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California - Helpful Reading

Links to interesting articles that may be useful to parents and therapists.

Books Recommended by Our Therapists

Parenting

Between Parent and Child
Hiam Ginott

Guiding Young Children (learning problem-solving skills)
Eleanor Reynolds

How To Discipline With Love
Fitzhugh Dobson

How to Talk to Children About Really Important Things
Charles E. Schaefer, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

It's OK to Talk About Sex
Jane Carney Schulze, PhD, and Rolfe Schulze, PhD
Available on the web

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
John Gottman, PhD, with Joan Declaire

35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
The Dougy Center

What Children Learn From Their Parents' Marriage
Judith P. Siegel

Personal Growth and Inner Healing

 Adult Children of Alcoholics
Janet Wortitz

Alchemy of an Illness
Kat Duff

Anger
Carol Tavris

The Anger Trap
Les Carter

Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Edmund J. Bourne, PhD

Bipolar:  An Unorthodox, Common Sense Explanation
Jay Carter, PsyD
Unicorn Press, PO Box 6048, Wyomissing, PA 19610


Codependent No More
Melody Beattie

The Courage to Heal (also a separate workbook)
Laura Davis

The Dance of Anger
Harriet Goldhor-Lerner, PhD

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact To Shape Who We Are
Daniel J. Siegel

Feeling Good
David D. Burns, MD

The Gift of Therapy
Irving Yalom, MD

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Jose Saramago
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1998

A Guide to Rational Living
Albert Ellis, Robert A. Harper

Healing the Child Within
Charles Whitfield

Infinite Life:  Seven Virtues for Living Well
Robert Thurman

I Am Not Sick and I Don't Need Help! (for families, about newly diagnosed schizophrenia or bipolar disorder)
Xavier Amador

In the Meantime (recovery after a broken romance)
Iyanla Vanzant

The Way of Transition:  Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments
William Budges

No Time for Nonsense:  Self Help for the Seriously Ill
Romna Fay Jevne, PhD, and Alexander Levitan, MD

The Ultimate Challenge:  A Revolutionary, Sane and Sensible Response to Ritualistic and Cult-Related Abuse
Gayle M. Woodsum

Couples

The Dance of Intimacy
Harriet Goldhor Lerner

Getting the Love You Want
Harville Hendrix

Lean on Me:  The Power of Postive Dependency in Intimate Relationships
Marion Solomon

We Can Work It Out:  How to Solve Conflicts, Save Your Marriage, and Strengthen Your Love for Each Other
Clifford Notarius, PhD, and Howard Mackman, PhD

Aging

Creative Age:  Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life
Gene D. Cohen

Elder Rage, or Take My Father, Please
Jacqueline Marcell

Staying Connected When Letting Go (spouses of persons with Alzheimer's)
Sandy Braff, Mary Rose Olenik, Arnold Lazarus

The Stuff of Life
Karen Kardo

Caregivers and Personal Assistants
Alfred H. DeGraff

Eldercare 911
Susan Beerman, Judith Rapport-Musson

You and Your Aging Parent:  The Modern Family's Guide to Emotional, Physical, and Financial Problems
Barbara Silverstone, Helen Kandel Hyman

The 36 Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life
Nancy L. Mace, Pater V. Rabins, MD

End of Life

Grief Expressed (death of a spouse)
Marta Felber

A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis

Holding on to Hope
Nancy Guthrie

The Orphaned Heart (death of a parent)
Alexander Levy

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (for grieving children)
Judith Viorst

When Life Becomes Precious: The Essential Guide for Patients, Loved Ones, and Friends of Those Facing Serious Illnesses

The Worst Loss (death of a child)
Barbara Rosof

35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
The Dougy Center

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