SELF-HELP
Often individuals will ask
for book recommendations on specific self-help topics. Below is
a list of books that have helped others I
have worked with.
| Subject | Title | Author |
| ADHD/ADD | Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD | Daniel G. Amen, M.D. |
| Addiction | Information on the internet | NA |
| Anxiety | Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway | Susan J. Jeffers |
| Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts: How to Gain Control of Your OCD | Christine Purdon | |
| The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven Techniques to Overcoming Your Fears | Martin Antony & Richard Swinson | |
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Journey to Wholeness |
Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham | |
| Assertiveness | Coping with Difficult People: The Proven-Effective Battle Plan That Has Helped Millions Deal with the Troublemakers in Their Lives at Home and at Work | Robert M. Bramson |
| How to Be an Assertive (Not Aggressive) Woman in Life, in Love, and on the Job | Jean Baer | |
| Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion | George J. Thompson | |
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Childhood trauma |
Healing the Shame that Binds You | John Bradshaw |
| Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living | Pema Chodron | |
| Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood | Wayne Muller | |
| How Do I Love Me? | Helen M. Johnson | |
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Depression & Bipolar |
Depression Is Contagious: How the Most Common Mood Disorder Is Spreading Around the World and How to Stop It | Michael D. Yapko |
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The Tao of Bipolar
Using
Meditation and Mindfulness to Find Balance
and Peace
|
Alexander & Annellen Simpkins | |
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Divorce &
Marriage distress |
Caught in the Middle | Carla Garrity & Mitchell Baris |
| Divorce Busting: A Step-by-Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again | Michele Weiner-Davis | |
| Divorce Poison | Richard Warshak | |
| Children Held Hostage: Dealing with Programmed and Brainwashed Children | Stanley S. Clawar, & Brynne V. Rivlin | |
| How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair: A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful | Linda J. MacDonald | |
| Grief & loss | The Magical Thoughts of Grieving Children (Death, Value, and Meaning) | James A. Fogarty |
| Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death And Healing | Linda Goldman | |
| Happiness & Meaning | HAPPY: the movie, the movement | Award Winning Documentary |
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being |
Martin Seligman | |
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom |
Jonathan Haidt | |
| Low Self-Esteem | Experience Your Good Now! Learning to Use Affirmations | Louise L. Hay |
| Self-Esteem for a Lifetime: Raising a Successful Child From the Inside Out | Ingrid Schweiger | |
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Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind |
Kristin Neff | |
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Over Medication |
Drug-Induced Dementia: A perfect crime | Grace E. Jackson |
| The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth | Irving Kirsch | |
| Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Murder |
Peter Breggin Video |
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| Your Drug May Be Your Problem, Revised Edition: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications | Peter Breggin & David Cohen | |
| Menopause |
Ageless |
Suzan Summers |
| Feed Your Need | Corinne J. Peachment | |
| The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change | Christiane Northrup | |
| Pain | The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life | Dennis Turk & Frits Winter |
| Parenting | Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children | Henry Cloud & John Townsend |
| The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness | Edward M. Hallowell | |
| Transforming The Difficult Child: True Stories of Triumph | Howard Glasser, Jennifer Easley, Chris Howell, & Michael Kichler | |
| Have a New Kid by Friday | Kevin Leman | |
| Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting the Nonviolent Communication Way | Marshall B. Rosenberg | |
| The Optimistic Child | Martin E. Seligman | |
| Personality Disorders | Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship | Shari Y. Manning |
| I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality | Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus | |
| Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder | Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger | |
| Procrastination | Getting Things Done | David Allen |
| The 60-Second Shrink: 101 Strategies for Staying Sane in a Crazy World | Arnold Lazarus & Clifford Lazarus | |
| One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way | Robert Maurer | |
| Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey | |
| Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It Now | Jane B. Burka & Lenora M. Yuen | |
| Relationships | The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert | John M. Gottman & Nan Silver |
| The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts | Gary Chapman | |
| Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime | Sue Johnson | |
| Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love | Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, & Keith Miller | |
| Sex | In The Shadows of The Net: Breaking Free from Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior | Patrick Carnes, David L. Delmonico, Elizabeth Griffin, & Joseph M. Moriarity |
| Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic | Esther Perel | |
| Sex Smart: How Your Childhood Shaped Your Sexual Life and What to do About It | Aline Zolbrod | |
| Tantric Orgasm for Women | Diana Richardson | |
| Smoking | The Easy Way to Quit Smoking | Allen Carr |
| Weight loss | The Belly Fat Cure Sugar & Carb Counter: Discover which foods will melt up to 9 lbs. this week | Jorge Cruise |
| Eat Right for Your Type | Peter D'Adamo & Catherine Whitney |
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