Nonconscious vs Conscious Control
Michael S. Gazzaniga: Who's in Charge?
This is truly an amazing book based on spit brain patient studies that offers true evidenced-based research into the depth and importance of non-conscious process and impact on our global functioning. Don’t read this if you want to maintain astrict cognitive behavioral approach to your clinical work!
Similar theme regarding unconscious processing based on providing copious and fascinating examples that will amaze you and question your understanding of yourself, the world, and your clinical work.
Timothy D. Wilson: Strangers to Ourselves
Similar to the above.
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow
This is long and at times tedious but sprinkled with valuable insights you will get nowhere else. Nice, simple application of stats to clinical work that ALL clinicians need
Neuropsychology Texts
Blumenfeld, H. (2010) Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases, 2nd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Challenging but the premier neuroanatomy and function text; you will know the brain after digesting this
Great tutorial on neuroanatomy
Rubin, M., & Safdieh, J. (2007) Netter's Concise Neuroanatomy. Saunder
Wonderfully illustrated neuroanatomy tutorial
Solid neuropsychology text with board coverage but minimal in the area of neuroanatomy
Stucky, Kirkwood & Donders: Clinical Neuropsychology Study Guide and Board Review
Dense and comprehensive yet refreshingly direct and digestible, you learn the breadth of neuropathology very quickly
Overview of NP tests with norms
Paul Lebby: Brain Imaging: A Guide for Clinicians
The definitive text on reading and understanding brain imaging
Andrewes: Neuropsychology From Theory to Practice. Psychology Press
Love this book for its focus on function
Parsons & Hammeke: Clinical Neuropsychology: A Pocket Handbook for Assessment Third Edition
Quick reference guide to neuropathology with suggested measures
Robert Mapou: Adult Learning Disabilities and ADHD
If you want to learn how to conduct disabilities assessments, especially for accommodations for testing, read this book. I have had 100% success rate for CA Bar, GRE, SAT, and other formal boards/testing since reading this book
Easy introduction
Regina Pally: The mind brain relationship
Old, very basic and with some inaccuracies but an excellent introduction to incorporating neuroscience to clinical practice
You want to work with an adult, child, or anyone with a serious trauma history? Please read this book. Traumatizing and sad cases but an excellent read from a skilled, knowledgeable, and thoughtful clinician. Helpful insights, although old enough to be weak on neuroscience; read it with this in mind an your clinical work will greatly benefit!
Somewhat old but you really, really need to read this book if you want to understand your anxious or traumatized patient
General Neuroscience & Psychopathology
Good overview of neuroscience applied to psychotherapy
Noggle & Dean: The Neuropsychology of Psychopathology
Decent integration of neuropsych and psychopathology, a little unnecessarily heavy on NP testing (which is often unnecessary if you understand brain functioning) but good grounding of psychological/psychiatric symptoms into underlying brain functions.
In psychology (and neuropsychology) we tend to focus on the cortex and ignore subcortical processing. In fact, the latter plays a much more important role with the majority of our cognitive and emotional functioning. Technical but comprehensive and well organized.
Koziol, Budding & Chidekel: ADHD as a Model of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Emphasizes what we all need to understand, pathology and normal functioning are the result of brain networks not single areas
Koziol: The Myth of Executive Functioning
Reminds us that executive functioning is a complex construct not a “thing” or “area” of the brain.
Armony & Vuilleumier: The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
Comprehensive and thorough
Yana Suchy: Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion
Comprehensive exploration of brain structures and networks underlying emotional processing. Highlight: underscores that empathy is associated with neuronal networks, most significantly involving the right prefrontal cortex and not simply “mirror neurons” which are associated with motor learning, not empathy!
Allan Shore: Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self
Grounded in neuroscience and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic thought, all of his books offer valuable clinical insights. Schore tends to be repetitive so you may have to adjust your reading style
Allan Shore: Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self
Grounded in neuroscience and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic thought, all of his books offer valuable clinical information. Schore tends to be repetitive so you may have to adjust your reading style
Ruff & Chester: Effective Psychotherapy for Individuals with Brain Injury
Much needed text integrating an understanding of TBI and psychopathology toward helping our acquired brain injury clients
Web-based Neuroanatomy Resources
Brain Anatomy: Digital Anatomist Project
http://www.aistudy.co.kr/physiology/brain/anatomy/brain_anatomy.htm
Neuroanatomy Tutorial: University of Utah
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/NEURANCA.html
Neuroanatomy, University of British Columbia
http://www.neuroanatomy.ca/index.html
Gray’s Anatomy: Neurology
http://bartleby.com/107/index.html#chap10
Apps
Human Anatomy Atlas 2021
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/human-anatomy-atlas-2021/id1117998129
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visiblebody.atlas&hl=en_US
Recommended Journals
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Oxford Journals
Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society. Cambridge Journals