This is an alphabetical listing of books by subject that we and people we have worked with have found helpful. If you would like to read more on a subject, this listing may give you a jumpstart in your search for meaningful books.
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Addictions
- Deaf & Sober: Journeys Through Recovery
Betty G. Miller - Something for Nothing: Shoplifting Addiction and Recovery
Terrence Shulman - Why Honest People Shoplift or Commit Other Acts of Theft: Assessment and Treatment of ‘Atypical Theft Offenders’ – A Comprehensive Resource for Professionals & Lay Persons
Will Cupchik
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD)
- Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
Daniel G. Amen - Parenting Children With ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
Vincent J. Monastra - Understanding Girls With AD/HD
Kathleen G. Nadeau
Children’s books
- Tear Soup
Pat Schweibert, et al - Dinosaurs Divorce
Marc Brown, Laurie Krasny Brown - The Sissy Duckling
Harvey Fierstein - Paper Bag Princess
Robert Munsch - My Secret Bully
Trudy Ludwig - A Terrible Thing Happened – A story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma
Margaret M. Holmes, et al - Wemberly Worried
Kevin Henke - The Three Questions
Jon Muth - Zen Shorts
Jon Muth - When Dinosaurs Die : A Guide to Understanding Death
Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
Deaf issues
- Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach
Neil S. Glickman , Sanjay Gulati - Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood
Paddy Ladd - Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons: A Systemic Model
Michael A. Harvey - Deaf People: Evolving Perspectives from Psychology, Education, and Sociology
Jean F. Andrews et al - I Was #87: A Deaf Woman’s Ordeal of Misdiagnosis, Institutionalization, and Abuse
Anne M. Bolander, Adair N. Renning - Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness
Virginia Gutman - Psychotherapy With Deaf Clients from Diverse Groups
Irene W. Leigh - Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness
Nanci A. Scheetz - The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community
Harlan L. Lane - A Journey into the Deaf-World
Harlan L. Lane et al - Deaf and Hearing Siblings in Conversation: Deaf-Hearing perspectives on dynamics of adult sibling relationships
Marla Berkowitz and Judy Jonas
Depression and anxiety
- An Unquiet Mind : A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison - Going to Pieces without Falling Apart
Mark Epstein - The Zen Path Through Depression
Philip Martin - Night Falls Fast : Understanding Suicide
Kay Redfield Jamison - Healing Anxiety And Depression
Daniel G., Md. Amen, Lisa C., M.D. Routh - The Places that Scare You : A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Pema Chodron
Divorce/custody
- Your Divorce Advisor : A Lawyer and a Psychologist GuideYou Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce
Diana Mercer, Marsha Kline Pruett - Child-Friendly Divorce: A Divorce(d) Therapist’s Guide to Helping Your Children Thrive
Diane M. Berry - How to File for Divorce in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
James J. Gross, Michael F. Callahan
Domestic violence
- The Color Purple
Alice Walker - Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like
Rosalind B. Penfold - Why Does He Do That: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Lundy Bancroft
Eating disorders
- Eating Mindfully
Susan Albers
Emotional intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence : Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman
Expressive therapies
- Sandplay Therapy: A Step-by-Step Manual for Psychotherapists of Diverse Orientations
Barbara Labovitz Boik, E. Anna Goodwin - The Healing Power of the Drum
Robert L. Friedman
Fertility
- Taking Charge of Your Fertility
Toni Weschler - Infertility Survival Handbook
Elizabeth Swire-Falker
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and related issues
- Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter
Kevin Jennings, Pat Shapiro - Is It a Choice: Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Gay and Lesbian People
Eric Marcus - Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? A Positive Christian Response
Letha Dawson Scanzoni
Grief and loss
- The Worst Loss : How Families Heal from the Death of a Child
Barbara D. Rosof - Hannah’s Gift : Lessons from a Life Fully Lived
Maria Housden - Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom - Surviving the Death of a Sibling
T.J. Wray - The Mourner’s Dance : What We Do When People Die
Katherine Ashenburg
Health
- The Brain Chemistry Diet : The Personalized Prescription for Balancing Mood, Relieving Stress, and Conquering Depression, Based on Your Personality Profile
Michael Lesser, Colleen Kapklein
Life transitions
- The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments
William Bridges - Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up In Order to Grow Up
Judith Viorst - Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings
Pema Chodron - Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes
William Bridges
Meaning of life
- Meanings of Life
Roy F. Baumeister
Multicultural issues
- Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race
Frances E. Kendall
Parenting and families
- Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees : A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children
Neale S. Godfrey, Carolina Edwards - How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things : Specific Questions and Answers and Useful Things to Say
Charles E. Schaefer, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo - Freeing Our Families from Perfectionism
Thomas S. Greenspon - The Politics of Breastfeeding
Gabrielle Palmer - The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
Martha Sears, William Sears - Homebirth
Sheila Kitzinger
Personal and professional development
- The Art of Possibility : Transforming Professional and Personal Life
Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander - Healing Zen: Buddhist Wisdom on Compassion, Caring, and Caregiving – For Yourself and Others
Ellen Birx - Type Talk : The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work
Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen - Seuss-Isms
Dr. Seuss
Poems about psychotherapy
- Journey of Storms
Paula Bramsen Cullen - Gifts and Secrets: Poems of the Therapeutic Relationship
Elizabeth Zelvin
Psychotherapy
- Love’s Executioner : & Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Irvin D. Yalom - Existential Psychotherapy
Irvin D. Yalom - The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases
Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jon Carlson - Grace Unfolding : Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao-te Ching
Greg Johanson, Ronald S. Kurtz - The Gift of Therapy : An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
Irvin D. Yalom - Letters to a Young Therapist
Mary Bray Pipher
Relationships
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Harville Hendrix - Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay : Step by Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether Stay or Get Out your Relationship
Mira Kirshenbaum - Surviving Infidelity: Making Decisions, Recovering from the Pain
Rona B. Subotnik and Gloria Harris
Sexuality
Trauma and recovery
- The Courage to Heal – A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass, Laura Davis - Not Child’s Play: An Anthology on Brother-Sister Incest
Risa Shaw - Outgrowing the Pain
Eliana Gil - Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
Carolyn Ainscough and Kay Toon - Trauma and Recovery
Judith Herman MD