Reading Resources

Some patients have found these books useful.

Depression and Anxiety:

Hello to All That: A memoir of Zoloft, War, and Peace by John Faulk

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns

Turning The Mind into an ally by Sakyong Mipham

Thinking for a Change by John C. Maxwell

Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Depression by Gardner and Bell

Anxiety and Panic Attacks: Their Causes and Cures by Robert Handley

Profound Loss and Existential Crisis

Stronger than Death Death by Sue Chance (for suicide survivors)

You Can Begin Again by Gerald Mann

Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

Help me live: 20 Things People with Cancer want you to know by Lori Hope

Living through Breast Cancer by Kaelin

Cancer Made me a Shallower Person: A memoir in Comics by Miriam Engelberg

Being a Widow by Lynne Caine

When One Day at a Time is Too Long by Gerald Mann

I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion by Dawna Markova

When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner

Pathfinders by Gail Sheehy

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor

For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today by Jedediah Purdy

When all you have is not enough by Rabbi Harold Kushner

How to go on Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando

The Places That Scare You :A guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Losing a Parent by Alexandra Kennedy

The Mourning Handbook by Helen Fitzgerald

When Children Grieve by John James

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa

Understanding the behavior of others that have impacted you

The Bully at Work by Gary Namie

Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions by David J. Robinson

How to forgive when you can't forget: Healing our Personal Relationships by Charles Klein

Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents by Nina Brown

People of the Lie by Scott Peck

Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz

Home Away from Home: Adult Children in the Workplace by Janet Woititz

Emotional Blackmail: When the people in Your Life use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier

Taking the High Road: How to Cope with Your Ex-husband, Keep your Sanity, and Raise Your Child in Peace by Nailah Shami

Another Country: Navigating the emotional terrain of your elders by Pipher

Reclaiming Your Life After Rape -Therapy Works by B.O.Rothbaum

Nasty People by Jay Carter

Making Peace with your Parents by Harold Bloomfield and Leonard Felder

Facing Codependence: What it is, Where it Comes from, How it sabotages our Lives by Pia Mellody

Social skills improvement

People Skills by Robert Bolton

1001 Ways to be Romantic by Gregory Godek

How to start a Conversation and Make Friends by Don Gabor

A Lifelong Love Affair: Keeping Sexual Desire Alive in Your Relationship by Joseph Nowinski

You Can't Say That to Me! by Suzette Haden Elgin

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin

Asserting Yourself: A Practical Guide for Positive Change by Bower and Bower

The First Year of Sobriety by Guy Heltelbach

The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management with the Anger Control Workbook by McKay and Rogers

In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People by George Simon

Overcoming Overspending by Olivia Mellon

When Food is Love by Geneen Roth

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

If you have a person in your life who has a personality disorder

I hate you, Don't Leave me by Kriesman

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You love has Borderline Personality Disorder by Mason

The Courtship Dance of the Borderline by Anthony Walker

Siren's Dance: My marriage to a Borderline by Anthony Walker

Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man: Coping with Personality Syndrome of Hidden Aggression-From the Bedroom
to the Boardroom by Wetzler Scott

When you are having trouble in an intimate relationship

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 by Mira Kirshenbaum

The Hard Questions: One hundred Questions to Ask Before You Say I Do by Susan Piver

The Seven Principles to Make Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Our Adolescent Daughters by Pipher

The Script: The 100% absolutely predictable things men do when they cheat by Elizabeth Landers and Vicki Mainzer

When Love Goes Wrong: What to Do When you Can't Do Anything Right by Susan Schlecter and Ann Jones

Addiction to Love: Overcoming Obsession and Dependency in Relationships by Susan Peabody

Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick Carnes

The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner

The Emotionally Abused Woman by Beverly Engel

The Abusive Personality: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships by Don Dutton

Uncoupling by Vaughn

Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes

Men Who Can't Love by Carter and Sokol

Obsessive Love by Craig Buck