Resources
Reading Suggestions
Community Resources
Book Suggestions
- Anger Books
- Anxiety and Stress Books
- Career Books
- Death of a Pet Books
- Dependency Books
- Depression and Bipolar Books
- Eating Disorder Books
- Empowerment Books
- Grief Books
- Loss of a Child Books
- Relationship Books
- Sexual Abuse Survivor Books
- Resources for Woman
- Resources for Men
- Resources for Partners
- Trauma Books
- Trans-gender Books
Anger Books
- Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion. Tavirs, C.
- The Anger Workbook: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. Bildeau, L.
- The Dance of Anger. Lerner, H.
- Dealing with Anger: The Essential Reference. Livingstone, S.
- How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable. Elgin, S. H.
- Managing Your Emotions. Donaldson, J.
- Of Course You’re Angry. Rosellini, & Worden.
Anxiety and Stress Books (Top)
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. Bourne, E.
- Living With Fear: Understanding and Coping with Anxiety. Javanovich, B.
- Overcoming Worry and Fear. Hauck, P.
- The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook (5th Ed.). Davis, Eshelman, & McKay.
- The Relaxation Response. Benson, H.
Career Books (Top)
- Hire yourself an employer
- What Color Is Your Parachute. Bolles, R.
- Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want. Sher, B.
Death of a Pet Books (Top)
- Coping with the Sorrow On the Loss of Your Pet. Anderson, M.
- Pet Loss and Human Bereavement. Kay, W.
- A Final Act of Caring: Ending the Life of An Animal Friend. Montgomery & Montgomery.
- The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping With The Grieving Process When a Pet Dies. Sife, W.
- Animals as Teachers & Healers. McElroy, S.
- The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide. Fitzgerald, H.
- For Kids: When a Pet Dies. Rogers, F. Dog Heaven. Rylant, C. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. Viorst, J. Charlottes’ Web. White, EB.
Dependency Books (Top)
- The Battered Woman. Walker, L.
- Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self . Whitfield, C.
- The Cinderella Complex. Dowling, C.
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others & Start Caring For Yourself. Beattie, M.
- The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships. Lerner, H.
- The Developing Mind: How relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are. Siegel, D.
- A Gift to Myself: A Personal Guide to Healing My Child Within. Whitfield, C.
- I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me. Kreishman & Straus
- Love Is A Choice. Helmfelt, Minirth, & Meier.
- Pairing: How to Achieve Genuine Intimacy. Back & Deutch
- Struggle for Intimacy. Woititz, J
- Women Who Love Too Much. Norwood, R.
- Your Perfect Right. Laberti & Emmons
Depression & Bipolar Books(Top)
- The Bell Jar. Plath, S.
- Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide. Miklowitz, D.
- Darkness Visible. Styron, W.
- Depression: Conquering the Beast Within. Irwin, C.
- The Depression Workbook. Copeland, M. E.
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. Burns, D.
- I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. Real, T.
- Late Life Depression. Mathiasen & Levert
- Living Without Depression and Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability. Copeland, M. E.
- Man’s Search For Meaning. Frankl, V.
- The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. Solomon, A.
- On the Edge of Darkness. Cronkite, K.
- Surviving Manic Depression. Torrey, E. F.
- An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Mood and Madness. Jamison, K. R.
- We Heard the Angels of Madness: One Family’s Struggle with Manic Depression. Berger, D.
- Your Erroneous Zones. Dyer, W.
- A Season In Hell. Hazelden, S.
Eating Disorder Books(Top)
Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating. Roth, G.
- Making Weight: Healing Men’s Conflict with Food, Weight, Shape and Appearance. Anderson, Cohn, & Holbrook
- Nourishing Your Daughter: Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Her Body. Beck, C.
- The Hungry Self: Women, Eating & Identity. Chernin, K.
- Overcoming Binge Eating. Fairburn, C.
- What Are You Hungry For? Women, Food and Spirituality. Ginsburg, L., & Taylor, M.
- Eating Disorders: The Journey to Recovery Workbook. Goodman, L. & Villapiano, M.
- Full Lives: Women Who Have Freed Themselves from Food and Obsession. Hall, L.
- Making Piece With Food. Kano, S.
- Fat Is A Feminist Issue. Orbach, S.
- Surviving and Eating Disorder: Perspectives and Strategies for Family and Friends. Siegel, Brisman, & Weinshel
- Reviving Ophelia. Piper, M.
- Hunger Pains: the Shelter of Each Other.
- Eat Like a Lady
- Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have. Hutchinson, M.G.
- Fat Is A Family Affair. Hollis, J.
Empowerment Books (Top)
- The Artist’s Way. Cameron, J.
- The Art of Selfishness. David Seabury
- Be the Person You Want to Find. Huber, C.
- Conversations with God. Walsh, D.
- Everyday Sacred. Bender, S.
- Love the Life You Life.
- Search for Significance. McGee, R. S.
- Traveling Mercies. Lamott, A.
Grief Books(Top)
- A Grief Observed. Lewis, C. S.
- Comforting Those Who Grieve. Manning, D.
- Don’t Take My Grief Away. Manning, D.
- Good Grief. Westber, G.
- Grief and Growth. Sullender, R.
- How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong. Smedes, L.
- How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies. Rando, T.
- How to Say Goodbye: Working Through Personal Grief. Smith, J. & Biggs, J.
- How to Survive the Loss of a Love. Colgrove, M.
- I Will Not Let You Go. Brown, V. D.
- In Memoriam. Nouwen, H. J.
- Letting Go with Love: The Grieving Process. O’Connor, N.
- Life After Loss. Caine, L.
- Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning In Difficult Times. Albom, M., & Wolpe, D.
- The Meaning of Suffering. Sockman, R.
- Men and Grief. Staudacher, C.
- Necessary Losses. Virost, J.
- The Problem of Pain. Lewis, C. S.
- Questions and Answers on Death and Dying. Kubler-Ross, E.
- Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes. Bridges, W.
- Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal. Wolfelt, A. D
- What Helped Me When My Loved One Died. Grollman, E.
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Kusher, H. S.
Loss of a Child Books(Top)
- The Bereaved Parent. Schiff, H.
- How Do We Tell the Children? Schaefer, D. Lyons, C.
- How to Survive the Loss of a Child. Sanders, C.
- Lament for a Son. Wolterstorff, N.
- When A Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping. Limbo, R. & Wheeler, S.
- The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From the Death of a Child. Rosof, B.
Relationship Books(Top)
- The Art of Loving. Fromm, E.
- The Intimate Enemy: How to Fight Fair in Love and Marriage. Back & Wyden.
- The Five Love Languages. Chapman, G.
- I Love You, Let’s Work It Out. Viscott, D.
- Couples Guide to Communication. Gottman, Gonso & Markman
- The Future of Love: The Power of the Soul in Intimate Relationships. Kingman, D. R.
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. Hendrix, H.
- Intimate Partners. Scarf, M.
- Passionate Marriages: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships. Schnarch, D.
- Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends. Fisher, D.
Sexual Abuse Survivor Books(Top)
- Adults Molested as Children: A Survivor’s Manual for Women and Men. Bear & Dimock.
- Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastations. Forward & Buck.
- Breaking the Silence: A Personal Story of Incest and Recovery. Platt, M.
- The Courage to Heal. Bass & Davis.
- Facing Shame: Families in Recovery. Fossum & Mason.
- Families in Recovery: Healing the Damage of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Engel, B.
- Family Secrets. Bradshaw, J.
- Healing The Shame That Binds You. Bradshaw, J.
- Memory and Abuse: Remembering and Healing the Wounds of Trauma. Whitfield & Courtois
- Not Child’s Play: An Anthology on Brother-Sister Incest. Shaw, R.
- Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused as Children. Gil, E.
- Overcoming Childhood Trauma. Kennerley, H.
- The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Engel, B.
- The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Maltz, W.
- Shame: The Power of Caring. Kaufman, G.
- Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse: Practical Self-Help for Adults who were Sexually Abused as Children. Ainscough & Toon.
Resources for Women(Top)
- Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You. Silverman, S. W.
- I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Bass & Thornton.
- Lady God. Luders, L.
- Miss America By Day. Van Derbur, M.
- The Kiss . Harrison, K.
- The Last Secret: Daughters Sexually Abused by Mothers. Bear & Rosencrans.
- Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and its Aftereffects in Women. Blume, S.
- The Vagina Chronicles.
Resources for Men(Top)
- Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse. Hunter, M.
- Alone and Forgotten: The Sexually Abused Man. Tobin, R.
- Betrayed As Boys . Gartner, R. B.
- In My Father’s Arms: A True Story of Incest. De Milly, W.
- Leaping upon the Mountains: Men Proclaiming Victory over Sexual Child Abuse. Lew & Hoffman
- The Tricky Part . Moran, M.
- Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse. Bass & Lew.
- Wounded Boys Heroic Men: A Man’s Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse. Sonkin & Walker.
Resources for Partners(Top)
- Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love was Sexually Abused as a Child. Davis, L.
- Ghosts In The Bedroom: A Guide for Partners of Incest Survivors. Graber, K.
- Survivors and Partners: Healing Relationships of Sexual Abuse Survivors. Hansen, P.
- Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors & Those Who Love Them. Matsakis, A
- What About Me? A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse. Cameron, G.
- When You are the Partner of a Rape or Incest Survivor: A Workbook for You. Levine, R.
Resources for Parents(Top)
- Adult Children of Abusive Parents: A Healing Program for Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually or Emotionally Abused. Farmer, S.
- See Chapter 8- Breaking the Cycle: The Next Generation.
- Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens. Haffner, D.
- The Courage to Raise Good Men. Rashbaum & Silverstein
- Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting . Kabat-Zinn, M & J.
- From Diapers to Dating: A Parents Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children. Haffner, D.
- The HeartMath Solution. Childre & Martin.
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Faber & Mazlish
Trauma Books(Top)
- EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma. Shapiro, F.
- Emotional Healing At Warp Speed: The Power of EMDR. Grand, D.
- The Gift of Fear: Survival Signal that Protect Us from Violence. De Becker, G.
- Healing the Child Within. Whitfield, C.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook. Schiraldi, G. R.
- Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane). De Becker, G.
- Somatoform Dissociation. Jenhuis, N.
- Trauma and Addiction. Dayton, T.
- Trauma and Recovery. Herman, J.
- The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency. Saer, R.
- Traumatic Stress. Valderkolk, B.
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Levine & Frederick
- Your Perfect Right. Alberti & Emmons.
Transgender Books(Top)
- Backlash. Faludi, S.
- Hormonal Sex Reassignment . Gooren, L.
- International Journal of Transgenderism (full text articles on-line)
- Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel.
- Sex Reassignment. Thirty Years of International Follow-up Studies After Sex Reassignment Surgery: A Comprehensive Review , 1961-1991 by Friedemann, P. and Junge, A. http://www.symposion.com/ijt/pfaefflin/1000.htm
- Transsexual’s Children . Green, R.
- The Transsexual Phenomenon. Benjamin, H.
- Tranifesto. Kailey, M.
- Transsexual Women’s Resources . Lawrence, A.
- Witnessing and Mirroring: A Fourteen Stage Model of Transsexual Identity Formation. Devor, A.
