Recommended Readings

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Dr. Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body in the Healing of Trauma

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• David Brooks - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

• 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

• Martha Beck – Anything by her

• Erma Bombeck – Anything by her

• 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

• Dr. Leo Buscaglia – anything by him

• Erich Fromm – The Art of Loving

• Thich Nhat Hanh - How to Love

• Marianne Williamson – A Return to Love

• 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

• 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

• Dr. Judson Brewer – Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry & Fear to Heal Your Mind

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 and That’s not What I Mean

• 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

Kottler, Englar-Carlson & Carlson – Helping Beyond the 50-Minute Hour

• 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

• Michael Harris – The end of absence: Reclaiming what we’ve lost in a world of constant connection

• 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

• 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