Suggested Books

General Well Being:

• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman
• The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron Ph.D.
• This Year I Will…: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True by M.J. Ryan
• Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being by Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, and M.D., Jen Seda
• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson
• 101 Healing Stories: Using Metaphors in Therapy by George W. Burns
• Just One Thing: Developing A Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time  by Rick Hanson
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz and Nicholas Wilton
• The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo
• Leave Your Mind Behind by Matthew McKay and Catharine Sutker
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
• Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life: Train Your Brain to Get More Done in Less Time by Paul Graves Hammerness

Relationships:

• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
• How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love and Steven Stosny (Apr 29, 2008)
• Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence by David Keirsey
• Mars and Venus Together Forever: Relationship Skills for Lasting Love by John Gray
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
• Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America’s Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship by John M. Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, and Joan Declaire
• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
• Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch
• Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking by Patricia Love and Jo Robinson
• Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last by John Gottman
• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis Abrahms Spring and Michael Spring
• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
• You Can’t Say That to Me: Stopping the Pain of Verbal Abuse — An 8-Step Program by Suzette Haden Elgin
• Should I Stay Or Go? : How Controlled Separation (CS) Can Save Your Marriage by Lee Raffel

Divorce:

• The Good Divorce by Constance Ahrons
• Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child by Isolina Ricci
• Always Dad: Being a Great Father During & After Divorce by Paul Mandelstein

Parenting:

• Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman
• Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla Kabat-zinn and Jon Kabat-zinn
• Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg (These exist for each year of childhood.)
• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher and Ruth Ross
• The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian
• The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters by Michael Gurian
• How To Help Your Child Become Drug Free by David Gust, Sheila Walker & Jon Daily
• Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens by Laura S Kastner Ph.D.
• Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp

Children’s Books:

• What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
• What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
• What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
• What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews

Anger:

• The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner
• When Anger Hurts Your Relationship: 10 Simple Solutions for Couples Who Fight by Kim Paleg and Matthew McKay
• Anger: Deal with It, Heal with It, Stop It from Killing You by William G. DeFoore
• What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews

Loss and Grief:

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove
• Farewell, My Friend: A Step-By-Step Guide to Handling a Serious Illness and Even the Death of a Loved One by Beatrice Toney Bailey
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo F. Buscaglia
• Tear Soup by Chuck DeKlyen, Taylor Bills and Pat Schwiebert
• Gentle Closings: How To Say Goodbye To Someone You Love by Theodore Menten
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst and Geoff Stevenson
• Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney and Robyn Henderson Nordstrom

Forgiveness:

• Forgive for Good by Frederic Luskin
• Forgive for Love: The Missing Ingredient for a Healthy and Lasting Relationship by Fred Luskin

Depression:

• The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Depression: Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to Move Through Depression & Create a Life Worth Living (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) by Kirk D. Strosahl and Patricia J. Robinson
• The Freedom from Depression Workbook (Minirth Meier New Life Clinic Series) by Les Carter and Frank Minirth
• Get It Done When You’re Depressed by Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston
• The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed and What You Can Do to Change It by Margaret Wehrenberg

Anxiety:

• Don’t Panic Third Edition: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks by Reid Wilson
• The Worry Control Workbook by Mary Ellen Copeland
• Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness & Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, & Panic by Jeffrey, M.D. Brantley
• The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You by Robert L. Leahy
• What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids) by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
• Transforming Anxiety: The Heartmath Solution to Overcoming Fear And Worry And Creating Serenity by Doc Lew Childre
• The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life
  by Robin Zasio

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:

• Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jeff Bell
• Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition) by Edna B. Foa and Reid Wilson
• Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Beverly Beyette
• What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews

Narcissism:

• Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism by Sandy Hotchkiss and James F. Masterson
• The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family by Eleanor Payson
• Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride

Bipolar Disorder:

• The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz
• Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder by Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston Psy D ABPP

Borderline Personality Disorder:

• I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
• Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem by Kimberlee Roth, Freda B. Friedman and Randi Kreger