Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy

As promised, here is the list of books we believe will not only be enlightening and helpful, but will assist in self-growth.

  • ABUSE
  • A.D.D. -Attention Deficit Disorder
  • ADDICTION AND CODEPENDENCY
  • ANXIETY
  • DEPRESSION
  • GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER
  • GRIEF AND DEATH
  • MEDITATION
  • MEN’S ISSUES
  • MIND AND BODY
  • OBSESSIVE/COMPULSIVE
  • SELF-ESTEEM
  • SPIRITUALITY
  • WOMEN’S ISSUES
  • ABUSE

The Angry Heart, J. Santori and R. Cohen

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse, Gregory L. Jantz

No Visible Wounds: Identifying Nonphysical Abuse of Women by Their Men, Mary Susan Miller, PhD

The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse: Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster and Regaining Control of Your Life, Albert Ellis, PhD, et al.

Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity, Helen Marx (Translator), et al.

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  • ADD- Attention Deficit Disorder

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, Edward M. Hallowell, MD and John J. Ratey, MD

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  • ADDICTION AND CODEPENDENCY

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives, Pia Mellody (Introduction), J. Keith Miller

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, Melody Beattie (Preface)

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  • ANXIETY
  • DEPRESSION

Feeling Good, David Burns

The Depression Workbook, Copeland M.A. 2nd Edition A Guide to Living with Depression & Manic Depression

Living Without Depression & Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability

  • GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER

Becoming Gay: The Journey to Self-Acceptance, Richard A. Isay

The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out, Robb Forman Dew

Growing Up Gay & Lesbian, VHS (No author)

Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community, Andrea Weiss, Greta Schiller

Something to Tell You (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies), Gilbert Herdt, et al.

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities in Families: Psychological Perspectives, Charlotte J. Patterson (Editor), et al.

Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents, Mary V. Borhek

When Love Lasts Forever: Male Couples Celebrate Commitment, Merle J. Yost (Editor)

Psychology and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms, Janis S. Bohan

Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last, Betty Berzon

Outing Yourself: How to Come Out As Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers, Michelangelo Signorile

Coming Out As Parents: You and Your Homosexual Child, David K. Switzer

My Child is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News, Bryce McDougall (Editor)

Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists, Joan Laird (Editor), Robert-Jay Green (Editor)

The Lesbian Family Life Circle, Suzanne Slater

The Intimacy Dance: A Guide to Long-Term Success in Gay and Lesbian Relationships, Betty Berzon

The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo, Judy Carter

Gay Relationships for Men and Women: How to Find Them, How to Improve Them, How to Make Them Last, Tina Tessina

Reclaiming Your Life: The Gay Man’s Guide to Love, Self-Acceptance, and Trust, Rik Isensee

Intimacy Between Men: How to Find and Keep Gay Love Relationships, John H. Driggs, Stephen E. Finn (Contributor)

Is It a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People, Eric Marcus

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  • GRIEF AND DEATH

Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering From the Death of a Loved One, Carol Staudacher

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues With the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed, Stephen Levine

Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing, Anne Brener

On Death & Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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  • MEDITATION

How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery, Lawrence Lesham

The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Thich Nhat Hanh, Forward by H.H., the Dalai Lama

What is Meditation, Osho Rajneesh

Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Jon Kabat-Zinn

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  • MEN’S ISSUES- DEPRESSION & MEN

Finding Our Fathers: How a Man’s Life is Shaped by His Relationship with His Father, Samuel Osherson

I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, Terrence Real

Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity, Frank Pittman, MD

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  • MIND AND BODY

Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh

Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves, Rita Freedman, PhD

The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses That Promote Health and Healing, Caroline Myss, PhD and C. Norman Shealy, MD

Cultivating the Mind of Love: The Practice of Looking Deeply in the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition, Thich Nhat Hanh

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Healthy Pleasures, Robert Ornstein, PhD and David Sobel, MD

Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationships, Brent Q. Hafen, Keith J. Karren, Kathryn J. Frandsen, and N. Less Smith

Rituals of Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness, Jeanne Achterberg, PhD, Barbara Dossey, RN, MS, FAAN, Leslie Kolkmeier, RN< MEd

T’ai Chi Ch’uan: For Health and Self-Defense, Master T. T. Liang

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  • OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE

Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD

Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions, Lee Baer, PhD, Forward by Judith L. Rapoport, MD

S.T.O.P. Obsessing: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions, Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD

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  • SELF-ESTEEM

Asserting Yourself, 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, Randy J. Paterson, PhD

Enhancing Self-Esteem: Third Edition, C. Jesse Carlock, PhD

Too Good for Her Own Good: Searching for Self and Intimacy in Important Relationships, Claudia Bepko and Jo-Ann Krestan

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  • SPIRITUALITY

Learned Optimism, [Abridged], Seligman Martin, PhD

Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life, Debbie Ford, et al.

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, James W. Fowler

Wellsprings: A Book of Spiritual Exercises, Anthony de Mello

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  • WOMEN’S ISSUES

From Betrayal to Power: Mother/Daughter Revolution, Elizabeth Debold, Marie Wilson, Idelisse Malave

Toward a New Psychology of Women, [Second Edition], Jean Baker Miller, MD