Recommended Reading List

RELATIONSHIPS

By: Sue Johnson
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

By: Richard C. Schwartz
You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships

By: Terrence Real
The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need To Know To Make Love Work

How Can I Get Through To You: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women

By: Pia Mellody
Facing Codependence: 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

By: Patricia Evans
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond

By: Harriet Lerner

Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up

The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

By: John Gottman
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert

Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America’s Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship

By: David Richo
How To Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

By: Bruce Fisher, Robert Alberti
Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends

By: Janis Abrahms Spring
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful

By: Richard Alan
First Aid for the Betrayed

By: Wendy Behary
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed

By: Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

PARENTING

By: Janet Woititz
Healthy Parenting: An Empowering Guide for Adult Children

By: Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

By: David Walsh
Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

By: Ross W. Greene
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

By: Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
What About the Kids? Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce

EMOTIONAL STRUGGLES

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

By: Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame To Be Your Best and Bravest Self

By: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

By: Nina Brown
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-ups Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents

By: Geneen Roth
Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

COMMUNICATION

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