Books of 
Interest

Adult Children of Alcoholics 
– Janet Woititz

Perfect Daughters: Adult Daughters of Alcoholics 
– Robert J. Ackerman 
Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics 
– Julie D. Bowden, Herbert L. Gravitz

The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome: From Discovery to Recovery 
– Wayne Kritsberg

Struggle for Intimacy 
– Janet Woititz

It Will Never Happen to Me 
– Claudia Black

Healing the Shame that Binds You 
– John Bradshaw

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child 
– John Bradshaw

Adult Children’s Guide to What’s Normal 
– John Friel & Linda Friel

Adult Children: Secrets of Dysfunctional Families 
– John Friel & Linda Friel

Lovebound: Recovering from an Alcoholic Family 
– Phyllis Hobe

Healing the Child Within 
– Charles Whitfield

Driven to Distraction 
– E.M. Hallowell & J. Refy 
You Mean I'm not Lazy, Crazy or Stupid? 
More Attention, Less Distraction

Angry All of the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control 
– Ron-Potter-Efron

Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger 
– Thomas J. Harbin

When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within 
– Matthew McKay, Peter D. Rogers, Judith McKay

The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management 
– Miriam M. Gottlieb

Dance of Anger: Woman’s Guide to Changing Patterns of Intimate Relationships 
– Harriet Lerner 

The Angry Book 
– Theodore Issac Rubin

Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion 
– Carol Tavris

Calming your anxious mind 

Jeffery Brantley

Dying of Embarrassment: Help for social anxiety and phobia 

- Markway, Carmin, Pollard, andFlynn

Hope and Help for Your Nerves 
– Claire Weeks

The Phobia and Anxiety Workbook 
– Edmund Bourne

Healing Fear: New Approaches to Overcoming Anxiety 
– Edmind Bourne

Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook 
– Martha Davis, Matthew McKay, etc.

Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, & Phobias: New Strategies to Free Yourself from Worry and Fear 
– Carol Goldman & Shirley Babior

Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recover y 
– Reneau Z. Peurifoy

Peace From Nervous Suffering 
– Claire Weeks

The Assertiveness Workbook

- Randy Paterson

When I Say No, I Feel Guilty 
– Manuel Smith

Asserting Yourself 
– Sharon Anthony Bower & Gordon H. Bower

Assertive Option: Your Rights and Responsibilities 
– Patricia Jakubowski

The Assertive Woman (A New Look) 
– Stanlee Phelps & Nancy Austin

Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living 
– Robert Alberti & Michael Emmons

An unquiet mind 
by Kay Redfield

Why Am I Up, Why Am I Down 
by Granet & Ferber

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide 
by David Milkowitz

The Biploar Child 
by Papolos & Papolos

New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder 
by Fawcett, Golden, & Rosenfeld

Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D 
by Lizzie Simon

Co-dependent No More: Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself 
– Melody Beattie

Beyond Co-dependency: And Getting Better All The Time 
– Melody Beattie

Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Love Them 
– Susan Forward & Joan Torres

Women Who Love Too Much 
– Robin Norwood

Love is a Choice: Recovery for Co-dependent Relationships 
– Robert Hemfelt & Paul Meier

How to Break Your Addiction to a Person 
– Howard Halpern

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Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria 
– Beverly Tatum

Cutting Loose: A Guide to Coming to Terms with your Parents 
– Howard Halpern

Making Peace with Your Parents: The Key to Enriching Your Life and All Your Relationships 
– Leonard Felder & Harold H. Bloomfield

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy 
– David. Burns

This is essentially a “user friendly” application of CBT.  Burns uses a lot of examples, as well as a lot of hands activities on applications to identify and correct distorted thinking.  He also specifically addresses some really common challenges, such as procrastination, and includes mood rating logs to track progress.

Undoing Depression : What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You 
– Richard O'Connor 

I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression 
– Terrance Real

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 
– William Styron

Living Without Depression and Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability 
– Mary Ellen Copeland

You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression 
– Julia Thorne & Larry Rothstein

How to Heal Depression 
– Harold Bloomfield & Peter McWilliams

The Quarterlife Crisis: The unique challenges of life in your twenties 
– Alexandra Robbins & Abbey Wilner

The Divorce Handbook 
– James Friedman

Learning to Leave: A Woman’s Guide 
– Lynnette Triere & Richard Peacock

Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life 
– Abigail Trafford

Divorce & New Beginnings: A Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Stepfamilies 
– Genevieve Clapp

Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy 
– Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, etc.

Addictive Personality: Understanding Addiction and Compulsive Behavior 
– Craig Nakken

Educating Yourself About Alcohol and Drugs : A People's Primer 
– Marc Alan Schuckit

Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism 
– Katherine Ketcham, William F. Asbury, etc.

Intuitive Eating 

- Tribole and Resch

Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family & Friends 
– Michelle Siegel & Judith Brisman

Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery 
– Lindsey Hall & Monika Ostroff 

Secret Language of Eating Disorders: The Revolutionary New Approach 
– Peggy Claude-Pierre

Why Weight: A Guide to Ending Compulsive Eating 
– Geneen Roth

Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating 
– Geneen Roth

Dying To Be Thin: Understanding & Defeating Anorexia and Bulimia 
– Ira Sacker & Marc Zimmer

Overcoming Binge Eating 
– Christopher Fairburn

The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa 
– Hilde Bruch

Bulimia: A Guide To Recovery 
– Lindsey Hall & Leigh Cohn