Of the thousands of self-help books on the market, which ones are truly helpful? “It’s uncommon to find a self-help book that feels different,” said Vienna Pharaon, a marriage and family therapist in New York City. And there are some that therapists personally turn to or suggest to their patients. “Almost every therapist I know has a whole list of self-help books to recommend,” said Daniel Tomasulo, a counseling psychologist and the academic director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. When sorting through the self-help stacks, who better to help than mental health professionals?

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Persons: ”, Daniel Tomasulo Organizations: Teachers College, Columbia University Locations: Vienna, New York City