Recommended Readings:
Understanding Anxiety
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne, Ph.D. (1995).
Coping with Anxiety: Ten Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear, and Worry by Edmund Bourne, Ph.D., &
Lorna Garano. (2003).
The Worry Control Workbook by
Mary Ellen Copeland. (1998).
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction
Workbook by Davis, Eshelman, & McKay. (2000).
Full Catastrophe
Living: Using the Wisdom and Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. (2001).
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday
Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn. (2005).
An End to Panic:
Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder by Elke Zuercher-White, Ph.D. (1998).
Understanding Depression
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Cause
of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari (2018).
Bittersweet: How Sorrow
and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain (2022).
The
Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression & Manic Depression by Mary Ellen Copeland. (2002).
The Interpersonal Solution to Depression: A Workbook for Changing How
You Feel by Changing How You Relate by Jeremy Pettit & Thomas Ellis Joiner. (2005).
The Wisdom of Depression: A Guide to Understanding & Curing Depression Using Natural
Medicine by Jonathan Zuess. (1999).
Understanding
Grief
How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba
Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, & Peter McWilliams. (1976).
Understanding Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (2021)
Trauma & Recovery by Judith Herman. (1992).
The
PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms by Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D.,
& Soili Poijula. (2002).
The Drama of the Gifted Child:
The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller. (1997).
Thou
Shalt Not Be Aware by Alice Miller. (1984).
The Courage
to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis. (1988).
Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Woman's Workbook by Mary Ellen Copeland &
Maxine Harris, Ph.D. (2000).
Understanding
Relationships
Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner.
Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change
in Key Relationships by Harriet Lerner.
Getting the Love
You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition by Harvell Hendrix, Ph.D. (2007).
Messages: The Communication Skills Book by Matthew McKay, Ph.D., Martha
Davis, & Patrick Fanning. (1983).
Couple Skills:
Making Your Relationship Work by Matthew McKay, Ph.D., Patrick Fanning, & Kim Paleg, Ph.D. (1994).
Understanding Parenting
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children by Jean Illsley Clark
& Connie Dawson. (1989).
Parenting Well When You're Depressed:
A Complete Resource for Maintaining a Healthy Family by Joanne Nicholson, Ph.D., Alexis D. Henry, Jonathan C. Clayfield,
& Susan M. Phillips. (2001).
Family Guide to Emotional Wellness
by Patrick Fanning & Matthew McKay, Ph.D. (2000).
Understanding
Therapy
The Talking Cure: Why Traditional Talking
Therapy Offers a Better Chance for Long-Term Relief Than Any Drug by Susan Vaughan. (1997).
The Mind-Brain Relationship by Regina Pally. (2000).
Neural Path Therapy: How to Change Your Brain's Response to Anger, Fear, Pain, and Desire by
Matthew McKay, Ph.D., & David Harp. (2005).
Understanding Eating Problems
Why Weight?:
A Guide to Ending Compulsive Eating by Geneen Roth. (1989).
When
Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy by Geneen Roth. (1991).
Understanding Emotional Well-Being
Five Good Minutes: 100 Morning Practices to Help You Stay Calm and Focused All Day Long
by Jeffrey Brantley & Wendy Millstine. (2005).
The Self-Esteem
Guided Journal: A Ten Week Program by Matthew McKay, Ph.D., & Catharine Sutker. (2005).
Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay, Ph.D., & Patrick Fanning. (2000).
Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood: The Workout Therapy Workbook by Kate F. Hays,
Ph.D. (2002).
Understanding Emotions &
Health Connection
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom:
Creating Physical & Emotional Health & Healing by Christiane Northup. (1994).
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual by Devin J. Starlanyl
& Mary Ellen Copeland. (2001).
The Headache and Neck Pain
Workbook: An Integrated Mind and Body Program by Douglas E. Degood, Ph.D. (1997).
Understanding Sexual Orientation & Mood
Queer Blues: The Lesbian and Gay Guide to Overcoming Depression by Kimeron Hardin,
Ph.D., & Marny Hall, Ph.D. (2001).
Understanding
Personality Disorders
Understanding the Borderline
Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, & Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann
Lawson. (2000).
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your
Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason & Randi Kreger. (1998).
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over
Narcissistic Parents by Nina Brown. (2001).