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Adolescents:
Depression:
Mind
Over Mood: Change How You Feel By...
This is an excellent workbook to help you change the thinking patterns
that tend to contribute to depression. This does not mean that there
is not a medical component to depression, there is. But like trying
to compensate for a hurt leg by walking differently, there are all kinds
of thinking patterns that develop when we are depressed. And most of
them don't work very well!
Divorce:
Dinosaurs
Divorce : A Guide for Changing...
This is a great book for helping your kids through a divorce. It will
also help you know what to expect, and what not to do to make the transition
easier.
The
Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
This book has a lot of in depth information about the impact of divorce
on the family. It has information on how to minimize the damage and
improve your life. This is a useful book if you are the child of divorce,
or considering a divorce.
Grief & Trauma:
There are a number of good books on grieving. The following are just
a sample of what is available. Some will strike a chord in one group,
but not another. Feel free to listen to recommendations of your friends,
pastor, and other significant people in your life. There is no right
way to grieve.
The Inner Voice of Love; A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom
This is an amazing book. Probably one of the most profound books I have ever read. All of us carry wounds from our past, and these wounds often impede our spiritual life today. This is a great bedside book, one to read a snippet here and there to help us heal. This book will transform your life.
A
Grief Observed
This is a different type of grieving book. Rather than focusing on
a how to approach, C.S. Lewis gives us a diary of his personal loss,
and shares his insights as he journeys through the pain. A wonderful
read for anyone who has experienced a loss, and we all have.
Life Transitions:
This is a series of books written by Herbert Anderson and others to assist us with the transitions we must all make from one age group/life phase to another. The books address the major life cycle changes that we all face, and they are written with a wonderful spiritual perspective. I would recommend that you click on the links below to read the full descriptions that are online.
Marriage / Relationships:
Boundaries
This is a very helpful book on how to set healthy boundaries in relationships.
Forgiving Our Parents, Forgiving Ourselves
Forgiveness is essential to allow us to grow in relationships. Most of us struggle with forgiveness.
This book helps us begin the steps to free us from the trap of anger and blame.
Heal
Your Heartbreak
This is a great book for healing from past relationship issues that
are affecting your relationships today. You may not even think that
old issues are affecting you today, but trust me, they are. Personal
and professional experience has humbly shown me how easily these issues
creep into our relationships and color our ability to build healthy
relationships on all levels.
If
It Hurts, It Isn't Love
A companion book to Heal Your Heartbreak, this book also helps in healing
old wounds that are affecting your relationships today. I wholeheartedly
recommend these two books to anyone who wants to improve their relationships.
It isn't about getting the other person to change; it is about taking
control and improving ourselves. And when we do that, the relationship
improves.
The
Five Love Languages : How to Express...
This book is an excellent "handbook" on how to communicate with your
spouse. We so often are talking different languages when we converse,
and then wonder why the other person is frustrated.
After
the Affair : Healing the Pain and...
Unfortunately, affairs happen. But it doesn't have to be the end of
the marriage. This book has some excellent information in repairing
the relationship if both people are committed to this.
Older Adult Issues:
The
Greatest Generation
This isn't exactly a psychotherapy book, but an excellent story of the
older generation. Useful for all ages, it will help younger people understand
how their parents got their values, and help older adults validate their
feelings and beliefs.
Parenting:
Child
Behavior : The Classic Childcare...
This is a great book on the different developmental stages that your
child will go through. This helps in knowing what to expect from different
age ranges.
Your
Defiant Child : 8 Steps to Better...
This is a helpful parenting book when your child is a little "difficult".
However, the ideas that Dr. Barkley presents are helpful with any child.
Taking
Charge of ADHD: The Complete,...
This in excellent book if you have a child with ADHD. Dr. Barkley clearly
explains what ADHD is and isn't, and offers excellent parenting techniques
to relieve your frustration and help your child grow to their potential.
Children
: The Challenge
Another excellent parenting book, this book discusses the concept of
logical consequences. Logical consequences is based on the idea that
everything is a privilege, and if that privilege is abused, it is removed
for a short period of time. This concept removes us from the trap of
restricting your child until they are 35 years old.
Dinosaurs
Divorce : A Guide for Changing...
This is a great book for helping your kids through a divorce. It will
also help you know what to expect, and what not to do to make the transition
easier.
Substance Abuse:
It
Will Never Happen to Me
Many of us grew up in alcoholic families. We learned patterns of communicating
and relating that impact our present relationships. This book will help
you recognize these patterns and make changes that will improve your
relationships.
Codependent
No More : Beyond Codependency
Codependency is an overused and misunderstood word. My favorite definition
is; Codependency is when we help others at our own expense. Like "It
Will Never Happen to Me", this book will help you change the patterns
in your relationships, and set boundaries with others that result in
better relationships, less anger and less guilt.
Other Recommended Reading:
These two spiritual books by Julia Cameron are excellent handbooks
full of inspirational insights designed to help us rekindle our creativity.
As our creativity flourishes, we become alive and able to be fully in
our relationships with others and ourselves. I also highly recommend
the books that the excerpts were taken from. These books are not just
for artists, but all of us. Because we all are artists in our own way.
Necessary
Losses : The Loves, Illusions,...
Necessary Losses is just about that. The losses that we all experience,
and must fully experience in order to grow. This book is a difficult
read, in the sense that it is painful. But it helps us get past some
of the unrealistic expectations that we have of others in order to grow.
The Inner Voice of Love; A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom
This is an amazing book. Probably one of the most profound books I have ever read. All of us carry wounds from our past, and these wounds often impede our spiritual life today. This is a great bedside book, one to read a snippet here and there to help us heal. This book will transform your life.
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