Listed below are some books that we recommend:

Individual Growth

• Getting Past Your Past, Francine Shapiro.
• Breaking the Chain of Low Self Esteem, Marilyn Sorenson.
• Change Your Brain Change Your Life, David Amen.
• Boundaries, Henry Cloud and John Townsend.
• Codependent No More, Melody Beattie.
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey.
• Growing Up Again, Connie Dawson and Jean Illsley.
• The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine.
• Secret of the Shadow, Debbie Ford.
• Reinventing Your Life, Janet Klosko
• Developing a Secure Self, April Steele
• Thrive Notes,  (for adults) Tamra Hughes
  

• Thrive Notes for Teens and Tweens, Tamra Hughes, MA, LPC
  

Nutrition and Mental Health

• New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind, Patrick Holford
• The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution, Trudy Scott
• A Recipe for Life, Susan Dopart
• The Mood Cure, Julia Ross

Couples/Relationships

• The Seven Best Things Happy Couples Do, John and Linda Frier.
• The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman and Nan Silver
• The Power of Two, Susan Heitler
• Divorce Busting, Michele Weiner-Davis
• Boundaries, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
• Codependent No More, Melody Beattie
• Rebuilding When the Relationship Ends, Bruce Fisher
• Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, David Schmarch PhD
• New Rules of Marriage, Terry Real
• The Intimacy Factor, Pia Mellody
• Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix

Anxiety

• From Panic to Power, Lucinda Bassett
• When Panic Attacks, David Burns.
• Embracing the Fear, Judith Bemis and AMR Barrada.
• Developing a Secure Self, April Steele

Grief

• The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love. T. Attig
• Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief. P. Boss
• Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping. R.A. Neimeyer
• Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal. Wolfelt
• How to go on Living When Someone You Love Dies. T. Rando
• The Invisible String. Patrice Karst (Children’s book)
• Love you Forever. Robert Munsch (Children’s book)
• The Dance. Richard Paul Evans (Children’s book)

Parenting

• Fine Young Man, Michael Gurian.
• The Explosive Child, Ross Greene.
• Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher.
• Parenting with Love and Logic, Foster Cline and Jim Fay.
• Queen Bees and Wannabes, Rosalind Wisemann
• One, Two, Three, Magic, Tomas Phelan

Step-parenting

• 7 Steps to Bonding with your Step Child by Suzen Ziegahn
• The Idiot’s Guide to Stepparenting by Ericka Lutz
• Wonderful Ways to be a Step Parent by Judy Ford
• The Smart Stepfamily: The 7 Steps to a Healthy Family by Ron Deal

Trauma/Sexual Abuse

• Courage to Heal, Ellen Bass
• Outgrowing the Pain, Eliana Gil PhD
• Help Yourself, Dave Pelzer
• Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self, Susan Brison
• Survivors and Partners: Healing the Relationships of Sexual Abuse Survivors, Paul A. Hansen

Co-Parenting

• Mom’s House Dad’s House, Isolina Ricci
• Parents are Forever, Shirley Thomas, PhD
• Families Apart: 10 Keys to Successful Co Parenting, Melinda Blair
• The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict After a Difficult Divorce, Elizaabeth Thayer, PhD and Jeffrey Zimmerman PhD