Resources: Books for Clients

The following books are provided for informational purposes only. Please consult with a professional for diagnosis or help.

Addiction and Recovery

• Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover, Carlo C. DiClemente Phd
• Adult Children of Alcoholics, Janet G. Woititz
• Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book, Anonymous
• Healing the Addicted Brain , Harold Urschel
• Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction, Thomas Bien Ph.D. and Beverly Bien
• Perfect Daughters, Robert J. Ackerman
• The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery,  Chris Prentiss

Anxiety

• Beyond Anxiety and Phobia: A Step-by-Step Guide to Lifetime Recovery, Edmund J. Bourne
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Steven C. Hayes
• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, Edmund Bourne
• The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You, Robert L. Leahy

 Career

• I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It, Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith
• I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This, Julie Jansen
• StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths, Tom Rath
• What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers, Richard Bolles
• Work with Passion: How to Do What You Love for a Living, Nancy Anderson

Depression

• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment, Martin Seligman
• Breaking the Patterns of Depression, Michael D. Yapko
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Steven C. Hayes
• The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-step Program (Workbook), William J. Knaus
• The Feeling Good Handbook, David D. Burns

Relationships

• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, Janis Abrahms Spring and Michael Spring
• Boundaries in Dating, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition, Harville Hendrix Ph.D.
• Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman and Nan Silver

Women

• Codependent No More, Melody Beattie
• Perfect Daughters (Revised Edition), Robert J. Ackerman
• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher
• The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, Harriet Lerner
• Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power, Charlotte S. Kasl
• 20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction, Christine Hassler

Just good books!

• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment, Martin Seligman
• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach
• Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem, Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning
• The Resilience Factor: 7 Essential Skills for Overcoming Life's Inevitable Obstacles, Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte
• The Spirituality of Imperfection, Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham