For the Interested Reader
In the effort to gain further insight and self awareness, books can be an excellent resource and useful in identifying strategies for problematic life issues.
NWCCDCS does not suggest that any of these books be used for self diagnosis and/or treatment.
Books with an (*) after the title are available in the Sheridan College Library and their call numbers are listed for your use.
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS:
It’s Not Okay Anymore: Your Personal Guide to Ending Abuse, Taking Charge and Loving Yourself
Greg Enns and Jan Black.
The Gift of Fear SC Call #: 362.88 D350G
Gavin de Becker
When men batter women: New insights into ending abusive relationships.
Jacobson & Gottman
Blinded by Love
Mounique Houd
But He’ll Change Ending the thinking that keeps you in an abusive relationship
Joanna V. Hunter
ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ADDICTION:
Adult Children of Alcoholics* SC Call #: 362.2924 W828A
Janet Woititz
Perfect Daughters* SC Call #: 362.2924 AC57P
Robert Ackerman
Silent Sons* SC Call #: 305.31 AC576S
Robert Ackerman
Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions
Thomas Horvath
ANGER MANAGEMENT:
Dr. Wesinger’s Anger Work-Out Book, Of Course You’re Angry: A Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse*
SC Call #: 152.47 W435D
Gayle Rosellini, Mark Worden, Garth M. Rosell, Gayle Rossellini
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships* SC Call #: 152.47 L562D
Harriet Lerner
Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger and Get More Out of Life
Thomas J. Harbin
Taking Charge of Anger: How to Resolve Conflict, Sustain Relationships, and Express Yourself without Losing Control
W. Robert Nay
When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within
Matthew McKay, Peter D., Ph.D. Rogers, and Judith McKay
The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life
Les Carter
Anger Management: 6 Critical Steps to a Calmer Life
Peter J. Favaro
60 Second Anger Management: Quick Tips to Handle Explosive Feelings
Michael Hershorn
ANXIETY:
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
Davis, Eshelman & McKay
Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time* SC Call #: 294.5435 H198J
Rick Hanson, PhD
Stress-Proof Your Brain: Meditations to Rewire Neural Pathways for Stress Relief and Unconditional Happiness*
SC Call #: CD 155.9042 H198S (audio)
Rick Hanson, PhD
Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear & Worry
Edmund J. Bourne
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook
Edmound J. Bourne
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook
Bob Stahl
Hope and Help for Your Nerves
Clair Weekes
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADHD):
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
Edward M. Hallowell
You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Peggy
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
Edward M. Hallowell
Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Edward M. Hallowell
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD* SC Call #: 616.8589 B246T
Russell A. Barkley
AUTISM/ASPERGERS:
Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships. Decoding social mysteries through the unique perspectives of Autism*
SC Call #: 303.32 G764U
Grandin & Barron.
Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome. A student guide* SC Call #: 371.94 H235S
Harpur, Lawlor & Fitzgerald.
Preparing for Life. The complete guide for transitioning to adulthood for those with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
Jed Baker.
Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome Preparing for Life – The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for those with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Jed Baker
Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships
Veronica Zysk
BI POLAR:
Living On The Edge Of Madness
Sonny Kramer
An Unquiet Mind
Kay Redfield Jamison
Overcoming Bipolar Disorder: A Comprehensive Workbook for Managing Your Symptoms and Achieving Your Life Goals by Mark Bauer Manic: A Memoir
Terri Cheney
Nothing Was the Same
Kay Redfield Jamison
Madness: A Bipolar Life
Marya Hornbacher
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
Julie A. Fast
Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide
Miklowitz
A Guide for Individuals and Families Living with Bipolar Disorder
Otto, Reilly-Harrington, Knauz, Henin, Kogan and Sachs
Surviving manic depression: A manual on bipolar disorder for patients, families, and providers
Torrey & Knable
Facing Bipolar: The Young Adult’s Guide to Dealing with Bipolar Disorder,
Federman & Thompson
BODY IMAGE:
The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks
Thomas Cash, Ph.D.
Feeling Good about the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems* SC Call #: 646.7 W678F
Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have
Marcia Germaine Hutchinson
Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
Nancy Amanda Redd
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Comfortable in Your Own Skin: Making Peace with Your Body Image
Deborah Newman
This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes by
Rosanne Olson
Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body
Cheri K. Erdman
Body. Beauty. Boys.: The Truth About Girls and How We See Ourselves
Sarah Bragg
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
Kimberlee Roth
Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
Jerold J. Kreisman M.D.
I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Jerold Kreisman, M.D. and Hal Straus
The Dialectical Behavior Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
McKay, Wood, and Brantley
One Way Ticket To Kansas: Caring About Someone With Borderline Personality Disorder And Finding A Healthy You
Ozzie Tinman
CUTTING:
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation* SC Call #: 616.8582 L576C
Steven Levenkron
DEPRESSION:
Overcoming depression one step at a time: The new behavioral activation approach to getting your life back*
SC Call #: 616.8527 AD24O
Addis & Martell
The Depression Workbook, 2nd Ed.* SC Call #: 616.8527 C790D
Copeland
The Feeling Good Handbook
David Burns, Ph.D.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE:
Preventing Violence (Prospects for Tomorrow)
James Gilligan
Psychological Abuse in Violent Domestic Relations
K. Daniel O’Leary,Roland D. Maiuro
The Domestic Violence Sourcebook
Dawn Bradley Berry, Dawn Bradley Berry
When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse
Wilson, Karen Wilson
Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic
James Gilligan
Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Man and Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love was Sexually Abused as a Child
Laura Davis
EATING DISORDERS (ED):
Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia – A Practical, Lifesaving Guide
Ira M. Sacker
Purge: Rehab Diaries
Nicole Johns
The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook
McCabe, McFarlane, Olmsted
The Don’t Diet, Live-It! Workbook
LoBue, Marcus
The Body Image Workbook
Thomas Cash
The Body Betrayed by Kathryn Zerbe Bulimia: A guide to recovery
Hall & Cohn
When Food Is Love
Geneen Roth
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook
Carolyn Costin
100 Questions & Answers About Eating Disorders
Carolyn Costin
EMOTIONAL ABUSE:
Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate
FORGIVENESS:
Dare To Forgive
Edward M. Hallowell
GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, & QUESTIONING (GLBTQ):
Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Noelle Howey
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
Abigail Garner
Mom, Dad, I’m Gay. How Families Negotiate Coming Out
Ritch Savin-Williams.
Loving Someone Gay
Don Clark
Free Your Mind
Kate Kaufman
Coming Out to Parents: A two – way survival guide for lesbians and gay men and their parents
Mary Berhek
GRIEF/LOSS/BEREAVEMENT:
Living Through Personal Crisis
Ann Kaiser Stearns
The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Programs for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses
J. James & R. Friedman
Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends
Bruce Fisher & Robert Alberti
Surviving, Healing & Growing: The How to Survive the Loss of a Love Workbook
Colgrove, Bloomfield, McWilliams
I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One*
SC Call #: 155.937 N682I
Brook Noel and Pamela D Blair
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Elisabeth Kubler Ross and David Kessler
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Therese A. Rando
Living with Grief: A Guide for Your First Year of Grieving (Grief Steps Guide)
Brook Noel and Pamela D Blair
Good Grief
Lolly Winston
No Time For Goodbyes* SC Call #: 155.937 L884N
Janice Harris Lord
INCEST/SEXUAL ABUSE:
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners – Understanding Covert Incest
Kenneth M. Adams
Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent’s Love Rules Your Life
Patricia Love
Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets
Claudia Black
Resurrection After Rape
Matt Atkinson
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
Mike Lew
The Courage to Heal
Laura Davis and Ellen Bass
INTIMACY:
Intimate Connections
David Burns
The Dance of Intimacy
Harriet Lerner
MENTAL ILLNESS:
Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother
Susan Nathiel
Troubled Journey: Coming to Terms with the Mental Illness of a Sibling or Parent
Diane T Marsh
Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings
Clea Simon
When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness
Rebecca Woolis
My Parents Keeper: Adult Children of the Emotionally Disturbed
Eva Marian Brown
MOOD DISORDER:
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD):
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Jeffrey Schwartz
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Jeff Bell
PARANOIA:
Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professionals, Families, and Sufferers
Martin Kantor
PHOBIAS:
Overcoming Animal and Insect phobia: How to conquer fear of dogs, snakes, rodents, bees, spiders, and more
Antony & McCabe
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook
Edmound J. Bourne
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES:
Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends
Dr. Bruce Fisher and Dr. Robert Alberti
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last
John Gottman, Ph.D.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
John Gottman, Ph.D.
SELF ESTEEM:
The Self-Esteem Workbook
Schiraldi
SEXUAL ADDICTION:
Don’t Call It Love: Recovery From Sexual Addiction
Patrick Carnes
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
Patrick Carnes
Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery
Patrick Carnes
SCHIZOPHRENIA:
I’m not sick I don’t need help
Xavier Francisco Amador
Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers
E. Fuller Torrey
Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person’s Experience with Schizophrenia
Kurt Snyder
SHYNESS/SOCIAL ANXIETY:
Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety: A Comprehensive Guide to Gaining Social Confidence
Erika Bukkfalvi Hilliard
Dying of Embarrassment – Help for Social Anxiety and Phobia
Barbara Markway, Ph.D., Cheryl Carmin, Ph.D., C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D., and Teresa Flynn, Ph.D.
SUICIDE:
No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One
Carla Fine
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One
Ann Smolin
An Empty Chair: Living in the Wake of a Sibling’s Suicide
Sara Swan Miller
Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling
Michelle Linn-Gust
TRAUMA/POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD):
Finding Life Beyond Trauma: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems (New Harbinger Self-Help
Victoria M. Follette
Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing by Dena Rosenbloom The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Mary Beth Williams
I Can’t Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
Aphrodite Matsakis
WORRY:
Worry: Hope and Help for a Common Condition
Edward Hallowell
We welcome your suggestions for the reading list! Please submit them by phone – 307 674-6446 ext. 2008 or email at dwyssmann@sheridan.edu!