TABLE 3.
Top-10 Books by Mental Health Practitioners: Differences Between Psychologists and Nonpsychologists
| Book | Total sample (N = 2,459)
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Psychologists (N = 411)
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Nonpsychologists (N = 2,048)
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| N | % | N | % of N | % of psychologist sample | N | % of N | % of nonpsychologist sample | |
| Dialectical Behavior Therapy text and/ or manual by Marsha Linehan | 86 | 18.5 | 18 | 3.9 | 22.0 | 68 | 14.6 | 17.8 |
| The Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel | 73 | 5.7 | 18 | 3.9 | 22.0 | 55 | 11.8 | 14.4 |
| The Gift of Therapy by Irving Yalom | 53 | 11.4 | 15 | 3.2 | 18.1 | 38 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver | 43 | 9.2 | 7 | 1.5 | 8.4 | 36 | 7.7 | 9.4 |
| Parenting From the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel | 44 | 9.5 | 5 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 39 | 8.4 | 10.2 |
| Motivational Interviewing by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick | 41 | 8.8 | 8 | 1.7 | 9.6 | 33 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix | 34 | 7.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 32 | 6.9 | 8.4 |
| Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns | 36 | 7.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 32 | 6.9 | 8.4 |
| Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman | 29 | 6.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 26 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild | 26 | 5.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 23 | 4.9 | 6.0 |
| Total | 465 | 100 | 83 | 17.8 | 100 | 382 | 82.2 | 100 |