These are all books I keep in my office library and often recommend to clients. While I do recommend these as resources, I am not responsible for their content.
COUPLES
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For A Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real
Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types by David Keirsey & Marilyn Bates
The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, Ph.D. & Nan Silver
Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart by William J. Doherty Phd
Coming Apart: Why Relationships End & How to Live Through the Ending of Yours by Daphne Rose Kingma
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum
FAMILIES
Supporting Adolescents – Hand In Hand Parenting Booklet
Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years by Laura Davis & Janis Keyser
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel
Postive Discipline by Jane Nelsen
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher Ph.D
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help your Children Live Together so You Can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Speaking Of Boys: Answers to the Most Asked Questions about Raising Sons by Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies and Wisdom to Help children Cope with Death, Divorce and Other Difficult Times by Maria Trozzi with Kathy Massimini
TEENS
Supporting Adolescents – Hand In Hand Parenting Booklet
Adolescent Depression: A Guide For Parents by Francis Mark Mondimore, M. D.
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D.
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
Positive Discipline for Teenagers by Jane Nelsen, Ed. D. and Lynn Lott, M. A.
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping your daughter suvive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman
Yes Your Teenager is Crazy!: Loving your Kid Without Losing Your Mind by Michael J. Bradley
SPECIFIC ISSUES
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns M.D
When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship by David B. Wexler
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression (Second Edition) by Mary Ellen Copeland, M.S., M.A.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns M.D.
An Unquiet Mind: Memoirs of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
Yoga For Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relive Suffering through Yoga by Amy Weintraub
The Courage to Grieve: Create Living, Recovery & Growth through Grief by Judy Tatelbaum
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Green
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson, PH.D.
Forgive for Good: A PROVEN Prescription for Health & Happiness by Dr. Fred Luskin
Happiness Is An Inside Job by Sylvia Boorstein, Ph,D.
I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road From Estrangement to Reconciliation by Laura Davis
It’s Easier than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein
Live the Life You Love by Barbara Sher
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
My Grandfather Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
WOMAN’S ISSUES
Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to help us Find Ourselves and Transform our Worlds by Carol S. Pearson
Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth
The Dance of Anger; A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D.
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D