As promised, here is the list of books we believe will not only be enlightening and helpful, but will assist in self-growth.
The Angry Heart by J. Santori and R. Cohen
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse by Gregory L. Jantz
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Nonphysical Abuse of Women by Their Men by Mary Susan Miller, PhD
The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse: Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster and Regaining Control of Your Life by Albert Ellis, PhD, et al.
Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity by Helen Marx (Translator), et al.
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, MD and John J. Ratey, MD
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie (Preface)
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives by J. Keith Miller, introduction by Pia Mellody.
The New Codependency by Pia Melody.
Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Chemical Dependency by Jack Trimpey.
So Why Don't They Just Quit? by Joe Herzanek, David Hicks and Tracey Lawrence.
Stay Sober and Straight: How to Prevent Addiction Relapse with the Rational Self-Help Treatment Method by Maxie C. Maultsby.
The Twelve Steps: A Way Out. RPI Publishing: San Diego, CA.
Anger Management for Dummies by W. Doyle Gentry, Ph.D.
Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger by Ronald T. Potter.
When Anger Hurts Your Relationship: 10 Simple Solutions for Couples Who
Fight. by Kim Paleg and Mathew McKay.
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne
Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook by Matthew McKay When Panic Attacks: The New Drug Free Anxiety
Therapy That Can Change Your Life. by David Burns.
Beyond Anxiety & Phobia by Edmund J. Bourne
Health Journeys: A Meditation for Relaxation & Wellness by Belleruth Naparstek and Steven M. Kohn
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New Harbinger Publications
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DEPRESSION & BIPOLAR DISORDER
The Bi-polar Child by Demitri & Janice Papolos
includes a screening questionnaire
Bipolar
Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (2nd Edition). by Francis
Monslimore.
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family
Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz, PhD.
ISBN 1-57230-712-9 (hardcover)
University of Colorado, Boulder. Guilford Publications Inc.
www.guilford.com.
A Brilliant Madness by Patty Duke & Gloria Hochman.
The Chemistry of Joy. by Henry Emmons.
Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A
Step-by-Step Program. by E. William, J. Knaus and A. Ellis.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated. by David Burns
The Depression Workbook: A Guide to Living with Depression & Manic Depression Copeland M.A. 2nd Edition
Lifting Depression the Balanced Way. by Dr. Lindsay Corrie.
Living Without Depression & Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability
The Many Faces of Depression in Children & Adolescents by David Shaffer & Bruce Waslick
Moodswing by Dr. Ronald Fieve
Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield Jamison
Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression: The Breakthrough Integrative Approach for Effective Treatment. by Michael Schacter and Deborah Mitchell.
Why Am I So
Depressed? by Jim Phelps. Breaking Free from Emotional Eating. by Geneen Roth. The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook. by E. Randi, T. McCabe, McFarlane and
Marion. Overcoming Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach for
Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating. by W. Stewart Agras and Robin Apple. Room to Grow by Tracy Gold Surviving an Eating Disorder, 3rd. Edition. by Michael Siegal and Judy
Brosman. Becoming Gay: The Journey to
Self-Acceptance by Richard A. Isay
Before Stonewall: The Making of a
Gay and Lesbian Community by Andrea Weiss, Greta Schiller
Coming Out As Parents: You and Your Homosexual Child by David K. Switzer
Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents by Mary V.
Borhek
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out by Robb Forman Dew
From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Live: Stories of Transformation. by
Deborah Abbott and Ellen Farmer. Gay Relationships for Men and Women: How to Find Them, How to Improve Them, How to Make Them Last by Tina
Tessina
Growing Up Gay & Lesbian The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo by Judy Carter
Intimacy Between Men: How to Find and Keep Gay Love Relationships by John H. Driggs, Stephen E. Finn
(Contributor)
The Intimacy Dance: A Guide to Long-Term Success in Gay and Lesbian Relationships by Betty Berzon
Is It a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People by Eric
Marcus
The Lesbian Family Life Circle by Suzanne Slater
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities in Families: Psychological Perspectives by Charlotte J. Patterson
(Editor), et al.
Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life. by Karol L.Jensen. Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists My Child is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News by Bryce McDougall (Editor)
The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming Out Crisis for Straight Spouses
and Families, Revised and Expanded. by Pierce Buxton Amity. Outing Yourself: How to Come Out As Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers by Michelangelo
Signorile
Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last by Betty Berzon
Psychology and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms Janis S. Bohan Reclaiming Your Life: The Gay Man's Guide to Love, Self-Acceptance, and Trust by Rik Isensee
Something to Tell You (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) by Gilbert Herdt, et al.
When Love Lasts Forever: Male Couples Celebrate Commitment by Merle J. Yost (Editor)
Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering From the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and
Patricia Kelley
Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues With the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed by Stephen
Levine
Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing by Anne
Brener
On Death & Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery by Lawrence Lesham
The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Forward by H.H., the Dalai
Lama
What is Meditation by Osho Rajneesh
Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Finding Our Fathers: How a Man's Life is Shaped by His Relationship with His Father by Samuel Osherson
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity by Frank Pittman, MD
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Joan Laird (Editor), Robert-Jay Green
(Editor)
MEN'S ISSUES- DEPRESSION & MEN
Men's Relational Toolbox. by Gary Smalley, Greg Smalley and Michael
Smalley. Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves by Rita Freedman, PhD
The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses That Promote Health and
Healing by Caroline Myss, PhD and C. Norman Shealy, MD
Cultivating the Mind of Love: The Practice of Looking Deeply in the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition by Thich Nhat
Hanh
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn,
PhD
Healthy Pleasures by Robert Ornstein, PhD and David Sobel, MD
Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationships by Brent Q. Hafen, Keith J. Karren, Kathryn
J. Frandsen, and N. Less Smith
Rituals of Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness by Jeanne Achterberg, PhD, Barbara Dossey, RN, MS, FAAN,
Leslie Kolkmeier, RN< MEd
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: For Health and Self-Defense by Master T. T. Liang
Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD
Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Lee Baer, PhD; Forward by Judith L. Rapoport,
MD
S.T.O.P. Obsessing: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson,
PhD
Asserting Yourself by Sharon Anthony
Bower, Gordon H. Bower (Contributor) The Assertiveness Workbook: How to
Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships by Randy
J. Paterson, PhD Enhancing Self-Esteem: Third
Edition by C. Jesse Carlock, PhD
Peoplemaking. by Virginia Satir. Too Good for Her Own Good: Searching for Self and Intimacy in Important Relationships by Claudia Bepko and
Jo-Ann Krestan
Learned Optimism, [Abridged] by
Martin Seligman, PhD
Prayerways. by Louis M. Sarany and Patricia Berne. Quiet Mind,
Fearless Heart. by Brian Luke Seaward. Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford, et al.
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James W. Fowler
Wellsprings: A Book of Spiritual Exercises by Anthony de Mello
The Assertiveness Workbook. by Randy Peterson (2000). Boundary
Power. by Parker Palmer. From Betrayal to Power: Mother/Daughter Revolution by Elizabeth Debold, Marie Wilson, Idelisse
Malave
The Responsibility Trap. by Claudia Bepko. Too Nice for Your Own
Good. by Duke Robinson (2000). Toward a New Psychology of
Women, [Second Edition] by Jean Baker Miller, MD
Your Perfect Right. by Alberti and Emmons (2008).