Psychotherapy-Book-Recommendations
I've chosen a few psychotherapy-book-recommendations if you
need help in a particular area or are in
psychotherapy and would like some outside
reading. The list includes books I often recommend.
This will be an ongoing
list, so feel free to give me any feedback
you may have about a good book out there!
Recommended Books by Category
Addiction
Barriers to Intimacy: for People Torn by Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors. Gayle Rosellini and Mark Worden. Ballentine Press.
Of Course You’re Angry: A Family Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Chemical Dependence. Gayle Rosellina and Mark Worden. Harper/Hazelden.
Anger
When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within. Matthew McKay,
Peter Rogers, Judith McKay. New Harbinger Publications.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing Patterns of Intimate Behavior. Harriet Lerman. Harper Publishing.
Anxiety
*The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. Edmund Bourne. New Harbinger
Publications.
See More About Anxiety
For a Review of Bourne's Book
Codependency
*Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself. Melody Beattie. Hazelden Publishers.
*Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time. Melody Beattie. Hazelden Publishers.
For More on Codependency
Advice on Codependency
Review of Melodie Beattie's Books
Domestic Violence
Violent No More: Helping Men End Domestic Abuse. Michael
Paymar. Hunter House.
Eating Disorders
Insatiable: The Compelling Story of Four Teens, Food
and its Power. Eve Eliot. Health Communications, Inc.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia.
Marya Hornbacher. Harper Perennial.
For More on Eating Disorders
Advice on Eating Disorders
Grief and Loss
How to Survive the Loss of a Love Harold Bloomfield, Melba
Colgrove, Peter McWilliams. Mary Books/Prelude Press.
Parenting
I’m On Your Side: Resolving Conflict with Your Teenage Son or Daugher. Jane Nelson.
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting our Children. Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson. Harper/Hazelden.
Adult Children Parenting Children: Sparing Your Child From Codependency Without Being Perfect Yourself. Randy Rolfe. Health Communications.
After the Tears: Parents Talk About Raising a Child with a Disability. Robin Simons. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
See More on Parenting
Advice on Parenting
Personal Growth
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Susan Jeffers. Fawcett Columbine.
Why am I Afraid to Tell You Who I am. John Powell. Tabor Publishing.
Learning to Live in the Now: 6 Week Plan to Personal
Recovery. Ruth Fishel. Health Communications.
Relationships
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. Harville Hendrix.
Owl Books.
The Couples Companion: Meditations and Exercises for Getting the Love You Want. Harville Hendix and Helen Hunt. Pocket Books.
Couple Talk: How to Talk Your Way to a Great Relationship. Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller. Personal Power Press.
The Intimacy Dance: A Guide to Long-Term Success in Gay and Lesbian Relationships. Betty Berzon. Plume Publishers.
The Dance of Intimacy: How to Create a Remarkable Relationship. Harriet Lerner. Harper Publishers.
Holding Back: Why We Hide the Truth About Ourselves. Marie Lindquist. Harper/Hazelden.
For More on Relationships
Archives on Relationship Case Studies
Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault and Rape
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child
Sexual Abuse. Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. Harper and Row
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused
as a Child. Laura Davis. Harper Perennial
Recovery of Your Inner Child. Lucia Capacchione. Simon & Shuster.
Inside Scars: as told by a survivor and her therapist. Sheila Sisk and Charlotte Foster Hoffman. Pandora Press.
Journey to Wholeness: Healing the Trauma of Rape. Vicki Aranow and Monique Long.
Surviving Sexual Assault. Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women. Condon & Weed.
