RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Anxiety Disorders
Barlow, David and Michelle Craske, Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic
Brantley, Jeffery and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and
Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic
Bourne, E. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Burns, David. The Feeling Good Handbook
Burns, David. Feeling Good. The New Mood Therapy
Wehrenberg, Margaret. The 10 Best Ever Anxiety Management Techniques
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Abramowitz, Jonathan. Getting over OCD: A 10 Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
Abramowitz, Jonathan. Understanding and Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
Baer, Lee. Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions
Foa, Edna. Stop Obsessing
Hyman, Bruce and Cherry Pedrick. The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Mazza, Marisa. The ACT Workbook for OCD
Phillis, Katharine. The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Wagner, Aureen Pinto. What to do when Your Child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:
Strategies and Solutions
Social Anxiety
Copeland, Mary Ellen. Loneliness Workbook
Garner, Alan. Conversationally Speaking
Mood Disorders
Basco, Monica Ramirez. The Bipolar Workbook
Burns, David. The Feeling Good Handbook
Burns, David. Feeling Good. The New Mood Therapy
Copeland, Mary Ellen. The Depression Workbook
Fawcett, Jan, et al. New Hope for People with Bipolar Illness
Greenberger, Dennis. Mind Over Mood
Jamison, Kay Redfield. Touched by Fire
Jamison, Kay Redfield. An Unquiet Mind. A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Miklowitz, David. Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide
Nicholson, Joanne. Parenting Well When You are Depressed
Patterson, Randy. Your Depression Map
Papolos, Overcoming Depression
Rosen, Laura Epstein and Xavier Amador. When Someone you Love is Depressed
Attention Deficit Disorder
Hallowell, Edward and John Ratey. Driven to Distraction
Hallowell, Edward and John Ratey. Delivered from Distraction
Kolberg, Judith. ADD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
Nadeau, Kathleen. ADD in the Workplace
Nadeau, Kathleen. A Comprehensive Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
Roberts, Susan. Living with ADD
Solden, Sari. Women with Attention Deficit Disorder
Mindfulness
Harris, Russ and Steven Hayes. The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ and Steven Hayes. ACT made Simple: An Easy to Read Primer on Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy
Hayes, Steven and Spencer Smith. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (any books): Full Catestrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are;
Mindfulness for Beginners; and many more books
Self Compassion (anything from Kristen Neff or Christopher German)
Neff, Kristen. Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Neff, Kristen & German, Christopher. The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook. A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Built Inner Strength, and Thrive.
Perfectionism/Courage to Take Risks and be Vulnerable (any Brene Brown literature, documentary, etc)
Basco, Monica Ramirez. Never Good Enough
Brown, Brene & Fortgang, Lauren. I Thought it was Just me: Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, inadequacy and Power
Brown, Brene. The Gifts of Imperfection or Daring Greatly.
Stress Management
Benson, Herbert. The Relaxation Response.
Davis, Martha, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman & Matthew McKay. The Relaxation and Stress
Reduction Workbook.
Anger Management
Efron, Ron Potter. Stop the Anger Now!
Lerner, Harriet. Dance of Anger (for women)
Simmer, Stephen. Vicious Circles (for men)
Marriage/Family Relationships
Ahrons, Constance. The Good Divorce
Everett, Craig and Sandra Volgy Everett. Healthy Divorce
Fisher, Bruce. Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends
Kirshenbaum, Mira. Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
McKay, Matthew. Couple Skills
McKay, Matthew. When Anger Hurts Your Relationships
Spring, J. and M. Spring. After the Affair
Stauffenger, Len. Getting Over it! Wisdom for Divorced Parents
Tannen, Deborah. You Just Don't Understand (about gender differences)
Visher, E. and J. Visher. How to Win as a Step-Family
Wallerstein, Judith and Sandra Blakeslee. The Good Marriage
Wallerstein, Judith and Joan Kelly. Surviving the Break-Up: How Children and Parents Cope
with Divorce
Woolis, Rebecca. When Someone You Love has Mental Illness
Grief
Bozarth, Alla Renee. Life is Hello, Life is Goodbye
Bozarth, Alla Renee. A Journey Through Grief
Wolfelt, Alan. Understanding Your Grief
Wrobleski, Adina. Understanding Suicide
Trauma
Bass, Ellen & Laura Davis. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Abuse
Bradshaw, John. Healing the Shame that Binds
Davis, Laura. Allies in Healing
Davis, Laura. The Courage to Heal Workbook
Efron, Ron Potter. Letting Go of Shame
Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery
Lew, M. Victims No Longer: Men Recovering From Incest and Other Childhood Sexual Abuse
Luskin, Fred. Forgive For Good
Matsakis, Aphrodite. I Can't Get Over It
Miller, Dusty. Your Surviving Spirit
Schiraldi, Glenn. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
Van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score
Williams, Mary Beth. The PTSD Workbook
Substance Abuse
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Living Sober
Beattie, Melody. Codependent No More
Black, Claudia. Repeat After Me
Fanning, Patrick & John O'Neill. The Addiction Workbook
Johnson, Vernon. I'll Quit Tomorrow
Kettelhack, Guy. First Year of Sobriety
Mooney, Al J. The Recovery Book
Woititz, Janet. Adult Children of Alcoholics
Eating Disorders
Kingsbury, Kathleen Burns. Weight Wisdom
Piper, Mary. Hunger Pains
Scritchfield, Rebecca. Body Kindness
Tribole, Evelyn & Resch, Elyse. Intuitive Eating
Positive Psychology/Coaching
Bridges, William. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
Morgenstern, Julie. Time Management from the Inside Out
Prochaska, James, et al. Changing for Good
Seligman, Martin. Authentic Happiness
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