ABUSE

Domestic Violence and Abuse

•   Family and Friends Guide to Domestic Violence by Elaine Weiss, Ed.D, 2003
• The Emotionally Abusive Relationship by Beverly Engel, 2002
• When Love Goes Wrong: What To Do When You Can't Do Anything Right by Ann Jones & Susan Schecter, 1992

Emotional and Verbal Abuse

• Healing The Scars of Emotional Abuse by Gregory L. Jantz, 2003
• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans, 2010

ADDICTIONS

   Alcohol & Drugs

• The Addiction Workbook: Step by Step Guide to Quitting Alcohol and Drugs by Patrick Fanning & John O’Neill, 1996
• A Woman’s Way Through the 12 Steps by Stephanie Covington, 1994
• The Alternative 12-Steps: A Secular Guide to Recover by Martha Cleveland, 1991
• The Zen of Recovery by Mel Ash, 1993
• Living Sober by AA Services, 2002
• A Gentle Path Through the 12 Steps by Patrick Carnes, 1994
• Treating Addicted Survivors of Trauma, Katie Evans & J. Michael Sullivan, 1994

• Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, 2001
• Love and Addiction by Stanton Peele &  Archie Brodsky, 1988
• Don’t Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, 1992
• Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict by Patrick Carnes, 1994
• Is it Love or Is It Addiction? By Brenda Schaffer, 2009
• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love by Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, and J. Keith Miller, 1992

Eating Disorders

• The Tao of Eating: Feeding Your Soul Through Everyday Experiences With Food by Linda Harper & Thomas Moore, 1998
• Feeding the Hungry Heart: The Experience of Compulsive Eating by Geneen Roth, 1993
• Hope, Health & Healing for Eating Disorders by Gregory Jantz, 2002
• When Food is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy by Geneen Roth, 1992
• Fat is a Family Affair: How Food Obsessions Affect Relationships by Judi Hollis, 2003
• Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating by Geneen Roth, 1993

   Gambling

• When Luck Runs Out: Help for Compulsive Gamblers and Their Families by Robert Custer & Harry Milt, 1986
• Losing Your Shirt: Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers and Their Families by Mary Heinemann, 2001

ANGER

• Growing Yourself Back Up: Understanding Emotional Regression by John Lee, 2001
• Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately by John Lee & William Stott, 1993
• Women, Anger & Depression by Lois Frankel, 1991

ANXIETY

• Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Depression: New Ways to Regain Your Confidence by James Gardner & Arthur H. Bell, 2005
• Worry: Hope and Help for a Common Condition by Edward Hallowell, 1998

CODEPENDENCY, ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, INNER CHILD

• Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by by Melody Beattie, 1986
• Facing Codependency: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody, 1989
• Codependence: Misunderstood-Mistreated by Anne Wilson Schaef, 1992
• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, 2002
• Finding Your Way Home: A Soul Survival Kit by Melody Beattie, 1998
• Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self by Lucia Capacchione, 1991
• Sark’s Journal & Play!book: A Place to Dream While Awake by SARK, 1993
• Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Charles Whitfield, 1987
• A Gift to Myself: A Personal Workbook and Guide to “Healing the Child Within” by Charles Whitfield, 1990
• The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself by Beverly Engel, 1992
• Drama Games: Techniques for Self-Development by Tian Dayton, 1990
• The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie, 1990
• Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-Dependency by Ann Smith, 1988
• Adult Children of Alcohlics by Janet Woititz, 1990
• Struggle for Intimacy by Janet Woititz, 1986
• Understanding CoDependency by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, 1990
• Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child by John Bradshaw, 1992
• Writing for Self Discovery: A Personal Approach to Creative Writing by John Killick & Myra Schneider, 1998
• Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family  Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, 1989

DEPRESSION

• The Freedom from Depression Workbook by Les Carter & Frank Minirth, 1995
• Women, Anger & Depression by Lois Frankel, 1991

DISSOCIATION/DID/MULTIPLE PERSONALITY

• The Osiris Complex: Case Studies in Multiple Personality Disorder by Colin Ross, 1994 Multiple Personality Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment by Colin Ross, 1989
• Multiple Personality Gift: A Workbook for You and Your Inside Family by Jacklyn Pia, 1991
• Living With Your Selves: A Survival Manual for People With Multiple Personalities by Sandra Hocking, 1992
• United We Stand: A Book for People With Multiple Personalities by Eliana Gil, 1990
• When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase, 2002
• Women Who Hurt Themselves by Dusty Miller, 2005
• Treating Dissociate Identity Disorder by James Spira, 1996

DIVORCE

• Divorcing by Mel Krantzler, Melvin Belli, & Christopher Taylor, 1992
• Crazy Times: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life by Abigail Trafford, 1992
• Living Through Personal Crisis by Ann Kaiser Stearns, 2010
• Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends by Bruce Fisher, 2005
• The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook by John Splinter, 1992

GRIEF & LOSS

   General

• Healing into Life and Death by Stephen Levine, 1989
• The Courage to Grieve: The Classic Guide to Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief by Judy Tatelbaum, 1984
• Living Through Personal Crisis by Ann Kaiser Stearns, 2010
• On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, 1997
• The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith by John W. James and Frank Cherry, 2009
• Grief's Courageous Journey: A Workbook by Sandi Caplan and Gordon Lang, 1995
• Sister Age by MFK Fisher, 1984

       Parents

• Losing A Parent: A Passage to a New Way of Living by Alexandra Kennedy, 1991
• How to Survive the Loss of Parent by Lois Akner, 1994

       Children

• How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life by Catherine Sanders, 1998
• Recovering from the Loss of a Child by Katherine Fair Donnelly, 2001
• The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff , 1978

        Books for Children

• Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, 1988
• Badger's Parting Gift by Susan Varley, 1992
• Blue Pearls by Elizabeth Warfel, 2001
• I’ll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm, 1988
• Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert and Chuck DeKlyen, 2005
• When Something Terrible Happens: Children Can Learn to Cope With Grief by Marge Heegaard, 1992

        Suicide

• After Suicide: A Unique Grief Process by Eleanora Ross, 1987
• Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of A Suicide by Christopher Lucas and Henry Seiden, 2007

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

• From Love That Hurts to Love That’s Real by Sylvia Ogden Peterson, 1990
• Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the “Love” Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships by Anne Wilson Schaef, 1990
• How to Break Your Addiction to a Person by Howard Halpern, 2003
• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love by Pia Mellody, 1992
• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Melba Colgrove & Harold Bloomfield, 1993
• The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook by John Splinter, 1992
• The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick Carnes, 1997
• Love and Addiction by Stanton Peele & Archie Brodsky, 1988
• Struggle for Intimacy by Janet Woititz, 1986
• Getting the Love you Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix, 2007
• Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide by Harville Hendrix,1993
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, 2000
• A Couples Guide to Communication by John Gottman, 1979
• After the Honeymoon: How Conflict Can Improve Your Relationship by Daniel Wile, 2008
• The Conscious Heart: Seven Soul-Choices that Create Your Relationship Destiny by Gay Hendricks & Kathlyn Hendricks, 1999
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Last by Gary Chapman, 2010

HOLISTIC HEALTH, MIND/BODY HEALING

• Bodymind by Ken Dychtwald, 1986
• Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration by Bernie Siegel, 1990
• Love, Medicine and Miracles by Bernie Siegel, 1988
• Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine by Larry Dossey, 1990
• Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer by Kenneth Pelletier, 2003
• Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, 2004
• Healing from Within by Dennis Jaffe, 1986

MEN´S ISSUES

• Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately by John Lee & William Stott, 1993
• Growing Yourself Back Up: Understanding Emotional Regression by John Lee, 2001
• The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man by John Lee, 1989
• Healing the Father-Son Wound by John Lee, 2004
• Iron John: A Book About Men by Robert Bly, 2004

PARENTING & ADOLESCENT ISSUES

• Get Out Of My Life, But First Could You Take Me and Cheryl To The Mall? A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony Wolf, 2002
• For Parents And Teenagers, Dissolving The Barrier Between You And Your Teen by William Glasser, 2003

SELF-ESTEEM

• Self Esteem for Women by Lynda Field, 2001
• Solving the Self Esteem Puzzle: A Guide for Moving From Piece to Peace by Deborah Hazelton, 1991
• The Self Esteem Companion: Simple Exercises to Help You Challenge Your Inner Critic & Celebrate Your Personal Strengths by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, & Carole HoneyChurch
• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, 2002
• Finding Your Way Home: A Soul Survival Kit by Melody Beattie, 1998
• Ten Days to Self Esteem by David Burns, 1999
• Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self by Lucia Capacchione, 1991
• Sark’s Journal & Play!book: A Place to Dream While Awake by SARK, 1993
• Learning to Love Yourself: Finding Your Self-Worth by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, 1987
• The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself by Beverly Engel, 1992
• Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay & Patrick Fanning, 2000
• Empowering Women: Every Woman’s Guide to Successful Living, Louise Hay, 1999
• Make an Appointment with Yourself: Simple Steps to Positive Self-Esteem, Maida Berenblatt, 1994
• Writing for Self Discovery: A Personal Approach to Creative Writing by John Killick & Myra Schneider, 1998
• Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself: Embracing Your Wisdom and Wholeness by Patricia Reilly, 1996

SELF-INJURY & SELF-HARM

• When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments by Sharon Klayman Farber, 2002
• Women and Self-Harm: Understanding, Coping, and Healing from Self-Mutilation by Dee Cox, Gerrilyn Smith, & Jacqui Saradjian, 2000
• Bodies Under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry by Armando Favazza, 1996
• Lost in the Mirror by Richard Moskovitz, 1996
• On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Conquering Depression by Kathy Cronkite, 1995
• Beyond the Darkness by Cynthia Kubetin & James Mallory, 1992
• Man Against Himself by Karl Menninger, 1938
• Secret Scars: Uncovering and Understanding the Addiction of Self-Injury by V.J. Turner, 2002

SEXUAL ABUSE

    Sexual Abuse - General

• Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused as Children by Eliana Gil, 1988
• Outgrowing the Pain Together by Eliana Gil, 1992
• Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors by Yvonne Dolan, 1991
• The Courage To Heal and The Courage to Heal Workbook by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
• Sexual Abuse/Sacred Wound: Transforming Deep Trauma by Stephanie Mines, 1996
• One Small Step: Moving Beyond Trauma and Therapy to a Life of Joy by Yvonne Dolan, 2000
• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, 2002
• The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz, 2001
• EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children byLaura Parnell, 1999
• EMDR: The Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma by Francine Shapiro, 1998
• Secret Survivors by E. Sue Blume, 1998
• Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy by Christine Courtois, 1996
• Memory and Abuse: Remembering and Healing the Effects of Trauma, Charles Whitfield, 1995
• Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault by  Helen Benedict, 1994
• Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse by Renee Fredrickson, 1992
• The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life by Patricia Love, 1991
• Women Who Hurt Themselves by Dusty Miller, 2005
• The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick Carnes, 1997
• Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to Understanding and Healing by Wendy Maltz, 1991
• Free of the Shadows: Recovering From Sexual Violence by Caren Adams, 1990
• Treatment of Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Eliana Gil, 1988
• Life After Rape: Survivors Speak, Healing Words for All by KathrynLarsen, 1990
• No Fairy Godmothers, No Magic Wands: The Healing Process After Rape, Judith Katz, 1994
• Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha Linehan, 1993

       Sexual Abuse: Partners of Abused Adults

• Outgrowing the Pain Together by Eliana Gil, 1992
• Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors by Ken Graber, 1991
• Allies in Healing:  When the Person You Love Is a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse  by Laura Davis, 1991

       Sexual Abuse - Men

• Opening the Door: A Treatment Model For Therapy With Male Survivors Of Sexual Abuse by Adrienne Crowder, 1995
• Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse by Mic Hunter, 1991
• Wounded Boys, Heroic Men: A Man’s Guide to Recovering From Child Abuse by Daniel Sonkin, 1998
• Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse  by Mike Lew, 2005

SPIRITUALITY

• You Can Heal Your Life by Louis  Hay, 1999
• Living In The Light, A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation by Shakti Gawain and Laurel King, 1986
• Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1998
• The God Code, The Secret of Our Past, the Promise of Our Future by Gregg Braden, 2004
• The Healing Secrets of the Ages by Catherine Ponder, 1967
• Hidden Message in Water by Masaru Emoto, 2004
• The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck, 1988
• Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony DeMello, 1990
• The Four Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary by Angeles Arrien, 1993
• If You Build It: Creating Your Own Spiritual Field of Dreams by Joseph Cusumano, 1999
• Whispered Wisdom: Portraits of Grandmother Earth by Mary Summer Rain, 1992
• Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss, 1997
• The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry by Stephen Mitchell, 1993
• The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir, by Robert Bly, 1993
• Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism by Joan Borysenko, 1994
• You’ll See it When you Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Wayne Dyer, 2001
• The Buddhist Handbook by John Snelling, 1999
• Your Sacred Self: Making the Decision to be Free by Wayne Dyer, 2001

        Women´s Spirituality

• Dance of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Women’s Spirituality by Maria Harris, 1991
• Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body and Soul by Marion Woodman & Jill Mellick, 2001
• The Dance of the Dissident Daughter:  A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine  by Sue Monk Kidd, 2006
• A Woman’s Journey to God by Joan Borysenko, 2001
• Illuminata: A Return to Prayer by Marianne Williamson, 1995
• Rituals for Our Times: Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships  by Evan Imber-Black & Janine Roberts, 1998
• The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries by  Zsuzsanna Budapest, 2007
• Women’s Rituals: A Sourcebook by Barbara Walker, 1990
• Sacred Circles: A Guide To Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality Group by Robin Carnes & Sally Craig, 1998
• Women’s Medicine Ways: Cross-Cultural Rites of Passage by Marcia Starck, & Gynne Stern, 1994
• A Woman’s Book of Life by Joan Borysenko,1998

STRESS MANAGEMENT

• Ancient Secret Of The Fountain Of Youth by Peter Kelder, 1998
• Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat by Sylvia Boorstein, 1996
• Metaphysical Meditations by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1964
• 365 TAO Daily Meditations by Deng Ming-Dao, 1992
• Believing In Myself: Daily Meditations for Healing and Building Self-Esteem by Earnie Larsen & Carol Hegarty, 1991

WOMEN´S ISSUES

• Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Christiane Northrup , 2010
• Awakening at Midlife by Kathleen Brehony, 1997
• Discovering the Body’s Wisdom by Mirka Knaster, 1996
• The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself by Beverly Engel, 1992
• The Wounded Woman by Linda Leonard, 1998
• Women Who Hurt Themselves by Dusty Miller, 2005
• Thinking Feminist: Key Concepts in Women’s Studies by Diane Richardson & Victoria Robinson, 1993
• Women, Anger & Depression by Lois Frankel, 1991
• In Praise of the Crone by Dorothy Morrison, 1999
• The Power of PeriMenopause: A Woman's Guide to Physical and Emotional Health During the Transitional Decade by Stephanie Bender, 1999
• Empowering Women: Every Woman’s Guide to Successful Living, Louise Hay, 1999
• Menopause and the Mind: The Complete Guide to Coping with the Cognitive Effects of Perimenopause and Menopause  by Claire Warga, 2000
• The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick Carnes, 1997
• The Herbal Menopause Book by Amanda Crawford, 1996
• Herbal Remedies for Women by Amanda Crawford, 1997
• Menopause, Naturally: Preparing for the Second Half of Life by Sadja Greenwood, 1996
• Silent Passage by Gail Sheehy, 2010
• Menopause: The Inner Journey by Susanne Fincher, 1995
• Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds by Lyn Andrews, 1994
• Writing for Self Discovery: A Personal Approach to Creative Writing by John Killick & Myra Schneider, 1998