Bookshelf

Books For Your Consideration:

Anxiety

• Mind Over Mood  –Dennis Greenberger, Ph.D., and Christine Padesky, PhD
• Unwinding Anxiety  –Judson Brewer, M.D
• Practicing Mindfulness  –Matthew Sockolov
• Your Brain Is Always Listening  –Daniel G. Amen

Anger

• The Dance of Anger –Harriet Lerner
• The Anger Trap –Dr. Les Carter

Depression

• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve   –Rheeda Walker, PhD
• I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming The Secret Legacy of Male Depression –Terrance Real
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone –Lori Gottlieb

Grief

• Bearing the Unbearable –Joanne Cacciatore
• Healing the Adult Sibling’s Grieving Heart –Alan D. Wolfelt
• Grief One Day at a Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss –Dr. Alan Wolfelt
• Heartbroken: healing from the Loss of a Spouse –Gary Roe

Trauma

• The Body Keeps The Score  –Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D
• Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome –Joy DeGruy

Marriage

• The 7 Principals of Making Marriage Work    –John Gottman
• The Essential Humility of Marriage            –Terry Hargrave
• 5 Days To a New Marriage         –Hargrave and Stoever
• Lies At The Alter  –Dr. Robin L. Smith
• The State of Affairs –Esther Perel
• Marriage Fitness  –Mort Fertel
• Mating in Captivity  –Esther Perel
• In Each Other’s Care  –Stan Tatkin
• US –Terrence Real

Love

• Love     –Leo Buscaglia
• The Art of Loving  –Erich Fromm
• Blockbuster Love  –Lisa Locke
• The 5 Love Languages –Gary Chapman
• Love Warrior   –Glennon Doyle

Sex

• Come As You Are   –Emily Nagoski, PhD
• She Comes First  –Ian Kerner, PhD
• The Sex-Starved Marriage –Michelle Weiner Davis

Relationships

• Attached    –Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
• Hold Me Tight –Sue Johnson
• The Relationship Cure   –John Gottman
• Wired for Dating –Stan Tatkin

Parenting and Family

• Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive    –Marc Brackett
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead –Brene Brown
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents  –Lindsay C. Gibson
• Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child  –John M. Gottman
• The Mom Factor  –Henry Cloud and Jon Townsend
• Mom & Me & Mom  –Maya Angelou
• The Nurturing Father  –Kyle Pruett, MD

Self-Care

• The Self-Care Prescription   –Robyn L. Gobin, PhD
• The Power of Self-Compassion  –Laurie J. Cameron
• Self-Compassion  –Kristin Neff, PhD
• You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness  –Jen Sincero

Other

• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture –Dr. Gabor Mate
• The Light We Carry    –Michelle Obama
• The Alchemist         –Paulo Coelho
• The Four Agreements   –Don Miguel Ruiz
• Loving What Is    –Byron Katie
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People   –Stephen Covey
• The Road Less Traveled –M. Scott Peck
• Tuesdays With Morrie  –Mitch Albom
• The Power of Vulnerability  –Brene Brown
• Man’s Search for Meaning –Viktor E. Frankl
• The Denial of Death –Ernest Becker
• Necessary Losses –Judith Viorst