Books I’ve found useful on the following topics:
Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Self-esteem
Death, Grief, and Loss
Divorce
Dreams
Marriage/Relationships
Sexual Abuse
Spirituality and Personal Growth
ANXIETY, STRESS, DEPRESSION, SELF-ESTEEM
ANXIETY:
THE RELAXATION AND STRESS REDUCTION WORKBOOK
Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Matthew McKay
THE ANXIETY AND PHOBIA WORKBOOK
Edmund J. Bourne
BUDDHA’S BRAIN: THE PRACTICAL NEUROSCIENCE OF HAPPINESS, LOVE, AND WISDOM
Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius
MINDFULNESS SKILLS WORKBOOK FOR CLINICIANS AND CLIENTS: 111 TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, ACTIVITIES & WORKSHEETS
Debra Burdick
LIVING FULLY WITH SHYNESS AND SOCIAL ANXIETY: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO GAINING SOCIAL CONFIDENCE
DEPRESSION:
THE DEPRESSION WORKBOOK: A GUIDE FOR LIVING WITH DEPRESSION AND MANIC DEPRESSION, SECOND EDITION
Mary Ellen Copeland, Matthew McKay
FEELING GOOD: THE NEW MOOD THERAPY
David D. Burns
THE HOW OF HAPPINESS: A NEW APPROACH TO GETTING THE LIFE YOU WANT
Sonja Lyubomirsky
I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT: OVERCOMING THE SECRET LEGACY OF MALE DEPRESSION
Terrence Real
SELF-ESTEEM:
THE SELF-ESTEEM WORKBOOK
Glenn R. Schiraldi
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME (BUT IT ISN’T): TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT PERFECTIONISM, INADEQUACY AND POWER
Brene Brown
THE CONFIDENCE CODE: THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SELF-ASSURANCE—WHAT WOMEN SHOULD KNOW
THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION: LET GO OF WHO YOU THINK YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND EMBRACE WHO YOU ARE
Brene Brown
WILL I EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH?: HEALING THE DAUGHTERS OF NARCISSISTIC MOTHERS
Karyl McBride
DEATH, GRIEF, AND LOSS
A MOTHER LOSS WORKBOOK: HEALING EXERCISES FOR DAUGHTERS
Diane Hambrook
MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS: THE LEGACY OF LOSS, 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Hope Edelman
OUR GREATEST GIFT: A MEDITATION ON DYING AND CARING
by Henri J. M. Nouwen
ANY BOOK BY Elizabeth Kubler Ross
BEYOND GRIEF
Carol Staudbacher
CLOSE TO THE BONE – LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING
Jean Shinoda Bole
MEETINGS AT THE EDGE
Stephen Levine
THE DEATH OF A CHILD: REFLECTIONS FOR GRIEVING PARENTS
Elaine E. Stillwell
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
Harold Kushner
THE LOSS THAT IS FOREVER: THE LIFELONG IMPACT OF THE EARLY DEATH OF A MOTHER OR FATHER
Maxine Harris
DIVORCE
TOO GOOD TO LEAVE, TOO BAD TO STAY: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO HELP YOU DECIDE WHETHER TO STAY IN OR GET OUT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
Mira Kirshenbaum
REBUILDING: WHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP ENDS, 3RD EDITION (REBUILDING BOOKS; FOR DIVORCE AND BEYOND)
Bruce Fisher, Robert Alberti
THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOK ABOUT DIVORCE
Richard Gardner
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS KIDS
ASK ABOUT DIVORCE
Meg Schneider and Joan Zucherberg
DINOSAURS DIVORCE
Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
DIVORCE AND NEW BEGINNINGS
Genevieve Clapp
THE GOOD DIVORCE
Constance Ahrons
THE PARENTS BOOK ABOUT DIVORCE
Richard Gardner
DREAMS
DREAMS, A PORTAL TO THE SOURCE
Edward C. Whitmont and Sylvia Brinton Perera
THE HERDER SYMBOL DICTIONARY
Chiron Publications
JUNGIAN DREAM INTERPRETATION
James A. Hall
WHERE PEOPLE FLY AND WATER RUNS UPHILL
Jeremy Taylor
MARRIAGE/RELATIONSHIPS
BOUNDARIES – WHERE YOU END AND I BEGIN
Anne Katherine
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE: HOW TO SET HEALTHY BOUNDARIES EVERY DAY
Anne Katherine
THE DANCE OF INTIMACY
Harriet Goldhor Lerner
GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT
Harville Hendrix
WILL THE REAL ME PLEASE STAND UP?
John Powell
YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND – WOMEN AND MEN IN CONVERSATION
Deborah Tannen
THE SEVEN LEVELS OF INTIMACY
Matthew Kelly
THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF MAKING MARRIAGE WORK
John Gottman
WHY MARRIAGES SUCCEED OR FAIL
John Gottman
THE VERBALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
Patricia Evans
THE EMOTIONALLY ABUSED WOMAN: OVERCOMING DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS AND RECLAIMING YOURSELF
Beverly Engel
THE CO-PARENTING SURVIVAL GUIDE: LETTING GO OF CONFLICT AFTER A DIFFICULT DIVORCE
Elizabeth Thayer, Jeffrey Zimmerman
SEX ADDICTION:
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL ADDICTION
Patrick Carnes
FACING THE SHADOW [3RD EDITION]: STARTING SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP RECOVERY
Patrick Carnes
IN THE SHADOWS OF THE NET: BREAKING FREE OF COMPULSIVE ONLINE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
FACING HEARTBREAK: STEPS TO RECOVERY FOR PARTNERS OF SEX ADDICTS
Stefanie Carnes, Mari A. Lee, Anthony D. Rodriguez
YOUR SEXUALLY ADDICTED SPOUSE: HOW PARTNERS CAN COPE AND HEAL
SEXUAL ABUSE
THE COURAGE TO HEAL
Laura Davis and Ellen Bass
DAYBREAK (this is a daily meditation book)
Maureen Brady
ALLIES IN HEALING
Laura Davis
FEMALE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Edited by Michelle Elliott
REPRESSED MEMORIES
Renee Frederickson
SPIRITUALITY AND PERSONAL GROWTH
STEALING JESUS: HOW FUNDAMENTALISM BETRAYS CHRISIANITY
Bruce Mawer
CARE OF THE SOUL
Thomas Moore
DANCE OF THE DISSIDENT DAUGHTER
Sue Monk Kidd
THE INVISIBLE CHURCH: FINDING SPIRITUALITY WHERE YOU ARE
J. Pittman McGehee and Damon J. Thomas
MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS
C. G. Jung
A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE
Eckhart Tolle
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD – NEW WRITINGS BY SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL LEADERS
Edited by Benjamin Shield and Richard Carlson
ORIGINAL BLESSING
Matthew Fox
OWNING YOUR OWN SHADOW – UNDERSTANDING THE DARK SIDE OF THE PSYCHE
Robert A. Johnson
BUDDHA’S BRAIN: THE PRACTICAL NEUROSCIENCE OF HAPPINESS, LOVE, AND WISDOM
Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius
