RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
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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


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

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

How to Parent, 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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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


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