RESOURCES

RELATIONSHIPS

The 30-Day Love Detox Wendy Walsh
Hold Me Tight:  Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson
Love Sense – Sue Johnson
The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate  Relationships – Richard C. Schwartz
The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need To Know To Make Love Work – Terrence Real
How Can I Get Through To You: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women – Terrence Real
Facing Co-Dependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love – Pia Mellody
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond – Patricia Evans
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships – Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate – Harriet Lerner
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert  John Gottman
The Seven-Minute Marriage Solution – Stephen Arterburn
How to Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving – David Richo
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful – Janis Abrahms Spring
First Aid for the Betrayed – Richard Alan
Disarming the Narcissist:  Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed  – Wendy Behary
Stop Walking on Eggshells:  Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder – Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
Fighting for Your Marriage – H. Markman, Scott Stanley, S. Blumberg
How We Love – Milan & Kay Yerkovich
Forgiving the Unforgiveable – David Stoop
Forgiving the Unforgiveable:  Overcoming the Bitter Legacy of Intimate Wounds – Beverly Flanigan
After the Storm – Reading articles of Esther Perel on infidelity in marriage and how to get past it
Not Just Friends – Shirley Glass (hope to recover after an affair)
Boundaries – Cloud/Townsend

PARENTING

The Conscious Parent  – Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Healthy Parenting: An Empowering Guide for Adult Children – Janet Woititz
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive – Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen – David Walsh
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children – Ross W. Greene
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic – Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
What About the Kids? Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce – Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
How We Love Our Kids: The Five Love Styles of Parenting – Milan & Kay Yerkovich

EMOTIONAL STRUGGLES

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk
Life, Reinvented – A Guide to Healing from Sexual Trauma for Survivors and Loved Ones – Erin Carpenter, LCSW
How Long Does It Hurt: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families – Cynthia L. Mather    

 COMMUNICATION

 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life – Marshall Rosenberg and Arun   Ghandi

 OTHER TOPICS

 Take a Good Look at Yourself – Wendy Treat (self-esteem for women)
 The Man in the Mirror – (for men) Patrick Morley
  I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of  Male       Depression – Terrence Real
 The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame To Be Your Best and   Bravest Self – Harriet Lerner
 On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages  of   Loss – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
 Children of the Self-Absorbed:  A Grown-ups Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic   Parents – Nina Brown
 Breaking Free from Emotional Eating – Geneen Roth

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