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Book Recommendations

For Couples:

  • Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson

  • Love Sense by Dr. Sue Johnson

  • Why Marriages Succeed or Fail by John Gottman, Ph.D

  • After the Affair by Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D

  • Not "Just Friends": Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity after Infidelity by Shirley P. Glass, Ph.D

  • The Gift of Sex by Clifford and Joyce Penner

  • Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend

  • Out of The Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D

            

For Women:

  • The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

  • The V Book by Elizabeth G. Stewart, M.D. and Paula Spencer

  • Awakening at Midlife by Kathleen Brehony

  • Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by Williams Bridges

  • Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser

  • The Courage to Heal by Laura Davis

       (Healing from sexual abuse)

 

 

For Grief and Loss:

  • A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss by Gerald Sittser

  • When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter by Judith Bernstein

  • How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Colgrove, Bloomfield and McWilliams

  • Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss by Sameet Kumar

For Parents:

  • Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, Ph.D

  • Real Boys by William Pollack, Ph.D

  • Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, Ph.D

  • Parenting with Love and Logic by Cline & Fay

  • Like Dew Your Youth by Eugene Peterson

  • How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish

  • Get Out of My Life, but First Could you Drive Cheryl and Me to the Mall? by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D

  • Brainstorm by Dan Siegel

  • Attachment-Focused Parenting by Daniel Hughes

 

 

For Anxiety and Depression:

  • The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D

  • Calming Your Anxious Mind by Jeffrey Brantley, M.D.

  • The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Williams, Teasdale, Segal and Kabat-Zinn

  • Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama by Daniel Goleman

  • Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

            

 

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