Suggested Reading

Abuse: Verbal and Manipulation - for Adults

• The Verbally Abusive Man, Can He Change?: A Woman's Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go by Patricia Evans

• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond by Patricia Evans 

• Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You by Patricia Evans 

• Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier

Abuse: Parental - for Adults Survivors

• Adult Children of Abusive Parents: A Healing Program for Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually, or Emotionally Abused by Steven Farmer 

• Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward and Craig Buck

Abuse: Sexual - for Adult Survivors

• The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis 

Abuse: Sexual - for Adult Mates

• Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child by Laura Davis 

ADD / ADHD - for Adults

• Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

• You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder by Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, and Edward M. Hallowell, MD

ADD/ADHD - For Children

• ADHD in the Young Child: Driven to Redirection: A Guide for Parents and Teachers of Young Children with ADHD by Cathy Reimers, PhD and Bruce A. Brunger

Addictions

• Staying Sober: A Guide for Relapse Prevention by Terence T. Gorski and Merlene Miller 

Anger Management

• When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within, 2nd Edition by Matthew McKay, Peter D. Rogers, PhD, and Judith McKay 

• The Dance Of Anger - A Woman's Guide To Changing The Patterns Of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, PhD

Anxiety

• The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition by Edmund J. Bourne 

• When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David D. Burns, MD

• Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely by Edward M. Hallowell 

Bipolar

• The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know 2nd Edition by David J. Miklowitz

• The Bipolar Handbook: Real-Life Questions with Up-to-Date Answers by Wes Burgess

• Mood Swings Understand Your Emotional Highs And Lows by Paul Meier, MD, Stephen Arterburn, and Dr. Frank Minirth 

Borderline Personality

• I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus 

Children

• Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown (Ages 4-8)

• How It Feels When Parents Divorce by Jill Krementz (Ages 7-17)

• It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce by Vicki Lansky (Preschool)

• Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore by Kathy Stinson and Vian Oelofsen (Ages 6-10)

• Why Can't Anyone Hear Me?: A Guide for Surviving Adolescence by Monte Elchoness (Ages 13-16)

Codependency

• Boundaries (When to Say YES When to Say NO To Take Control of Your Life) by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

• Codependent No More: Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie

• Women Who Try Too Hard: Breaking the Pleaser Habits by Dr. Kevin Leman

Depression

• Mood Swings Understand Your Emotional Highs And Lows by Paul Meier, MD, Stephen Arterburn, and Dr. Frank Minirth

• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Dementia and Alzheimers

• The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life, 5th Edition by Nancy L. Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD MPH

Divorce

• Before A Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage Around by Dr. Tim Clinton

• Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook: Step-by-Step Program for those Who are Divorced or Separated by Bob Burns; Tom Whiteman Burns

Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorders For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) by Susan Schulherr

• Its Not What You’re Eating its What’s Eating You by Janet Greeson

Grief and Bereavement

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove

Grief and Bereavement (Child)

• A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies by Anne McCracken and Mary Semel

• The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child by Suzanne Redfern and Susan K. Gilbert

• When The Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter by Judith R. Bernstein 

Grief and Bereavement (Parent)

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove

• How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide For Adults by Lois F. Akner and Catherine Whitney

Insomnia

• Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, and Improve Your Life with CBT by Sarah Edelman PhD

Intimacy

• Intimate Issues: 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sex by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus

Marriage and Relationships

• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis Abrahms Spring and Michael Spring

• The Dance Of Anger - A Woman's Guide To Changing The Patterns Of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, PhD

• The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

• Divorce Busting: A Step-by-Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again by Michele Weiner-Davis

• Divorce-Proof Your Marriage: 6 Secrets to a Forever Marriage by Gary Rosberg and Barbara Rosberg

• Fit to Be Tied by Bill Hybels and Lynne Hybels

• The Five Love Languages Gift Edition: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman

• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman 

• The 5 Love Needs of Men and Women by Barbara Rosberg and Gary Rosberg

• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition by Harville Hendrix PhD

• His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Willard F. Harley

• Love Is Never Enough: How Couples Can Overcome Misunderstandings, Resolve Conflicts, and Solve by Aaron T. Beck

• How to Stay Lovers for Life: Discover a Marriage Counselor's Tricks of the Trade by Sharyn Wolf

• Rekindling the Romance: Loving the Love of Your Life by Dennis Rainey, Barbara Rainey, and Bob DeMoss

• Relationships by Leslie Parrott and Les Parrott III

• Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before (and After) You Marry by Leslie Parrott and Les Parrott III

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver

• Sex Begins in the Kitchen: Creating Intimacy to Make Your Marriage Sizzle by Dr. Kevin Leman

• Too Close Too Soon: Avoiding the Heartache of Premature Intimacy by Jim A. Talley and Bobbie Reed

• Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum 

• Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last by John Gottman

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Signet) by Judith L. Rapoport 

• Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition) by Edna B. Foa and Reid Wilson

• Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Ian Osborn

Parenting

• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD

• Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

• The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell

• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

• Parenting Teenagers: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Teens by Don Dinkmeyer, Gary D. McKay, and Joyce L. McKay

• Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds [Revised and Updated Edition] by Rex Forehand, PhD and Nicholas Long, PhD

• Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Foster Cline and Jim Fay

• Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

• Stress and Your Child by Dr. Archibald D. Hart

Self-Defeating Thoughts

• Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, and Improve Your Life with CBT by Sarah Edelman, PhD

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated by David D. Burns

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner

Self-Mutilation: Cutting

• A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain by Marilee Strong 

Social Anxiety

• Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life by Barbara Markway, PhD and Gregory Markway

Stress

• De-Stress Your Life in 7 Easy Steps (Book & CD) by Glenn Harrold

• Emotions, Stress, and Health by Alex J. Zautra

Trauma Survivors

• I Can't Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors by Aphrodite Matsakis

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