Over the years, I’ve benefited from numerous books and products. Those listed below are ones that I recommend as I’ve used them myself and/or recommended them to clients with excellent results.
Please note that many are affiliate links which means that I receive a small commission on the sale.
Table of Contents
Codependency and Boundaries
- Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
- Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
- Where to Draw the Line by Anne Katherine
- The Disease to Please by Harriet Braiker
- Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz
- Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics by Herbert Gravitz and Julie Bowden
Dysfunctional Families
- Toxic Parents by Susan Forward
- If You Had Controlling Parents by Dan Neurharth
- Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb
- The Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori
Relationships
- Who’s Pulling Your Strings by Harriet Braiker
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
- After the Affair by Janis Abrahms Spring
Parenting
- The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
- Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony Wolf
- Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! by Michael Bradley
Depression/Anxiety/Mental Health
- Feeling Good by David Burns
- Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
- 8 Keys to Mental Health through Exercise by Christina Hibbert
- DARE: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh
For Women
- Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood
- Why Does He Do That? By Lundy Bancroft
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
- The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
- Perfect Daughters by Robert Ackerman
For Men
- I Don’t Want to Talk about It by Terrence Real
- Silent Sons by Robert Ackerman
Trauma and Healing
- Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
- The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
Self-worth/Happiness/Other
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
- Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- Emotional Freedom by Judith Orloff
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Grief/Perinatal Loss
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah Davis
- Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore
If you need a crisis hotline or want to learn more about therapy, please see below:
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) – 1-800-656-4673
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255
- National Domestic Violence Hotline – 1-800-799-7233
- NAMI Helpline (National Alliance on Mental Illness) – 1-800-950-6264
For more information on mental health, please see:
- SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) SAMHSA Facebook, SAMHSA Twitter, SAMHSA LinkedIn, SAMHSA Youtube
- Mental Health America, MHA Twitter, MHA Facebook, MHA Instagram, MHA Pinterest, MHA Youtube
- WebMD, WebMD Facebook, WebMD Twitter, WebMD Instagram, WebMD Pinterest
- NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health), NIMH Instagram, NIMH Facebook, NIMH Twitter, NIMH YouTube
- APA (American Psychiatric Association), APA Twitter, APA Facebook, APA LinkedIN, APA Instagram