Book Recommendations
Affair Recovery
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
by Janis A. Spring
Anxiety
Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness & Compassion Can Free You From Anxiety, Fear & Panic
by Jeffrey Brantley
The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to be Your Best Self
by Harriet Lerner
Bipolar Disorder
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Codependency
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
by Melody Beattie
Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time
by Melody Beattie
The Language of Letting Go
by Melody Beattie
Coping with Mental Illness
When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends, and Caregivers
by Rebecca Woolis
Divorce Recovery
Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce
by Elizabeth Marquardt
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 Russell Friedman
Grief and Loss
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
by Hope Edelman
The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss
by Hope Edelman
The Loss That Is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father
by Maxine Harris
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
by Deborah L. Davis
The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage
by Julia Bueno
Beyond Tears: Living after Losing a Child
by Ellen Mitchell
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
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 Russell Friedman
Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss
by Michael F. Myers and Carla Fine
Forgiveness
The Art of Forgiving: When you Need to Forgive and Don’t Know How
by Lewis B. Smedes
Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve
by Lewis B. Smedes
Parenting
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
by John Gottman
Personal Growth & Development
Dare to Lead: Daring Greatly and Rising Strong at Work
by Brene’ Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
by Brene’ Brown
Home Coming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
by John Bradshaw
I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
I Though It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I am Enough”
by Brene’ Brown
Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship
by Shari Y. Manning
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind To Yourself
by Kristin Neff
Shame & Grace: Healing the Shame We Don’t Deserve
by Lewis B. Smedes
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Suppose to Be and Embrace Who You Are
by Brene’ Brown
The Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life
by Harriet Lerner
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
by Sherrie Eldridge
Will I Ever Be Good Enough: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
by Karyl McBride
8 Keys To End Emotional Eating
by Howard S. Farkas
Recovery from Sexual Abuse
Beginning To Heal: A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused As Children
by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Also comes in a Workbook)
by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
by Mike Lew
Relationships & Marriage
The Good Marriage: How & Why Love Lasts
by Judith S. Wallerstein & Sandra Blakeslee
The Dance of Anger: A Women’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
by Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate
by Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Intimacy: A Women’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships
by Harriet Lerner
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
by Gary Chapman
Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
by Harriet Lerner
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
by John M. Gottman
The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
by John M. Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Self Esteem and Self Worth
The Self-Esteem Workbook
by Glenn R. Schiraldi
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
by Martha Beck
Spirituality