Full-length books are listed in order of first publication date
Please let me know if any other books or translations need to be added to the list.
Also see a listing of academic and professional articles based on David Grove’s work.
As well as the lists below I have started a Google Bookshelf of books which are substantially based on a clean approach.
Full length books
David J. Grove & Basil I. Panzer (1989 with 2 audio cassettes and 1991 without) Resolving Traumatic Memories: Metaphors and Symbols in Psychotherapy. Irvington, New York [Hardback].
Translated into German as: Trauma Heilen: Metaphern und Symbole in der Psychotherapie. 1992. Verlag für Angewandte Kinesiologie, Freiburg, Germany.
James Lawley & Penny Tompkins (2000) Metaphors in Mind: Transformation through Symbolic Modelling. Developing Company Press, London. [Paperback, iBook & Kindle, 2014].
Translated into Italian as: Mente e Metafore: Modellamento Simbolico e Trasformazione. (2003). Infomedia [PDF] ![]()
Translated into French as: Des métaphores dans la tête: Transformation par la Modélisation Symbolique et le Clean Language. (2006 / 2015 / 2018 / 2024). InterEditions-Dunod [Paperback].
Translated into Ukrainian as: Метафоричний Розум – Джеймс Лаулі, Пенні Томпкінс. (2023). Видавництво «Смакі». [Hardback].
Wendy Sullivan & Judy Rees (2008) Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds, Crown House Publishing. [Paperback & Kindle].
Translated into Japanese: クリーン・ランゲージ入門 〈12の質問)にもとづく新コーチング技 (2010). Tankobon [Softcover].
Translated into Russian as: Чистый язык и символическое моделирование. Эффективный коучинг через метафоры. Велигор Veligor (2011). [Paperback]
Translated into German as: Clean Language: Enthüllende Metaphern und öffnendes Denken. with Bettina Wellke (Translator). Source of Performance (2025). [Paperback]
Philip Harland (2009) The Power of Six: A Six Part Guide to Self Knowledge. Wayfinder Press. [Paperback & Kindle].
Translated into French: Des solutions dans la tête: À la découverte de la Puissance Six. (2017). InterEditions-Dunod [Paperback & eBook].
Philip Harland (2012) Trust Me, I’m the Patient: Clean Language, Metaphor, and the New Psychology of Change. Wayfinder Press. [Paperback & Kindle].
Lynne Cooper & Mariette Castellino (2012) The Five-Minute Coach: Coaching Others to High Performance – In as Little as Five Minutes. Crown House Publishing. [Paperback & Kindle].
Gina Campbell (2012) Mining Your Client’s Metaphors: A How-To Workbook on Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling, Basics Part One: Facilitating Clarity. BalboaPress. [Paperback & Kindle].
Gina Campbell (2013) Mining Your Client’s Metaphors: A How-To Workbook on Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling, Basics Part Two: Facilitating Change. BalboaPress. [Paperback & Kindle].
Marian Way (2013) Clean Approaches for Coaches: How to Create the Conditions for Change Using Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling. Clean Publishing. [Paperback].
Translated into Chinese as 干净的提问 (2024) HuaXia Publishing House.
Caitlin Walker (2014) From Contempt To Curiosity: Creating the Conditions for Groups to Collaborate using Clean Language and Systemic Modelling. Clean Publishing. [Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook]
Gina Campbell (2015) Panning for Your Client’s Gold: 12 Lean Clean Language Processes. Balboa Press. [Paperback & Kindle].
Sharon Small (2015) The End of Therapy: Why talk therapy is in decline, and what you can do about it. Little Books Press.[Paperback & Kindle]
Bogena Pieskiewicz (2016) Manuel de clean coaching: Comment accompagner le client avec la puissance de la métaphore personnelle. InterEditions-Dunod [Broché & eBook]. 2e édition (2021)
Julie McCracken (2016) Clean Language in the Classroom. Crown House Publishing. [Paperback & eBook].
Angela Dunbar (2016) Clean Coaching: The insider guide to making change happen. Routledge. [Hardback, Paperback & eBook].
Nick Pole (2017) Words that Touch: How to ask questions your body can answer – 12 Essential ‘Clean Questions’ for Mind/Body Therapists. Singing Dragon. [Paperback & eBook]
Tamsin Hartley (2017) The Listening Space: A New Path to Personal Discovery. Listening Space [Paperback & Kindle].
James Lawley & Marian Way (2017) Insights in Space: How to use Clean Space to solve problems, generate ideas and spark creativity. Clean Publishing. [Paperback]
Translated into German: Erkenntnisse im Raum: Mit Clean Space Kreativität anregen Ideen generieren und Probleme lösen (2022). Carl-Auer Verlag. [Paperback & eBook]
Carol Wilson (2017) The Work and Life of David Grove: Clean Language and Emergent Knowledge. Matador [Paperback & Kindle].
Gina Campbell (2018) Hope in a Corner of My Heart: A Healing Journey Through the Dream-Logical World of Inner Metaphors BalboaPress [Paperback & Kindle].
Matthew Hudson (2020) The Eternal Moment of Now: Inner Peace though Emergent Knowledge Processing. Emergent Knowledge Publishing [Paperback & Kindle]
Heather Cairns-Lee, James Lawley & Paul Tosey (Eds. 2022) Clean Language Interviewing Principles and Applications for Researchers and Practitioners. Emerald Publishing [Hardback & eBook].
Chloé Nortier, & Jean-Baptiste Nortier (2023) Guide pratique du Clean Coaching: 3 techniques et une posture éclairées par les neurosciences. InterEditions [Broché & eBook].
Booklets
Philip Harland
How The Brain Feels: Working with Emotion and Cognition Paperback (2012). [Paperback]
POSSESSION AND DESIRE Working with addiction, compulsion, and dependency (2012). [Paperback]
RESOLVING PROBLEM PATTERNS with Clean Language and Autogenic Metaphor (2019)
Judy Rees
Seven Practical Ways to Use Clean Language at Work (2010). [Kindle]
Your Clean Language Questions Answered (2010). [Kindle]
The Persuasion Paradox And The 3 Dimensions Of Conversational Control (2012). [Kindle]
Angela Watson
The Clean Approach To Leadership:
Clean Questions At Work (2010). [PDF] ![]()
Essential Skills For Transforming Conversations (2014). [PDF] ![]()