BOOKLIST
MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDED BOOKLIST
This list has been generated
through both my opinion and others
recommendations. Feel free to contact
me with more suggestions to my booklist.
If you want to order any of these
books, you can order them on this
page through Amazon or Barnes
and Noble
CODEPENDENCY
Codependent No More/Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie
Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
SELF-ESTEEM
Self-Esteem
by Matthew McKay,PhD and Patrick Fanning
Women and Self-Esteem
by Linda Tschirhart Sanford/Mary Ellen Donovan
The Gay and Lesbian Self-Esteem Book
by Kimeron Hardin, PhD
ADULT CHILDREN OF DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
A Workbook for Healing ACOA
by Janet Geringer Woltitz
Struggle for Intimacy
by Janet Geringer Woltitz
The Dance of Anger/Intimacy
by Harriet Goldhar Lerner,PhD
Healing the Shame that Binds You/The Family
by John Bradshaw
Following the Yellow brick Road
by Joy Miller and Marianne Ripper
COMPULSIVE EATING/ANOREXIA/BULIMIA
Feeding the Empty Heart
by Barbara Mcfarland and Tyeis Baker-Baumann
Bradshaw on Eating Disorders by John Bradshaw
Fat is a Family Affair by Judy Hollis, PhD
Anorexia Nervosa:A Guide to Recovery by Lindsay Hall
and Monika Ostoff
Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsay Hall
and Leigh Cohn
The Body Image Workbook By Thomas Cash
The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens
Jay McGraw
ADDICTIONS
Sex and Sobriety
by Jack Murrey
The Addiction Workbook by Patrick Fanning and
John O'Neill
Addiction and Recovery For Beginners
by David Brizer, MD
Overcoming Overspending by Olivia Mellan
Don't Call it Love; Recovery from Sexual Addiction
by Patrick Carnes, PhD
Relapse Traps by Ronald Rogers
Vastly More than that:Gays and Lesbians
in Recovery by Guy Kettelhack
Relax, Recover-Stress Management for Recovering
People by Lucinda May
COUPLES ISSUES
Communication Miracles for Couples
by Jonathan Robinson
Couples Skills by Matthew McKay
Mens are From Mars/Women Venus
by John Gray
GRIEVING
A Time to Grieve
by Carol Staudacher
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna O'Toole
(help children deal with grief)
When Life Hurts: A Book of Hope by Wayne Dosick
On Life After Death by Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
STEP-FAMILY ISSUES
Stepfamily Realities
by Margaret Newman
BOUNDARIES
Boundaries
by Anne Katherine,MA
The Portable Therapist
by Susanna McMahon, PhD
Boundary Power by Mike O'Neill
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
When Once is Not Enough
by Gail Stekette,PhD and Kerrin White,MD
VERBAL ABUSE
The Verbally Abusive Relationship
by Patricia Evans
RELATIONSHIPS
Too Good to Leave/Too Bad to Stay
by Mira Kirscenbaum
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Into the Light by Leslie Cantrell
You Can Be Free by Ginny NiCarthy and Sue
Davidson
TRAUMA
How To Survive Trauma
by Benjamin Colodzin, PhD
I Can't Get Over It by
Aprhrodite Matsaki, Phd
TEEN ISSUES
Feed Your Head by Earl Hipp
It's My Life by Tian Dayton
Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw
Teen Solutions Workbook by Lawrence E. Shapiro
ADHD: A Teenagers Guide by James J. Crist, PhD
DEPRESSION/MANIC DEPRESSION
The Depression Workbook
by Mary Ellen Copeland
ANXIETY ,PHOBIA AND PANIC DISORDERS
Anxiety,Phobias and Panic
by Reneau Peurifoy,MA,MFFC
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund Bourne, Phd
The Shyness and Social Anxiety
Workbook by Martin Antony and
Richard Swinson, MD
MALE ISSUES
Being a Man
by Patrick Fanning and Matthew McKay
PARENTING ISSUES
How to Really Love Your Teenager
by Ross Campbell
Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for
Parenting Your Angry, manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent by Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy. M. P. H.
Parents, Teens and Boundaries
by Jane Bluestein
Positive Parenting From A to Z
(parenting children ages 2-10)
by Karen Renshaw-Joslin
Get Out of My Life(but first could you
Drive me and Cheryl to the Mall-A Parents
Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf,Phd
KIDS ISSUES
Taking No For an Answer by Laurie A. Simons
Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In
by Stephen Nowicki, Jr, Phd and Marshall
P. Duke
A Volcano in my Tummy(Anger management)
by Elaine Whitehouse and Warwick Pudney
Putting on the Brakes (ADHD for Kids)
Patricia Quinn, MD and Judith Stern, MD
Magic Island (Relaxation for Kids)
by Betty Mehling
The Bear Who Lost His Sleep(worrying too much)
by Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
My Body is Mine, My Feelings are Mine
Susan Hoke, LCSW
The Divorce Workbook by Sally
Blakeslee Ives, Phd
Dear Kids of Alcoholics by Lindsay
Hall and Leigh Cohn
SEXUAL ABUSE
The Courage to Heal
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
It Happened to Me By Wm. Lee Carter
(Teens Recovering from Sexual Abuse)
The Me Nobody Knows by Barbara Bean
and Shari Bennett
I Never Called it Rape by Robin
Warshaw(date rape)
Victims No More by Mike Lew
(male sexual abuse)
Allies in Healing by Laura Davis
(for partners of those abused)
CONLFICT RESOLUTION
Dealing with People You Can't Stand
by Dr. Rick Brinkmore
The Anger Workbook by Lorraine Bilodeau
RELAXATION/STRESS MANAGEMENT
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook
by Martha Davis, Phd
Relax Now by Sheila Haywood
DIVORCE
Divorcing by Mel Krantzler and
Melvin Belli
JOB BURNOUT
Toxic Work by Barbara Bailey
Reinhold, EdD,Br>
CHRONIC PAIN
The Chronic Pain Control Workbook
by Ellen Mohr Catalanc and Kimeron Hardin