Recommended Reading


General

  • What Color Is Your Parachute?, by Richard Nelson Bolles
  • Transitions – Making Sense of Life’s Changes, by William Bridges
  • Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goldman
  • Driven to Distraction, by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
  • The Dance of Anger, by Harriet Lerner
  • Grow Up, by Frank Pittman
  • The Resiliency Advantage, by Al Siebert
  • Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zin
  • The Happiness Trap, by Russ Harris
  • Boundaries, by Cloud and Townsend
  • The Relaxation and Stress Workbook, by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning
  • Tired of Trying to Measure Up, by Jeff VanVonderen
  • Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown

 

Anxiety/Depression

  • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, by Edmund Bourne
  • The Depression Cure, By Stephan Ilardi
  • The Mindful Way through Depression, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn

 

Parenting

  • Boundaries with Kids, by Cloud and Townsend
  • Boundaries for Teens, by Cloud and Townsend
  • Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility, by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
  • 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, by Thomas W. Phelan PhD
  • The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, by Ross W. Greene

 

Relationships

  • Boundaries in Marriage, by Cloud and Townsend
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship, by Patricia Evans
  • How to Argue so Your Spouse will Listen, by Sharon Morris-May
  • Families Where Grace is in Place, by Jeff Van Vonderan
  • The Marriage Manifesto, by Kelly M Flanagan
  • Fighting for Your Marriage, by Howard Markham
  • Torn Asunder – Recovering from Extramarital Affairs, by Dave Carder
  • The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman
  • Reconcilable Differences, by Andrew Christensen and Neil Jacobson
  • Attachments – Why You Love, Feel, & Act the Way You Do, by Tim Clinton
  • Divorce Busting, by Michele Weiner Davis
  • The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, by John Gottman
  • His Needs, Her Needs, by Willard Harley
  • Surviving An Affair, by Willard Harley
  • Mystery of Marriage, by Mike Mason
  • After the Affair, by Janice Spring
  • Intended for Pleasure, by Ed & Gaye Wheat

 

Addictions/Codependency

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay and Jeffery Wood
  • The New Codependency, by Melody Beattie
  • Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha M. Linehan
  • Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie
  • Changing Course, by Claudie Black
  • Addiction and Grace, by Gerald May
  • A Hunger For Healing, by Keith J. Miller
  • Changing For Good, by James Prochaska
  • The Feathers of a Skylark, by Jeffrey Satinover
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics, by Janice Woititz
  • Alcoholics Anonymous The Big Book

 

Spiritual

  • True Self False Self, by M. Basil Pennington
  • The Search for Significance, by Robert McGee
  • A Hunger for Healing, by Keith J. Miller
  • The Inner Voice of Love, A Journey through Anguish to Freedom, by Henri Nouwen
  • Life of the Beloved, by Henri Nouwen