MBTI:
Please understand me, D. Keirsey and M. Bates
Just Your Type: Creating the relationship you’ve always wanted using the secrets of personality type, Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
Do what you are, Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
DIVORCE:
Reconcilable differences, Andrew Christensen and Neil Jacobson
Divorce busting, Michele Weiner-Davis
Joint custody with a jerk, Julia Ross et al.
Mom’s house, dad’s house: A complete guide for parents who are separated, divorced or remarried, Ricci Isolina
After the affair: Healing the pain and rebuilding trust when a partner has been unfaithful, Janis Abrahms
Divorce handbook, J. Friedman
Parents are Forever, Shirley Thomas
Divorced but still my parents (for ages 6-12), Shirley Thomas
The co-parenting survival guide: letting go of conflicts after a difficult divorce, Thayer & Zimmerman
Mom's house, dad's house for kids: feeling at home in one home or two, Ricci
Dinosaurs divorce, Marc & Laurie Brown
Too Good to leave; too bad to stay, Mira Kirshenbaum
Hold me Tight, Sue Johnson, Ph.D.
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It,
Patricia Love and Steven Stosny
The Divorce Remedy, Michelle Weiner Davis
How Can I Forgive You, Janis Abrahms Spring
Uncoupling, Diane Vaughn
Crazy Times: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, Abigail Trafford
Uncoupling, Diane Vaughn
Wednesday Evenings and Every Other Weekend : From Divorced Dad to Competent Co-Parent. A Guide for the Noncustodial Father
F. Daniel McClure & Jerry B. Saffer
Father to Daughter: Life Lessons on Raising a Girl, Harry H. Harrison Jr.
What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad: How a Man Prepares His Daughter for Life, Michael P. Farris
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know, Margaret J. Meeker
RELATIONSHIPS:
Relationship rescue, Phillip McGraw, Ph.D.
Ghosts in the bedroom: A guide for partners of incest survivors, Ken Graber
Getting the love you want: A guide for couples, Harville Hendrix
Men who hate women and the women who love them, Susan Forward and Joan Torres
Ditch that jerk: Dealing with men who control and hurt women, Pamela Jayne
The Disease to Please, Harriet Braiker, Ph.D.
Co-dependent no more, Melody Beattie
Women who try too hard, Kevin Keman
The Relationship Cure, John Gottman
I hate you—Don’t leave me: Understanding the borderline personality, Jerold Kreisman, M.D. & Hal Straus
Overcoming jealousy and possessiveness, Paul Hauck
Understanding the Borderline Mother, Christine Ann Lawson
Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem - Kimberlee Roth
The emotional Affair: How to recognize emotional infidelity and what to do about it, Ronald Potter-Efron, Ph.D. & Patricia Potter-Effron, M.S.
Reclaim you relationship: A workbook of exercises and techniques to help you reconnect with your partner, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
The mastery of love, Don Miguel Ruiz
Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling
men, Lundy Barcroft
His needs, Her needs, Willard Harley, Jr.
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye, Pamela D. Blair
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, Wendy T. Behary
Loving the Self-absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner, Nina W. Brown
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving, David Richo and Kathlyn Hendricks
The Hard Questions: 100 Questions to Ask Before You Say "I Do", Susan Piver
How to Love Your Wife, John Buri
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic, Esther Perel.
Enduring Desire, Barry McCarthy and Michael Metz
Resurrecting Sex, David Schnarch
The Sociopath Next Door, Martha Stout
Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work, Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare
Crazy Love: Dealing with Your Partner's Problem Personality,
W. Brad Johnson
ANGER MANAGEMENT:
The anger workbook, Lorraine Bilodeau
The anger control workbook, Matthew McKay, et al.
Dinosaur brains, A. Bernstein and S.C. Rozen
PARENTING:
How to behave so your children will too, Sal Severe
The defiant child: A parents guide to oppositional defiant disorder, Douglas Riley
How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk, Adele Faber
Being adopted: The lifelong search for self, D. Brodzinsky, M. Schechter and R. Henig
1-2-3 Magic, Thomas W. Phelan and Chris Webb
Stepfamilies, James Bray and John Kelly
Good Behavior Stephen W. Garber, Marianne Daniels Garber Ph.D., and Robyn Spizman
How to Father, Fitzhigh & Dodson
The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Problems and Wildest Worries.
The Parent Book, Harold Bessell, Ph.D. and Thomas P. Kelly, Jr.
Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D.
How to keep your child out of special education, Ann Core Greenberg, Ph.D.
Touchpoints-Birth to Three, B. Brazelton
Caring for your school age child: age 5-12, E. Schor, Editor
Yardsticks, Chip Wood.
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby, Tracy Hogg and Melinda Blau
EATING DISORDERS:
Overcoming the legacy of overeating, Jane Hirschmann et al.
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters, and the Pursuit of Thinness, Margo Maine Ph.D. and Craig Johnson Ph.D.
Women, Food, and God. Geneen Roth
Beyond Betrayal, Richard Gardner, Ph.D. (for male survivors)
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse , Mike Lew
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Wendy Maltz
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, Staci Haines
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child, Laura Davis
Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation, Levenkron
A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain, Marilee Strong
Any books by Colin Ross, Ph.D.
ADHD:
A.D.D. on the Job, Lynn Weiss, Ph.D.
Driven to distraction: Recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood, Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
ADHD in the workplace, Kathleen Nadeau
Your Hyperactive child, Barbara Ingersoll
A view from the cliff, Lynn Weiss, Ph.D.
Conquering Chronic Disorganization, Judith Kohlberg
ANXIETY:
In The SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing, Janet E. Esposito
Flying without fear, Duane Brown
Peace from nervous suffering, Claire Weekes
Hope and help for Your nerves, Claire Weekes
Don’t panic: Taking control of anxiety attacks, Reid Wilson
Anxiety and phobia workbook, Edmund Bourne
The shyness and social anxiety workbook: Proven techniques for overcoming your fears, M. Antony and R. Swinson
Depressed and Anxious, Thomas Marra
The Tapping Cure, Roberta Temes (about EFT)
ANXIETY IN CHILDREN:
Freeing your child from anxiety, Chansky, Tamar E.
What to do when you’re scared and worried: a guide for kids. Crist, James
The handbook for helping kids with anxiety and stress. Frank, Kim
Monsters in your bed; monsters in your head. Friedman, Lorraine
Helping your anxious child: a step-by-step guide for parents. Rapee, Ronald, Spence, Susan, Cobham, Vanessa, Wignall, Ann
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER:
Too perfect: When being in control gets out of control, A. Mallinger and J. Dewyze
Getting control: Overcoming your obsessions and compulsions, Lee Baer
The OCD Workbook: Your guide to breaking free from obsessive-
compulsive disorder, B. Hymen and C. Pedrick
Brain lock, Jeffrey Schwartz
When your best is not good enough, K. Leman
How good do we have to be: a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness, Harold Kushner
The Imp of the Mind, Lee Baer, Ph.D.
Devil in the details, Jennifer Traig
DEPRESSION:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed: How to Help Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself, Laura Epstein Rosen and Xavier Fransisco Amador
What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed: A Practical, Compassionate, and Helpful Guide, Mitch Golant, PhD, and Susan K Golant
How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout, Anne Sheffield, Mike Wallace, and Donald F. Klein
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT:
Victims no longer, Mike Lew and Ellen Bass
Real power: Stages of personal power in organizations, Janet Hagberg
Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life, Martin Seligman
Take time for your life, Cheryl Richardson
Life makeovers, Cheryl Richardson
Why bad things happen to good people, Harold Kushner
Your money or your life: Transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial independence, J. Dominguez and V. Robin
Lifeskills for adult children, Alan Garner et al.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda: Overcoming regrets, mistakes, and missed opportunities, Dr. Arthur Freeman and Rose DeWolf
What happy people know, Dan Baker, Ph.D. and Cameron Stauth
Radical acceptance, Tara Brach, Ph.D. (mindfulness)
Gut Feelings: the intelligence of the Unconscious, Gerd
Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, Gregg Levoy
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Arriving at your own door, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Broken Open: How Difficult Times can help us grow, Elizabeth Lesser
Will I Ever Be Good Enough: healing the daughters of narcissistic mothers, Karyl McBride, Ph.D.
Get out of your mind and into your life, Steven Hayes, Ph.D.
Living a Life that Matters, Harold S. Kushner
SPIRITUAL:
The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav
Hands of Light, Barbara Brennan
Dreaming me: From Baptist to Buddhist, One woman’s spiritual journey, Jan Willis
The Principles and Philosophy of the Option Method, Bruce DiMarsico
Messages from the Masters, Brian Weiss, M.D.
The Journey Home (A Kryon Parable), Lee Carroll
The Spiral Staircase, Karen Armstrong
When the Impossible Happens, Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D.
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, Kathleen Norris
Seeds of Hope: The Heart Nouwen Reader, Robert Durback
Trust your vibes, Sonia Choquette, Ph.D.
Many lives, many masters, Brian Weiss, M.D.
The four agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
Jesus, CEO: Using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership, Laurie Beth Jones
Jesus in blue jeans, Laurie Beth Jones
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (and his other books, too)
Secrets of the Light, Dannion Brinkley & Kathryn Brinkley
Making Loss Matter- Creating Meaning in Difficult Times, Rabbi David Wolpe
DEATH:
For peoploe who want to journal about their death from terminanal illness:
One called My Dad: His Story, His Words, Dan
A Father's Legacy: Your Life Story In Your Own Words, Thomas Nelson.
RETIREMENT:
Elder Rage, Jacqueline Marcell
Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders, Mary Pipher
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, Ernie J. Zelinski
The Power Years: A User’s Guide to the Rest of your Life, Ken Dychtwald
Retirement with a Purpose, Ellen Freudenheim
My Time, Abigail Trafford
Life with pop: lessons on caring for an aging parent, Janis Abrahams Spring, Ph.D.
Revitalizing Retirement: Reshaping Your Identity, Relationships, and Purpose, Nancy K. Schlossberg
Retire Smart, Retire Happy, Nancy K. Schlossberg
Life after Work: Redefining Retirement, Douglas Fletcher
GRIEF:
Bereavement --Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Colin Murray Parkes.
I Can't Stop Crying: It’s So Hard When Someone You Love Dies, John D. Martin, Frank D. Ferris, and Robert Buckman.
How to Go on Living After Someone You Love Dies, Therese Rando
Noel, B, & Blair, P.D.
I wasn't ready to say goodbye. Napierville
I wasn't ready to say goodbye: A companion workbook.
Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping, Robert Neimeyer's
MISCELLANEOUS:
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo
What do you want to do when you grow up? Dorothy Cantor, Ph.D.
Your Best Life Now, Joel Osteen
Virtual addiction: Help for netheads, cyberfreaks, and those who love them, David Greenfield
What Happy people know, Dan Baker, Ph.D. & Cameron Stauth
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking erotic intelligence
Esther Perel
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Kay Redfield Jamison (about bi-polar illness by psychiatrist who suffered with it)
Betrayal Bond, Patrick Carnes
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers
Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent, Barry J. Jacobs
Broken Open, Elizabeth Lesser
Bedlam, William Boylin
Getting to Yes, Fischer & Ury
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, Staci Haines
The curious incident of the dog at night-time, Mark Haddon (about autism)
Problem Child: confessions of an aspie, Daryl Blonder
Loving Someone Gay , Don Clark
Smashed, Koren Zailckas
The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's by Temple Grandin & Ruth Sullivan
Audio Resources for Mindfulness:
Each of the following can be found in either CD or MP3 formats:
Pema Chodron: This Moment Is the Perfect Teacher
Judith Day: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Stephanie Goldstein & Elisha Goldstein: Mindful Solutions for Addictions and Relapse Prevention
Daniel Goleman & Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness @ Work
Thich Nhat Hanh:The Art of Mindful Living
Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung: Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Full Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness for Beginners
Jon Kabat-Zinn: The World of Relaxation: A Guided Mindfulness Meditation Practice for Healing at the Hospital and/or at Home
Ellen Langer: Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
Ellen Langer: Mindfulness
Sue Smalley and Diana Winston: Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
Books on Mindfulness in Therapy, Recovery,
& Self-Help:
Alexander, W. (2010). Ordinary recovery: Mindfulness, addiction, and the path of lifelong sobriety (rev. ed.).
Baer, R. A. (Ed.). (2006). Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: Clinician's guide to evidence base and applications.
Baer, R. A. (Ed.). (2010). Assessing mindfulness and acceptance processes in clients: Illuminating the theory and practice of change. .
Bays, J. C. (2009). Mindful eating: A guide to rediscovering a healthy and joyful relationship with food.
Didonna, F. (Ed.). (2009). Clinical handbook of mindfulness
Gardner, F. L., & Moore, Z. E. (2007). The psychology of enhancing human performance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach.
Gardner-Nix, J., & Costin-Hall, L. (2009). The mindfulness solution to pain: Step-by-step techniques for chronic pain management.
Germer, C. K. (2009). The mindful path to self-compassion: Freeing yourself from destructive thoughts and emotions.
Hanh, T. N., & Cheung, L. (2010). Savor: Mindful eating, mindful life.
Jacobs-Stewart, T. r. s. (2010). Mindfulness and the 12 steps: Living recovery in the present moment
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness (15th anniversary ed.)
Langer, E. J. (2009). Counterclockwise: Mindful health and the power of possibility.
Mitchell, C. (2009). Asperger's syndrome and mindfulness: Taking refuge in the Buddha.
Pearson, A. N., Heffner, M., & Follette, V. M. (2010). Acceptance and commitment therapy for body image dissatisfaction: A practitioner's guide to using mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based behavior change strategies.
Roberts, T. (2009). The mindfulness workbook: A beginner's guide to overcoming fear and embracing compassion.
Roemer, L., & Orsillo, S. M. (2009). Mindfulness- and acceptance-based behavioral therapies in practice
Shapiro, S. L., & Carlson, L. E. (2009). The art and science of mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into psychology and the helping professions
Siegel, D. J. (2010). The mindful therapist: A clinician's guide to mindsight and neural integration.
Siegel, R. D. (2010). The mindfulness solution: Everyday practices for everyday problems.
Walser, R. D., & Westrup, D. (2007). Acceptance & commitment therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-related problems: A practitioner's guide to using mindfulness and acceptance strategies.
Williams, M., Teasdale, J., Segal, Z., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (2007). The mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness.
Wilson, K. G., & Dufrene, T. (2008). Mindfulness for two: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach to mindfulness in psychotherapy
