Recommended Readings
 
  Addiction   Marriage / Intimacy / Relationships
  Anger   Mindfulness
  Anxiety / OCD   Miscellaneous
  Children & Adolescents   Mood Disorders
  Chronic Pain / Illness   Personality Disorders
  Counseling / Therapy   PTSD / Trauma / Abuse
  Eating Disorders   Psychopharmacology
  Grief / Bereavement   Self Care
  Management of Mental Disorders  

Addiction: 

Addiction and Change:

How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover. Carlo DiClemente, 2005.

Broadening the Base of Treatment for Alcohol Problems:
Institute of Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine, 1990.

Changing Addictive Behavior:
Bridging Clinical and Public Health Strategies. Edited by Jalie A. Tucker, Dennis M. Donovan & G. Alan Marlatt, 1999.

Substance Abuse Treatment and Stages of Change:
Selecting and Planning Treatment Interventions. Gerard Connors, Dennis Donovan & Carlo DiClemente, 2005.

Anger:     

Deal with It, Heal with It, Stop it from Killing You:
Defoore, 2004.

Taking Charge of Anger:
How to Resolve Conflict, Sustain Relationships and Express yourself without Losing Control. Robert Nay, 2005.

Anxiety / OCD:        

Coping with Anxiety:
10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear and Worry, Edmund Bourne, 2003.

Fear and other Uninvited Guests:
Tackling Anxiety, Fear and Shame that keeps us from Optimal Living and Loving. Harriet Lerner, 2004.

Living with Anxiety:
A Clinically Proven Step-By-Step Plan for Drug Free Management. Bob Montgomery, 2001.

The OCD Workbook:
Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Bruce M. Pedrick & Cherry Hyman, 1999.

Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions:
Edna B. Foa & Reid Wilson, 2001.

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook:
Edmund J. Bourne, 2000.

The Imp of the Mind:
Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts. Lee Baer, 2002.

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook:
Proven Techniques for Overcoming Your Fears. Martin M. Antony & Richard P. Swinson, 2000.

Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
Evidence Based Strategies, Tools, and Techniques. Jayne L. Rygh & William Sanderson, 2005.

White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts:
Suppression, Obsession and the Psychology of Mental Control. Daniel M. Weger, 1994.

Children & Adolescents:     

How to Say it to Teens:

Talking about the most Important Topics of their Lives. Richard Heyman, 2003.

Reviving Ophelia:
Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Mary Pipher, 1994.

The Way I Feel: Janan Cain, 2005.

Chronic Pain / Illness:       

Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain:
A Step by Step Guide. Beverly Thorn, 2005.

Counseling / Therapy:        

Behavioral Health in Primary Care:
A Guide for Clinical Integration. Edited by Nicholas A. Cummings, Janet L. Cummings & John N. Johnson, 1997.

Clinical Health Psychology in Medical Settings:
A Practitioners Guidebook. Cynthia D. Belar & William W. Deardoroff, 1995.

Essentials of Interviewing:
Donald E. Wizer & Debra K. Huntley, 2002.

Expressive Therapies:
Cathy A. Malchiodi Ed., 2005.

Focused Expressive Psychotherapy:
Freeing the Overcontrolled Patient. Roger J. Daldrup, Larry E. Beutler & David Engle, 1988.

Handbook of Intensive, Brief and Emergency Psychotherapy, Second and Revised Ed:
Leopold Bellack, 1992.

How to Change Anybody:
Proven Techniques to Reshape Anyone’s Attitude, Behavior, Feelings or Beliefs (audiotape). Robert Lieberman, 2005.

Improving Therapeutic Communication:
A Guide for Developing Effective Techniques. Corydon Hammond, John D. Hepwork & Veon G. Smith, 2002.

Interviewing for Solutions:
Peter De Jong & Insoo Kim Berg, 2001.

Managing Mental Health Problems:
Nick Kates and Marilyn Craven, 1998.

Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance:
A Relational Treatment Guide. Jeremy Safran, 2005.

Reinventing Your Life:
How to Break Free from Negative Life Patterns and Feel Good Again. Jeffrey C. Young & Janet S. Klosco, 1999.

Roadblocks in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:
Transforming Challenges into Opportunities for Change. Robert Leahey, 2005.

Schema Therapy:
A Practitioners Guide. Jeffrey C. Young, 2005.

The Fifteen Minute Hour:
Applied Psychotherapy for the Primary Care Physician, Second Ed. Mariam R. Stuart & Joseph A. Lieberman, 1993.

The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness we Find by Embracing them:
David Richo, 2005.

The Heart and Soul of Change:
What Works in Therapy. Mark A. Hubble, Barry L. Duncan & Scott D. Miller, 1999.

The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers:
Cases and Commentary. Edited by Barry A. Farber, Deborah C. Brink & Patricia M. Raskin, 1996.

Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy:
Simon H. Budman & Alan S. Gurman, 1988.

Eating Disorders:         

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obesity:
A Clinicians Guide. Christopher Fairburn, 2005.

Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa:
An Optimistic Guide to Understanding and Healing. Alexander R. Lucas, 2005.

Grief / Bereavement:         

Counselling the Bereaved:
Caregiver Handbook, Revised Ed. Laura Hamilton & David Masecar, Suicide and Prevention Training Programs, 1997.

In the Presence of Grief:
Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying and Bereavement Issues. Dorothy Bevcar, 2005.

Management of Mental Disorders (General):         

DSM-IV Made Easy:
The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis. James Morrison, 2005.

Intrusive Thoughts in Clinical Disorders:
Theory, Research and Practice. David Clark, 2005.

Management of Mental Disorders Volumes 1&2: 
Edited by Gavin Andrews, Elliott M. Goldner, Sagar V. Parikh & Dan Bilkser, 2000.

Mental Disorders in Older Adults:
Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment. Steven H. Zarit & Judy M. Zarit, 1998.

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician:
Steven Pliszka, 2005.

Psychiatric Emergencies:
Nursing Assessment and Intervention. Sandra L. Talley & Mary Catherine King, 1984.

Synopsis of Psychiatry:
Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry. Harold I. Kaplan & Sadock, 1998.

The Clinical Interview Using DSM-1V, Volume 2:
The Difficult Patient. Ekkehard Othmer & Sieglinde C. Othmer, 1994.

Marriage / Intimacy / Relationships:         

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy: Edited by Neil Jacobson and Alan Gurman, 1995.

Healing a Broken Heart: A Guided Journal through the Four Seasons of Relationship Recovery. Sarah La Saulle & Sharon Kagan, 2003.

How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women. Terrence Real, 2003.

How Can I Forgive You?:
The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not to. Janice Abrahms Spring, 2004.

Take Back Your Marriage:
Sticking Together in a World that pulls us Apart. William Doherty, 2005.

The Complexity of Connection:
Writings from the Stone Center’s Jean Baker Miller Training. June Jordon, 2005.

The Dance of Connection:
How to Talk to Someone when You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate. Harriet Lerner, 2002.

The New Male Sexuality:
The Truth about Men, Sex and Pleasure. Bernie Zilbergeld, 1999.

Mindfulness:         

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression:
A New Approach to Preventing Relapse.  Zindal Segal, 2005.

Mindfulness and Psychotherapy:
Christopher Germer, 2005.

Miscellaneous:         

A Woman’s Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause:
Mary Minkin, 2005.

Delivered From Distraction:
Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. Edward M. Hallowell & John M.P. Ratey, 2005.

Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace:
Jay C. Thomas & Michel Hersen, 2002. 

Kitchen Table Wisdom:
Rachel Remen, 1997.

Mood Disorders:        

Breaking the Patterns of Depression:
Michael Yapko, 1998.

I don’t want to Talk About it:
Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. Terrence Real, 2001.

The Bipolar Survival Guide:
What you and Your Family Need to Know. David Mikolwitz, 2005.

The Feeling Good Handbook: 
David Burns, 1999.

Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders:
Robert Leahey, 2005.

Your Depression Map:
Find the Source of Your Depression and Chart your own Recovery. Randy J. Patterson, 2002.

Personality Disorders:          

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified:
An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living with BPD. Robert Friedel, 2004.

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder:
Marsha M. Linehan, 1993.

Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders:
Aaron Beck, Arthur Freeman & Denise Davis, 2005.

Stop Walking on Eggshells:
Taking Your Life back when someone you care about has Borderline Personality Disorder. Paul T. Kreger & Randi Mason, 1998.

DSM IV Personality Disorders Explained:
David J. Robinson, 2000.

PTSD / Trauma / Abuse:         

Effective Treatments for PTSD:
Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Edited by Edna B. Foa, Terence Keane & Matthew Friedman, 2005.

Even from a Broken Web:
Brief, Respectful Solution Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse and Trauma. Bill O’Hanlon & Bob Bertolino, 2002.

I Can’t Get Over It:
A Handbook for Trauma Survivors.  Aphrodite Matsakis, 1996.

Safety from Domestic Violence: 
A Resource Manual for Service Providers: Legal and Safety Information you and your Clients Need to Know. Kendra Nixon, 2002.

The PTSD Workbook:
Simple Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms. M.B. Poijula & S. Williams, 2002.

Thriving Through Crisis:
Turn Tragedy and Trauma into Growth and Change.  Bill O’Hanlon, 2004.

Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD:
Edited by John P. Wilson, Matthew J. Friedman & Jacob Lindy, 2004.

Psychopharmacology:        

Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs:
Ninth Revised Ed.  Edited by Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk & J. Joel Jeffries, 1999.

Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties:
Thirty-sixth Ed.  Canadian Pharmacists Association, 2001.

Self Care:         

Resilient Practitioner:
The Burnout Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for Counselors, Therapists and Health Professionals.  Thomas M. Skovholt, 2000.

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook:
E. Eshelman & M. Davis, 2000.


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