Selected Readings
Below we have listed several books that have been helpful to many of our patients.
These can be found in most national or independent bookstores in the community or on the Internet at different locations.
GENERAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Rick Hanson, PhD
“Hardwiring Happiness”
Steven Hayes, PhD
“Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life”
Andrew Weil, MD
“Spontaneous Happiness: A New Path to Emotional Well-being”
Dan Baker, PhD
“What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better”
Susan Cain
“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking”
Matthew Walker, PhD
“Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams”
Resmaa Menakem, MSW
“My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts”
Julie De Azevedo Hanks, PhD
“The Assertiveness Guide for Women”
Ben Sedley, PhD
“Stuff That Sucks: A Teen’s Guide to Accepting What You Can’t Change and Committing to What You Can”
STRESS AND ANXIETY
Deb Dana, LCSW
“Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory”
Eknath Easwaran
“Strength in the Storm: Transform Stress, Live in Balance and Find Peace of Mind”
Mental Health and Climate Change
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD
“Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body & Mind to Face Stress, Pain & Illness”
Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD
“Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions”
Reid Wilson, PhD
“Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry”
DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR
Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD
“An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness”
David Miklowitz, PhD
“The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide”
Martin E. Seligman, PhD
“Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment”
“Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”
David Burns, MD
“The Feeling GOOD Handbook”
RELATIONSHIPS
Patricia Papernow, EdD
“Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships”
Harriet Lerner, PhD
“The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships”
John Gottman, PhD
“The Relationship Cure: A 5-Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family and Friendships”
“The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work”
Sue Johnson, PhD
“Hold Me Tight”
“Love Sense”
Howard Markman, PhD
“Fighting for your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love”
Pat Love, EdD
“Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking”
Frank Pittman, MD
“Private Lies: Infidelity and the Betrayal of Intimacy”
Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD and Michael Spring
“After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful”
FAMILY SUPPORT
Jeff Jay, CIP and Debra Jay
“Love First: A family’s Guide to Intervention”
Stephanie Brown, PhD and Virginia Lewis, PhD
“The Alcoholic Family in Recovery”
Xavier Amador, PhD
“I am Not Sick. I Don’t Need Help: How to Help Someone Accept Treatment”
Laura Epstein Rosen, PhD and Xavier Francisco Amador, PhD
“When Someone You Love is Depressed”
Mary Pipher, PhD
“The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families”
GRIEF AND LOSS
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD
“On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief through the Five Stages of Loss”
David Kessler
“Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief”