Recommended Readings
We are often asked for suggestions about good books to read on a variety of topics. We are happy to share this list of books that we have read and would recommend.
Addiction
Melody Beattie – “Codependent No More: How to stop controlling others and care for yourself”
Terence Gorski – “Understanding the Twelve Steps”
Johan Hari – “Chasing the Scream”
Dr. Carl Hart – “High Price: A neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society”Dr. Gabor Mate – “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close encounters with addiction”Dr. William Miller & Stephen Rollnick – “Motivational Interviewing”
Jacques Rutzky – “Coyote Speaks”
Maia Szalavitz – “Unbroken Brain: A revolutionary new way of understanding addiction” Boys
Michael Gurian – “A Fine Young Man”
Michael Gurian – “Saving our Sons”
Michael Gurian – “The Wonder of Boys: Rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood”
Dan Kindlon – “Raising Cain: Protecting the emotional life of boys”
Peggy Orenstein – “Boys & Sex: Young men on hookups, love, porn, consent, and navigating the new masculinity”
Dr. William Pollack – “Real Boys”
Leonard Sax – “Boys Adrift: The five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men”
Child Abuse
Maya Angelou – “I Know why the Caged Bird Sings”
Ellen Bass & Laura Davis – “Beginning to Heal: A first book for men & women who were sexually abused as children”
Ellen Bass & Laura Davis – “The Courage to Heal: A guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse”
Sandy Cicero – “They Do Remember”
Mike Lew – “Victims no Longer: The classic guide for men recovering from sexual child abuse”
Dave Pelzer – “A Child Called It”
Dr. Bruce Perry – “The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog”
Carla van Dam – “The Socially Skilled Child Molester”
Counseling / Helping
Larry Bendtro, Martin Bokenleg & Steve Van Bockern – “Reclaiming youth at risk: Futures of promise”
Dr. Jerry & Marianne Corey – “Becoming a Helper”
Engle & Arkowitz – “Ambivalence in psychotherapy: Facilitating readiness to change”
Dr. Jeffrey Kottler – “On Being a Therapist”
Dr. Jeffrey Kottler – “The Assassin & The Therapist: An exploration of Truth in Psychotherapy & in Life”
Dr. Jeffrey Kottler – “The Nuts & Bolts of Helping”
Ram Dass & Paul Goreman – “How Can I Help”
Dr. Thomas Harris – “I’m OK, You’re OK”
Dr. Carl Rogers – “On becoming a person: A therapists view of psychotherapy”
Virginia Satir – “Meditations & Inspirations”
Yalom – “The gift of therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients”
Death
Mitch Albom – “Tuesdays with Morrie”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross – “On Death and Dying”
Harold Kushnir – “When Bad Things Happen to Good People”
Sherwin Nuland – “How We Die: Reflections on life’s final chapter”
Randy Pausch – “The Last Lecture”
Dr. Peter McWilliams – “How to Survive the Loss of a Love”
Girls
Dr. Daniel Anderson – “The 10 Myths of Teen Dating: Truths your daughter needs to know to date smart, avoid disaster, and protect the future”
Dr. Lisa Damour – “Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the 7 transitions into adulthood”
Dr. Lisa Damour –“Under pressure: Confronting the epidemic of stress & anxiety in girls”
James Garbarino – “See Jane Hit: Why girls are growing more violent and what we can do about it”
Dr. Carol Gilligan – “In a Different Voice”
Dr. Cristal Glangchai – “Venture Girls: Raising girls to be tomorrow’s leaders”
Dr. Louise Greenspan & Dr. Julianna Deardorff – “The New Puberty: How to navigate early development in today’s girls”
Michael Gurian – “The Wonder of Girls”
Peggy Orenstein – “Girls & Sex: Navigating the complicated new landscape”
Dr. Mary Pipher – “Reviving Ophelia”
Nancy Sales – “American Girls: Social media and the secret lives of teenagers”
Rachel Simmons – “Enough as She Is: How to help girls move beyond impossible standards of success to live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives”
Laura Stepp – “Unhooked: How young woman pursue sex, delay love and lose at both”
Leadership, Success or Business Related
Dr. Randall Bell – “Post Traumatic Thriving: The Art, Science & Stories of Resilience”
Dr. Randall Bell – “Me We Do Be: The Four Cornerstones of Success”
Ken Blanchard – “The One Minute Manager”
Dr. Stephen L. Covey – “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People”
Julius Fast – “Body Language”
Malcolm Gladwell – “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers: The story of success”
Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”
Dr. Spencer Johnson – “Who Moved My Cheese?”
Robert Kiyosaki – “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
John C. Maxwell – anything by him
Joe Navarro – “What Every Body is Saying”
Anthony Robbins – “Awaken the Giant Within”
Andrew Santella – “Soon: An overdue history of procrastination”
Thomas Stanley – “The Millionaire Next Door”
Zig Ziglar – anything by him
Life
Martha Beck – Anything she wrote
Erma Bombeck – Anything she wrote
Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen – “Chicken Soup for the Soul”
Richard Carlosn & Benjamin Shield – “Handbook for the Soul”
Dr. Gerald & Marianne Corey – “I Never Knew I Had a Choice”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer – “Wisdom of the Ages”
Robert Fulghum – anything by him
Michael Harris – “The End of Absence: Reclaiming what we’ve lost in a world of constant connection”
Dr. Gladys McGarey – “The Well Lived Life”
Dr. Phil McGraw – “Self Matters”
Oriah Mountain Dreamer – “The Invitation”
Hugh Prather – “Notes to Myself”
Anna Quindlen – “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”
Dr. Bernie S. Siegel – “Love, Medicine & Miracles” or Anything by him
Love
Dr. Leo Buscaglia – anything by him
Erich Fromm – “The Art of Loving”
Thich Nhat Hanh - “How to Love”
Marianne Williamson – “A Return to Love”
Men’s Issues
Robert Bly – Iron John
Dr. Leo Buscaglia – Papa My Father
Peter Clothier – “While I am Not Afraid: Secrets of a man’s heart”
Frank Pittman – “Man Enough”
Stephen W. Smith – “Escape to the Mountain”
Gary Stanley – “How to Make a Moose Run & Other Great Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Life & Faith”
Mental Illness
Blaise Aguirre – “Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents; What To Do When Your Teen Has BPD: A Complete Guide for Families”
Lily Baily – “Because we Are Bad: OCD and a girls lost in thought” (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Dr. Barkley – Taking Charge of Adult ADHD: Proven Strategies to Succeed
Martha Beck – Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity & Finding Your Life’s Purpose
Hallowell & Ratey – ADHD 2.0: New Science & Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction
Harriet Brown – Brave Girl Eating (Eating Disorders)
Greenberger & Padesky – “Mind over mood: Change how you feel by changing the way you think”
Kay R. Jamison – “An Unquiet Mind” (Manic or Bi-Polar Depression)
Dr. Ian Osborn – “Tormenting thoughts and secret rituals: The hidden epidemic of obsessive-compulsive disorder”
Elyn R. Sacks – “The Center Cannot Hold” (Schizophrenia)
Robert Sapolsky – “Why zebras don't get ulcers: The acclaimed guide to stress, stress-related disorders, and coping”
David Sheff – “Beautiful Boy: A father’s journey through his son’s addiction”
Dr. Irvin Yalom – “Love’s Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy”
Dr. Irvin Yalom – “When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession”
Mentoring
Greg Boyle – “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship”
Greg Boyle – “Tattoos on the Heart: The power of boundless compassion”
Denzel Washington – “A Hand to Guide Me: Legends and Leaders Celebrate the People who Shaped Their Lives”
Parenting Issues
Dr. Elaine Aron – “The Highly Sensitive Child”
Dr. Madeline Levine – “The Price of Privilege: How parental pressure & material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected & unhappy kids”
Steven Lewis – “Zen and the Art of Fatherhood”
Sandy Spurgeon McDaniel – “Don’t Feed the Dragon: A book for parents tots thru teens”
Alice Miller – “The Drama of the Gifted Child”
Philosophy/Religion
Julia Cameron – “The Artists Way: A spiritual path to greater creativity”
Depak Chopra – “The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success”
Khalil Gibran – “The Prohet”
Benjamin Hoff – “The Tao of Pooh” and “The Te of Piglet”
The Dalai Lama – “The Art of Happiness”
Don Miguel Ruiz – “The Four Agreements”
Neal Walsch – “Conversations with God”
Gary Zukov – “The Seat of the Soul”
Psychology Related
Dr. Eric Berne – “Games People Play”
Dr. Perry Buffington – “Cheap psychological tricks: How to get what you want and be happy”
Dr. Viktor Frankl – “Man’s Search for Meaning”
John R. Hogan – “Twenty-four stories from psychology”
Christian Jarrett (ed) – “30-Second psychology: The 50 most thought-provoking psychology theories, each explained in half a minute.”
Alexander Lowen – “Love, Sex, and Your Heart”
Rollo May – “Love and Will” or “Man’s Search for Himself”
Dr. Ronald Miller – “Not so abnormal psychology: A pragmatic view of mental illness”
M. Scott Peck – “The Road Less Traveled”
Dr. Ty Tashiro – “Awkward: The science of why we’re socially awkward and why that’s awesome”
Relationships & Sex
Dr. Daniel Amen – “Sex on the Brain: 12 lessons to enhance your love life”
Gary Chapman – “The 5 Love Languages: The secret of love that lasts”
Alex Comfort – “The Joy of Sex”
Dr. John Grey – “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”
Dr. Harville Hendrix – anything by him (start with “Getting the Love you Want”)
Dr. David Schnarch – “Passionate Marriage: Keeping love & intimacy alive in committed relationships”
Jillian Straus – “Unhooked Generation: The truth about why we’re still single”
Dr. Deborah Tannen – “You Just Don’t Understand”, “That’s not What I Mean”
Self Help
Richard Bach – Johnathan Livingston Seagull
Dr. Randall Bell – “Post-Traumatic Thriving: The Art, Science, & Stories of Resilience”
John Bradshaw – “Healing the Shame that Binds You”
Dr David Burns – “Feeling Good: The new mood therapy”
Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen – “The Aladdin Factor”
Dale Carnegie – “How to Stop Worrying & Start Living”
Dr. Lorna Catford – “The Path of the Everyday Hero: Drawing on the power of myth to meet life’s most important challenges”
Louise L Hay – “You Can Heal Your Life”
Lysa TerKeurst - "Forgiving What You Can't Forget"
Norman V. Peale – “The Power of Positive Thinking”
S.J. Scott – “Declutter Your Mind: How to stop worrying, relieve anxiety and eliminate negative thinking.”
Eckhart Tolle – “A New Earth: Awakening to your life’s purpose”
Social Advocacy
Kottler, Englar-Carlson & Carlson – “Helping Beyond the 50-Minute Hour”
Teaching
Ken Bain – “What the Best College Teachers Do”
Dr. Jeffrey & Ellen Kottler – “Counseling Skills for Teachers”
Robert Magnan – “147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors”
Greta Nagel – “The Tao of Teaching: The ageless wisdom of Taoism and the art of teaching”
Technology
Michael Harris – “The end of absence: Reclaiming what we’ve lost in a world of constant connection”
Teens
Brendtro, Brokenleg & Bockern – “Reclaiming Youth At Risk: Futures of Promise”
Dr. Christine Carter – “The New Adolescence: Raising Happy & Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety & Distraction”
Gary Chapman – “The 5 Love Languages of Teens”
Sean Covey – “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”
Adele Faber – “How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk”
Dr. Frances Jensen – “The Teenage Brain”
Dr. Richard Lerner – “The good teen: Rescuing adolescence from the myths of the storm and stress years”
Jay McGraw – “Life Strategies for Teens”
Dr. Jess Shatkin – “Born to be Wild: Why teens take risks, and how we can help keep them safe”
Dr. Daniel Siegel – “Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain”
Dr. Laura Steinberg – “Age of opportunity: Lessons from the new science of adolescence”
Dr. Lynn Ponton – “The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the secret world of adolescent boys & girls”
Violence
Gavin De Becker – “The Gift of Fear: Survival signals that protect us from violence”
Tom Diaz – “Making a Killing: The business of guns in America”
Dennis Henigan – “Lethal Logic: Exploding the myths that paralyze American gun policy”
Heidi Yewman – “Beyond the Bullet”
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