saw an article about a San Diego based throuple who were being featured for their journey ...

Unfortunately, as a couples’ therapist I work with numerous clients who find themselves working through the pain and feelings of betrayal that happen when an ...

This book was popular with the therapists I work with in my group practice when we read it as one of our book club choices. ...

So often clients come to see me who tell me they feel torn and pulled in two directions about whether to stay in their current ...