Recommended Reading

I've long believed that, to practice psychotherapy effectively, the worst thing you can do is read about psychology! I instead strongly recommend literature, philosophy, history, and the like -- these works tell you about how people really live subjectively. Here are some works I have found particularly inspiring.
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Literature

Neuroscience/Cognitive Science

Science

Psychoanalysis/Psychotherapy

Philosophy

History

Cultural Studies