Resources
Recommended
by Charlie.
A curated list of books, providers, and resources I return to — and recommend to clients, colleagues, and anyone doing serious work on themselves.
This is not an exhaustive list. It is a curated one. Every provider listed has been personally vetted. I do not accept referral fees or compensation of any kind for these recommendations. If someone is on this list, it is because I trust them with people I care about.
Reading List
Out of the Shadows
The foundational text on sexual addiction. If you or someone you love is struggling with compulsive sexual behavior, this is where to start.
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
Real's most accessible work on relational dynamics, patriarchy, and what it actually takes to build intimacy. Essential for couples and individuals alike.
I Don't Want to Talk About It
The definitive book on covert male depression — the kind that doesn't look like depression at all. Required reading for men and for anyone who loves one.
Awareness
A Jesuit priest's devastating and gentle challenge to every assumption you hold about happiness, love, and what you think you want. Read slowly.
Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl's account of survival in Nazi concentration camps and the discovery of logotherapy. The question of meaning is the question beneath all others.
Dopamine Nation
A Stanford psychiatrist's clear-eyed examination of compulsive overconsumption in the age of easy pleasure. Accessible, rigorous, and uncomfortably relevant.
Verified Providers
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