Catherine Morris, MFT

Psychotherapy for Couples, Individuals and Families

Resources

Book List

ADHD

  • The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov and Edward M. Hallowell
    Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
  • The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with ADHD by Melissa Orlov and Nancie Kohlenberger, LMFT
  • Women with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden
    Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life
  • Is it You, Me or Adult ADD? by Gina Pera and Russell Barkley
    Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Scattered by Gabor Mate
    How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It
  • Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate
    A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Adoption

  • Healing Parents by Michael Orlans and Terry M. Levy
    Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love
  • Building the Bonds of Attachment by Daniel A. Hughes
    Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
  • The Connected Child by Karyn B. Purvis and David R. Cross
    Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
  • Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control by Heather Forbes and B. Bryan Post
    A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment Challenged Children with Severe Behaviors

Adult Children of Alcoholics

  • It Will Never Happen to Me by Claudia Black
    Children Of Alcoholics as Youngsters-Adolescents-Adults
  • Recovery by Gravitz and Bowden
    A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Another Chance by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse
    Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Wotitz

Affairs

  • Getting Past the Affair by Douglas K. Snyder, PhD, Donald H. Baucom, PhD, and Kristina Coop Gordon, PhD
    A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On–Together or Apart
  • After the Affair by Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD
    Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
  • Deceived by Claudia Black, PhD
    Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets
  • Back from Betrayal by Jennifer P. Schneider, MD
    Recovering from His Affairs
  • Not “Just Friends” by Shirley Glass, PhD
    Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity
  • How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair by Linda J. MacDonald
    A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful
  • Love & Betrayal by John Amodeo, PhD
    Broken Trust in Intimate Relationships

Alzheimers/Dementia

  • The Thirty-Six Hour Day by Peter V. Rabins and Nancy L. Mace
    A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova
  • Walking One Another Home by Rita Bresnahan
    Moments of Grace and Possibility in the Midst of Alzheimer’s
  • Susie and Me Days by Susan L. Garbett
    Joy in the Shadow of Dementia

Aspergers

  • The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch
    A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  • The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
  • Aspergers in Love by Maxine Aston and Christopher Slater-Walker
  • The Aspergers Couple’s Workbook by Maxine Aston
    Practical Advice and Activities for Couples and Counselors
  • The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome by Maxine Aston
    A Guide to an Intimate Relationship with a Partner Who Has Asperger Syndrome
  • Marriage and Lasting Relationships with Asperger’s Syndrome by Eva A. Mendes

Bipolar Disorder/Schizophrenia

  • The Bipolar Survival Guide by David J. Miklowitz
    What You and Your Family Need to Know
  • The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia by Kim T. Mueser, PhD and Susan Gingerich, MSW
    Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life

Body Image/Eating Disorders

  • Bodylove by Rita Freedman, PhD
    Learning To Like Our Looks and Ourselves.  A Practical Guide For Women
  • Transforming Body Image by Marsha Germaine Hutchinson
    Learning To Love the Body You Have
  • The Healing Field by Howard Richmond MD
    A Young Psychiatrist’s Battle with his Anorexic Patient, Her Hunger Strike Against God, and Their Journey Through the Dark Night of the Soul

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression and Anxiety

  • Feeling Good by David Burns, MD
    The New Mood Therapy
  • The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns, MD
  • The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne, PhD
  • I Had a Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone
  • Living with a Black Dog by Matthew and Ainsley Johnstone
    How to Take Care of Someone With Depression While Looking After Yourself
  • Hand-Me Down Blues by Michael Yapko, PhD
    How to Stop Depression From Spreading in Families
  • Keys to Unlocking Depression by Michael Yapko, PhD
    An Internationally Know Depression Expert Tells You What You Need to Know to Overcome Depression
  • I Don’t Want To Talk About It by Terrence Real 
    Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
  • Back from the Brink by Graeme Cowan and Glenn Close
    True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Death/Dying

  • The Four Things That Matter Most by Ira Byock, MD
    A Book About Living
  • Who Dies? by Steven Levine. And Ondrea Levine
    An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
  • A Year to Live by Stephen Levine
    How to Live This Year As If It Were Your Last
  • Staring at the Sun by Irvin D. Yalom
    Overcoming the Terror of Death
  • Dying Well by Ira Bycock
    The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life
  • Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
    Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

Death of a Child/ Miscarriage

  • For Better Or Worse by Maribeth Wilder Doerr
    A Handbook for Couples Whose Child Has Died
  • Parental Loss Of A Child by Therese A. Rando
  • After the Death of a Child by Ann K. Finkbeiner
    Living with Loss Through the Years
  • Newborn Death by Joy and Marvin Johnson
    For Parents Experiencing the Death of a Very Small Infant
  • Children Die Too by Joy and Marvin Johnson
    A Book For Parents Who Have Experienced the Death Of a Child
  • I Never Held You by Ellen DuBois and Dr. Linda Backman
    Miscarriage, Grief, Healing and Recovery
  • Miscarriage by Marie Allen and Shelly Marks
    Women Sharing From the Heart
    The SIDS Survival Guide by Joani Horcher and Robin Morris
    Information and Comfort for Grieving Family and Friends and Professionals Who Seek to Help Them
  • A Child Dies by Joan Arnold and Penelope Gemma
    A Portrait of Family Grief
  • How We Grieve by Thomas Attig
  • Relearning the World
  • Good Grief Rituals by Elaine Childs-Gowell
    Tools For Healing
  • Standing Beside You by Linda K. Maurer
    A Book For Bereaved Parents”
  • The Shelter of Each Other by Mary Pipher
    Rebuilding Our Families

Divorce/Separation

  • Crazy Time by Abigail Trafford
    Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life
  • Rebuilding by Dr. Bruce Fisher and Dr. Robert Alberti
    When Your Relationship Ends
  • Uncoupling by Diane Vaughan
    Turning Points in Intimate Relationships
  • The Good Divorce by Connie Ahrons, PhD
    Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart
  • Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child by Isolina Ricci, PhD
    A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Remarried
  • Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids by Isolina Ricci, PhD
    Feeling at Home in One Home or Two
  • Parents Are Forever by Shirley Thomas, PhD
    A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Successful Coparents After Divorce
  • Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum
    A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in or Get Out of Your Relationship
  • The Healthy Divorce by Lois Gold, MSW
    Keys to Ending Your Marriage While Preserving Your Emotional Well-being
  • Should I Stay Or Go? by Lee Raffel
    How Controlled Separation (CS) Can Save Your Marriage
  • Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? by Dr. Anthony Wolf
    And When Can I Get a Hamster? A Guide to Parenting Through Divorce
  • Divorce is Not the End of the World by Zoe and Evan Stern
    Zoe’s and Evan’s Coping Guide for Kids
  • Parents Are Forever by Dr. Shirley Thomas
    A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Successful Co-parents After Divorce
  • The Divorce Remedy by Michelle Weiner Davis
    The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving your Marriage
  • Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends by Dr. Bruce Fisher and Dr. Robert Alberti
  • The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russell Friedman
    The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses Including Health, Career, and Faith
  • Runaway Husbands by Vikki Stark
    The Abandoned Wife’s Guide to Recovery and Renewal
  • Cooperative Parenting and Divorce by Susan Blyth Boyan, LMFT
    Shielding your Child from Conflict
  • The Co-Parenting Survival Guide by Elizabeth Thayer, PhD and Jeffrey Zimmerman, PhD
    Letting Go of Conflict After a Difficult Divorce
  • Putting Children First by JoAnn Pedro-Carroll
    Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive
  • Helping your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by Gary Neuman
  • Taking Space by Robert Buchicchio
    How to Use Separation to Explore the Future of Your Relationship
  • Coming Apart by Daphne Kingma
    Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours
  • The Truth About Children and Divorce By Robert Emery, Ph.D
    Dealing with the Emotions So You And Your Children Can Thrive
  • Surviving the Breakup by Judith Wallerstein and Joan Kelly
    How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce
  • The Divorce Talk by Vicki Stark
    How to Tell the Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Breaking the News Without Breaking Their Hearts

Domestic Violence

  • Breaking Destructive Patterns by Janet Geller
    Multiple Strategies for Treating Partner Abuse
  • A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret J. Holmes, Sasha J. Mudlaff and Cary Pillo
  • Stop Hurting the Woman You Love by Charlie Donaldson and Randy Flood
    Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Behavior

Drug and Alcohol Addiction

  • Intervention by Vernon E. Johnson
    How to Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want Help
  • No More Letting Go by Debra Jay
    The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism & Drug Addiction
  • Love First by Jeff Jay, Debra Jay, and George McGovern
    A Family’s Guide to Intervention
  • It’s Not Okay to Be a Cannibal by Andrew T. Wainwright and Robert Poznanovich
    How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive
  • Get Your Loved One Sober by Robert J. Meyers and Brenda L. Wolfe
    Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
  • Choices and Consequences by Dick Schaefer
  • What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
  • How to Tell When Kids Are in Trouble With Alcohol/Drugs by M.S. Minn, Johnson Institute
    Parenting for Prevention Information Series
  • Is Your Kids Using Drugs by Niki Moyer
    Warning Signs For Parents
  • When Someone You Love Abuses Drugs or Alcohol by Cecil Murphey
    Daily Encouragement
  • Courage to Change by Al-Anon, Inc.
    One Day at a Time in Al-Anon
  • At Wit’s End by Jeff Jay and Jerry Boriskin
    What You Need to Know When a Loved One Is Diagnosed with Addiction and Mental Illness
  • In The Realm of The Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate and Peter A. Levine
    Close Encounters With Addiction
  • Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
  • The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
  • Facing Shame by Merle A. Fossum and Marilyn J.Mason
  • Families in Recovery
  • Beyond Addiction by Jeffrey Foote and Carrie Wilkens
    How Science and Kindness Help People Change

Emotions

  • Nothing’s Wrong by David Kuntz
    A Man’s Guide to Managing His Feelings
  • Living Like You Mean It by Ronald Frederick PhD
    Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want
  • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner, PhD
    A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
  • The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner, PhD
    A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships
  • The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner, PhD
    How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate
  • What It Is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes
  • What You Feel, You Can Heal by John Gray
    A Guide for Enriching Relationships
  • A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon
  • Emotions revealed by Paul Eckman
    Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
  • Wired For Joy by Laurel Mellin PhD
  • Awakening from the Deep Sleep by Robert Pasick
    A Powerful Guide for Courageous Men
  • Anger Management for Everyone by Raymond Tafrate PhD and Howard Kassinove Phd
  • Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger and Live a Happier Life
  • How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls You by Albert Ellis PhD and Raymond Tafrate PhD
  • Good Men Behave Badly by David Wexler PhD
    Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship
  • Letting Go of Anger by Ronald Potter-Efron and Patricia Potter-Efron
    The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles and What to Do About Them
  • Love without Hurt by Dr. Steven Stosny
    Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One

Family Businesses

  • Family Business on the Couch by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and Randel S. Carlock
    A Psychological Perspective
  • Strategic Planning for the Family Business by Randel S. Carlock
  • Parallel Planning to Unite the Family and Business
  • You & Your Partner, Inc. by Miriam Hawley and Jeffrey McIntyre
    Entrepreneurial Couples Succeeding in Business, Life and Love
  • Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business by Quentin J. Fleming
    Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins That Destroy Family Businesses
  • Handbook of Family Business and Family Business Consultation by Florence Kaslow
    A Global Perspective

Forgiveness

  • Forgive For Love by Dr Fred Luskin
    The Missing Ingredient For A Healthy And Lasting Relationship
  • Forgive and Forget by Lewis B. Smedes
    Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve
  • The Art of Forgiving by Lewis B. Smedes
    When You Need to Forgive and Don’t Know How
  • How Can I Forgive You? by Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD
    The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To
  • Forgiveness is a Choice by Robert D. Enright
    A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
  • 8 Keys to Forgiveness by Robert Enright and Babette Rothschild
  • The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace by Jack Kornfield
  • A Lamp in the Darkness by Jack Kornfield
    Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times
  • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
  • The Tao of Fully Feeling by Pete Walker
    Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

Grief and Loss

  • GriefWork by Fran Zamore and Ester Lautenberg
    Healing From Loss
  • When There Are No Words by Charlie Walton
    Finding Your Way to Cope With Loss and Grief
  • How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Theresa A. Rando
  • Healing After Loss by Martha Whitmore Hickman
    Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
  • Good Grief by Deborah M. Coryell
    Healing Through The Shadow of Loss
  • This Thing Called Grief by Thomas M. Ellis
    New Understandings of Loss
  • Handbook For Those Who Grieve by Martin Auz and Maureen Lyons Andrews
    What You Should Know and What You Can Do During Times of Loss
  • Nothing Was the Same by Kay Redfield Jamison
  • How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland
    Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter
  • Grieving Reproductive Loss by Anne Lassance  and Kathleen Gray
    The Healing Process (Death, Value and Meaning)
  • Forgiven and Set Free by Linda Cochrane
    A Post-Abortion Bible Study for Women
  • Mourning and Mitzvah by Anne Brener and Rabbi William Cutter, PhD
    A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing
  • My Son, My Son by Iris Bolton and Curtis Mitchell
    A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide
  • Dying to be Free by Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch
    A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide
  • Loving From the Outside In, Mourning From the Inside Out by Alan Wolfelt
  • Unattended Sorrow by Stephen Levine
  • Recovering From Loss and Reviving the Heart
  • Children Grieve, Too by Joy and Marvin Johnson
    Helping Children Cope with Grief
  • Saying Kaddish By Anita Diamont
    How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew
  • Buried Deep in our Hearts by Tracie Barton-Barrett

Infertility

  • Unsung Lullabies by Martha and David Diamond
    Understanding and Coping with Infertility
  • Surviving Infertility by Linda P. Salzer
    A Compassionate Guide Through the Emotional Crisis of Infertility
  • Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss
    Learning to Live With Unresolved Grief

LGBT

  • The Other Side of the Closet by Amity Buxton
    The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families
  • Sexual Intimacy for Women by Glenda Corwin
    A Guide for Same-Sex Couples
  • Living Two Lives by Joanne Fleisher
    Married to a Man & in Love with a Woman 
  • Coming Out of Shame by Gershon Kaufman PhD and Lev Raphael PhD
    Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives

Loneliness

  • Already Free by Bruce Tift and Tami Simon
    Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation
  • Encounters with Loneliness edited by Arlene Kramer Richards, Lucille Spira, and Arthur A. Lynch     
    Only the Lonely
  • Loneliness and Longing by Brent Willock and Lori C. Bohm
    Conscious and Unconscious Aspects  
  • Loneliness by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick
    Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection  
  • Loneliness by Clark Moustakas   
  • Lonely by Emily White
    A Memoir
  • Solitude by Anthony Storr
    A Return to the Self
  • A Story of the Night by Colin Tobin
  • Brooklyn by Colin Tobin   

Meditation

  • A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
    A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
  • The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh and Vo-Dihn Mai
    An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

Narcissism

  • Why is it Always About You by Sandy Hitchkiss, LCSW
    The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
  • Will I Ever Be Enough? by Karyl McBride PhD
    Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
  • Disarming the Narcissist by Wendy Behary, LCSW and Jeffrey Young, PhD
  • Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed

New Sibling

  • There’s A House inside My Mummy by Giles Andreae
  • Waiting for Baby by Rachel Fuller
  • The New Animal by Emily Jenkins and Pierre Pratt
  • Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes

OCD

  • The OCD Workbook by Bruce M. Hyman, PhD and Cherlene Pedrick RN
    Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Loving Someone with OCD by Karen J. Landsman and Kathleen M. Rupertus
    Help for You and Your Family
  • Brain Lock by Jeffrey Schwartz, MD and Beverly Beyette
    Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
  • Free From OCD by Timothy Sisemore
    A Workbook for Teens With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Parenting

  • The Whole Parent by Debra Wesselmann
    How To Become a Terrific Parent Even If You Didn’t Have One
  • Hold Onto Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate MD
    Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, PhD and Daniel Goleman
  • What Am I Feeling? By John Gottman, PhD
  • The Baby Book by William and Martha Sears 
    Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two
  • The Attachment Parenting Book by William and Martha Sears
    A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
  • The Successful Child by William and Martha Sears
    What Parents Can Do to Help Kids Turn Out Well
  • Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser
    A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years
  • Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzel
    How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
  • The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
    12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
  • The First Twelve Months of Life by Frank and Theresa Caplan
    Your Baby’s Growth Month by Month
  • No Drama Discipline by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
    The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
  • Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham
  • How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
  • Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings by Dr. Laura Markham
    How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life
  • I’ll Never Do To My Kids What My Parents Did To Me! by Thomas Paris and Eileen Paris
    A guide to Conscious Parenting
  • The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia Lieberman
  • Everyday Blessings by Myla and John Kabat-Zinn
    The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • The Opposite of Worry by Lawrence J. Cohen
  • The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears
  • Its Not The Stork! by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley
    A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends

Parent/Child Estrangement

  • When Parents Hurt by Joshua Coleman, PhD
    Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don’t Get Along
  • I Thought We’d Never Speak Again by Laura Davis
    The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation
  • Father and Child Reunion by Warren Farrell
    How to Bring the Dads We Need to the Children We Love

Parenting Teens

  • Stop Negotiating With Your Teen by Janet Sasson Edgette, PsyD, M.P.H.
    Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent
  • Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher and Ruth Ross
    Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
  • Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony Wolf
  • I’d Listen to My Parents if They’d Just Shut Up by Anthony Wolf
    What to Say and Not Say When Parenting Teens
  • Brainstorm by Dan Siegel
    The power and purpose of the teenage brain
  • Being a Teen by Jane Fonda
    Everything Teen Girls and Boys Should Know About Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity and More
  • Its Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberly
    Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

Relationships/Attachment

  • Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
    Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
  • Love Sense by Dr. Sue Johnson
    The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
  • Why You Do the Things You Do by Dr. Tim Clinton and Dr. Gary Sibcy
    The Secret to Healthy Relationships
  • Becoming Attached by Robert Karen PhD
    First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
  • Talk To Me Like I’m Someone You Love by Nancy Dreyfus
    Relationship Repair in a Flash
  • Mindsight by Daniel Siegel
    The New Science of Personal Transformation
  • After the Fight by Dan Wile, PhD
    Using your Disagreements to Build a Stronger Relationship
  • After the Honeymoon by Dan Wile
    How Conflict Can Improve Your Relationship
  • Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
  • The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find- and keep- love
  • True Love by Thich Nhat Hanh and Sherab Chodzin Kohn
    A Practice for Awakening the Heart
  • An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples by Veronica Kallos-Lilly and Jenny Fitzgerald
  • A Practice for Awakening the Heart
  • High Conflict Couple by Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD and Marsha Linehan
    A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation
  • A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis & Fari Amini
  • Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin, PsyD. And Harville Hendrick, PhD
    How understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship
  • Stop the Fight! An Illustrated Guide for Couples by Michelle Brody, PhD
    How to Break Free From the 12 Most Common Arguments and Build a Relationship That Lasts
  • When Partners Become Parents by Carolyn Paper and Philip A. Cowan
    The Big Life Change for Couples
  • Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
    The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
  • And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman, PhD and Julie Schwartz Gottman
    The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives
  • Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Kevin Gilmartin
    A Guide for Officers and Their Families
  • I Love a Cop by Ellen Kirschman PhD
  • What Police Families Need to Know

Same Sex Parents

  • Molly’s Family by Nancy Garden’s
  • What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg
  • Considering Parenthood by Cheri Pies
    A Workbook for Lesbians

Sexual Abuse/ Trauma

  • Don’t Tell by Michel Dorais
    The Sexual Abuse of Boys
  • Beyond Betrayal by Richard B Gartner, PhD
    Taking Charge of Your Life After Boyhood Sexual Abuse
  • The Survivor’s Guide to Sex by Staci Haines
    How to Have an Empowered Sex Life After Child Sexual Abuse
  • The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz
    A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
  • Allies In Healing by Laura Davis
    When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child
  • The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
    A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
  • Trust After Trauma by Aphrodite Matsakis, PhD
    A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them
  • Safe People by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
    How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and How to Avoid Those That Aren’t
  • Getting through the Day by Nancy Napier
    Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children 
  • Secrets, Lies, Betrayals by Maggie Scarf
    How the Body holds the Secrets of A Life, and How to Unlock Them
  • Miss America By Day by Marilyn Van Derbur
    Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love
  • Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
    The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror 
  • Growing Beyond Survival by Elizabeth Vermilyea
  • A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress
  • Ghosts in the Bedroom by Ken Graber
  • A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors
  • Outgrowing the Pain by Eliana Gil
    A Book for and About Adults Abused as Children
  • Outgrowing the Pain Together by Eliana Gil
    A Book for Spouses and Partners of Adults Abused as Children
  • What to do When You Find Out Your Wife was Sexually Abused by John Courtright and Dr. Sid Rogers
  • Wounded Boys Heroic Men by Daniel Jay Sonkin
    A Man’s Guide to Recovering From Child Abuse
  • Abused Boys by Mic Hunter
    The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse

Sexual Addiction/Pornography

  • Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes, PhD
    Understanding Sexual Addiction
  • Don’t Call it Love by Patrick Carnes, PhD
    Recovery from Sexual Addiction
  • Love You; Hate the Porn by Chamberlain, PhD & Steuer, LMFT
  • Healing a Relationship Damaged by Virtual Infidelity
  • Mending a Shattered Heart by Stefanie Carnes, PhD
    A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts
  • Facing Heartbreak by Stefanie Carnes, PhD, Lee, PhD, and Rodriguez PhD
    Steps To Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts
  • Sex, Lies, and Forgiveness by Jennifer P. Schneider, MD, & Burt Schneider
  • Couples Speaking Out on Healing from Sex Addiction
  • Untangling the Web by Robert Weiss LCSW & Jennifer Schneider MD
    Sex, Porn, and Fantasy Obsession in the Internet Age
  • Confronting Your Spouse’s Pornography Problem by Rory Reid, MSW and Dan Gray, LCSW
  • The Porn Trap by Wendy Maltz, LCSW and Larry Maltz, LCSW
    The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography
  • Disclosing Secrets by M. Deborah Corey PhD and Jennifer Schneider MD
    An Addict’s Guide for When, to Whom, How Much to Reveal
  • Surviving Disclosure by Jennifer Schneider MD and M. Deborah Corey PhD
    A Partner’s Guide for Healing the Betrayal of Intimate Trust
  • Your Sexually Addicted Spouse by Marsha Means and Barbara Steffens
    How Partners Can Cope and Heal
  • Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction by Dr. Mark Laaser

Sexuality

  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel, MA
    Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
  • Rekindling Desire by Barry and Emily McCarthy
    A Step-By Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages
  • Sexual Awareness by Barry and Emily McCarthy
    Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality
  • Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style by Barry and Emily McCarthy
  • Sharing Desire, Pleasure, and Satisfaction
  • A Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Sexual Fear & Pain by Aurelie Jones Goodwin, EdD and Marc E. Agronin, MD
  • Sex Matters For Women by Sally Foley, MSW, Sally Kope, MSW & Dennis Sugrue, PhD
  • I’d Rather Eat Chocolate by Joan Sewell
    Learning to Love My Low Libido
  • Beyond Orgasm by Marty Klein, PhD
    Dare to be Honest About the Sex You Really Want
  • Hot Monogamy by Dr. Patricia Love and Jo Robinson
    Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking
  • Naked At Our Age by Joan Price
    Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex
  • Better Than I Ever Expected by Joan Price
    Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty
  • For Yourself by Lonnie Barbach, PhD
    The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality
  • For Each Other by Lonnie Barbach, PhD
    Sharing Sexual Intimacy
  • The New Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld, PhD
  • Sex and Love at Midlife by Bernie Zilbergeld, PhD
    It’s Better Than Ever
  • Sex Matters for Women by Sally Foley, MSW and Sally Kope MSW
    A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self
  • Heart of Desire by Stella Resnick
    Keys to the Pleasure of Love
  • From the Living Room to the Bedroom by Drs. Bill & Ginger Bercaw
    The Modern Couple’s Guide to Sexual Abundance and Lasting Intimacy

Shame

  • Shame by Gershon Kaufman
    The Power of Caring
  • Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw
  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
    Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
  • I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) by Brene Brown
    Making the Journey from “What Will People Thin?” to “I Am Enough”

Step Parenting

  • Surviving And Thriving In Stepfamily Relationships by Patricia Papernow
    What Works And What Doesn’t
  • Becoming a Stepfamily by Patricia Papernow
    Patterns of Development in Remarried Families
  • Stepfamilies by Dr. James Bray and John Kelly
    Love, Marriage and Parenting, in the First Decade
  • Stepcoupling by Susan Wisdom and Jennifer Green
    Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today’s Blended Family
  • Wisdom on Step-Parenting by Diana Weiss-Wisdom, PhD
  • How to Succeed Where Others Fail
  • The Smart Stepfamily by Ron Deal and Gary Chapman
    Seven Steps to a Healthy Family
  • The Smart Stepfamily Marriage by Ron Deal and Gary Chapman
    Keys to Success in the Blended Family
  • Strengthening Your Stepfamily by Elizabeth Einstein and Linda Albert

Transitions

  • The Way of Transitions by William Bridges
    Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments
  • Managing Transitions by William Bridges
    Making the Most of Change
  • Making Sense of Life’s Transitions by William Bridges
    Strategies for Coping With the Difficult, Painful, and Confusing Times in Your Life

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