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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out," but to transform ourselves through mindfulness. Serious, though light-hearted, this is a hand-book not only for transforming anger, but for living each moment beautifully. 2001, Riverhead Books | |
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Angry All The Time: An Emergency Guide To Anger Control Ronald T. Potter-Efron This major update of the best-selling classic on anger management teaches readers to understand and manage episodes of uncontrolled anger. The book gives clear and concrete direction for things a person can do to begin to bring anger under control. 2005, New Harbinger Publications; 2nd edition | |
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When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within Matthew McKay, Peter Rogers, Judith McKay This book is a complete step-by-step guide to changing habitual anger-generating thoughts while developing healthier, more effective ways of meeting your needs. It guides you through the process of creating your own personal intervention strategy for controlling angry impulses. 2003, New Harbinger Publications; 2nd edition | |
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When Anger Scares You: How to Overcome Your Fear of Conflict and Express Your Anger in Healthy Ways John Lynch Anger is a natural response that can be, if properly channeled, a powerful source of energy and motiviation for growth. Some people, whom author Lynch calls "anger avoiders" habitually shy away from their own angry feelings and potentially anger- provoking situations. This book teaches you to separate anger from rage or fear. Then simple, easy to follow exercises coach you to openly express your anger and constructively address difficult people and situations. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner Stengner won a Pulitzer prize for this long thoughtful novel about a retired historian who researches and writes about his pioneer grandparents. As the protagonist learns about the lives his grandparents lived, he comes to see them as real people who struggled with issues not so different from his own. 1992, Penguin Books; Reprint edition | |
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For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proud Suzanne M. Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor The authors, both developmental psychologists, are co-parenting two daughters. Their book offers help on explaining lesbianism to children and explores what lesbian parents can do to help children explain their family situation to their peers. The book also addresses the complexity of dealing with the attitudes of the outside world, including relatives, school, and doctors or mental health specialists. 2001, The Guilford Press | |
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Saturday Ian McEwan This prize-winning novel covers 24 hours in the life of London neurosurgeon Henry Perowne. An ordinary day is punctuated by a random threat of violence, and Dr. Perowne sees his life work and family relationships with renewed clarity. Of particular interest is the nuanced portrait of his complex family relationships - with his aging mother, his wife, and his adult children. 2005, Nan A. Talese | |
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Stepwives: Ten Steps to Help Ex-Wives and Step-Mothers End the Struggle and Put the Kids First Louise Oxhorn, Lynne Oxhorn-Ringwood, Marjorie Krausz Once bitter enemies (Louise married Lynne's ex-husband), the authors, with the assistance of psychologist Krausz, created a ten-step program called Co-Mamas to help ex-wives and step-mothers build a healthy relationship that puts children first. The book offers practical suggestions for developing empathy and learning to lessen tension and support the children caught in a divorce. 2002, Fireside | |
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We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About their Parents' Divorce Constance Ahrons Sociologist Ahrons (author of The Good Divorce) followed up the children she studied for her original book. Approximately three-fourths of these 173 "children" (now 30-somethings) thought their parents' divorces were a good idea, and that parents and children were better off than if they had stayed together. Their comments on what made a difference to them when their parents were divorcing are instructive. Ahrons reminds parents its not the quantity of time they spend with their child, but the quality of relationship they establish: reliability, consistency, and genuine interest in their lives are what matter most to children. 2004, HarperCollins | |
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When Parents Disagree and What You Can Do About It Ron Taffel This book is a hands-on practical guide to understanding child rearing differences between parents and how to work through conflicts arising from these. It is filled with real life examples from Dr. Taffel's practice and offers practical and reasonable guidance that helps both parents feel that they are, after all, on the same side. 2002, The Guilford Press | |
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Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You William R. Miller, Ricardo F. Munoz This updated version of a clinically tested manual offers tools for successful moderation - like spacing alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic ones and timing drinks to maintain low levels of blood alcohol concentration, as well as tactics for dealing with common challenges like hard-drinking friends and social anxiety. 2004, The Guilford Press | |
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Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, Adina Glickman This guide, an alternative to abstinence-only programs, offers solace, support, information, and the skills you need to understand harm reduction and use it to make positive changes in your life. 2003, The Guilford Press | |
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know David Miklowitz This book is designed to help readers recognize the early signs of bipolar disorder and to find proper medication and treatment. It is a helpful tool for both patients and families and offers practical information about dealing with mood swings. 2002, Guilford Press | |
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Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner Julie A. Fast, John D. Preston This is a ground-breaking book for couples who want to prevent manic-depressive disorder from hijacking their relationship. Once medication has been prescribed, the key is studying the specific ways your partner is affected. This allows couples to develop proactive strategies for treating and stabilizing mood swings and symptoms, before they develop into full-blown crises. This book is an oasis of relief and hope. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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Fat Girl: A True Story Judith Moore This breath-takingly frank memoir is not for the faint of heart. The author states, "This is a story about an unhappy fat girl who became a fat woman who was happy and unhappy." She tells of a heart-breaking childhood marked by obesity, parental abuse, sexual assault, self-loathing, and school-yard bullying. By her candor and audacity in self-description, Moore has raised the stakes for autobiography. 2005, Hudson Street Press | |
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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder James Lock, Daniel le Grange The authors emphasize the need for parents to take immediate action in obtaining help for their teens and not to dwell on the "why." This comprehensive book summarizes recent research and moves on to help parents understand eating disorders, looking at the distorted thinking behind a teenagers behavior and what the research says about the best ways to treat anorexia and bulimia. 2005, The Guilford Press | |
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Overcoming Binge Eating Christopher Fairburn This is a lucid and comprehensive account of the nature and treatment of binge eating by one of the world's leading clinical researchers. It includes a detailed self-help program with state of the art techniques for overcoming binge eating. 1995, The Guilford Press; Reissue edition | |
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A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain Marilee Strong Journalist, Marilee Strong, explores the reasons that lead over 2 million Americans to injure themselves regularly and deliberately with such items as knives, razor blades, and broken glass. Most "cutters" claim to use self-injury to distance themselves from pain and rage or to "feel something" after years of abuse have left them emotionally numb. Including powerful first person stories, the author also explores the comprehensive programs and treatments available to those who self-mutilate. 1999, Penguin | |
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When Your Child Has Been Molested : A Parents Guide to Healing and Recovery Kathryn Brohl, Joyce Case Potter This new edition includes current research and information on the nature and effects of molestation on boys and girls, as well as proven techniques for therapy, healing, and recovery. 2004, Jossey-Bass; Revised edition | |
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Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval James W. Pennebaker This book takes readers through a series of guided writing exercises that help them explore their feelings about difficult experiences. The approach is based upon the field of expressive emotions therapy (EET), developed by the author. The book stresses thoughout the healing power that lies in story-telling, whether through fiction, dance, or art. The reader is left with a strong sense of their value in the world. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear, and Worry Edmund J. Bourne, Lorna Garano Anxiety affects 25 million people in the United States, and treatment can be difficult and daunting. This book takes a sensible, clinically based approach by teaching ten simple steps. The tips range from "thinking realistically" to "taking constructive coping actions" and include friendly exercises for combating a particluar aspect of anxiety. 2003, New Harbinger | |
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Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety Thomas Marra DBT begins with the assumption that psychological problems are the result of emotional responses that are in conflict. It integrates a range of therapeutic techniques to tease apart and resolve the competing internal needs and urges that generate anger, depression, and anxiety. Exercises focus on assisting readers to become more responsive to uplifting aspects of their environment and tolerant of unavoidable emotions. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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Natural Relief for Anxiety: Complementary Strategies for Easing Fear, Panic & Worry Edmund J.Bourne, Arlen Brownstein, Lorna Garano This user-friendly book offers a drug-free approach to overcoming anxiety. It outlines an alternative and more lasting way to control anxiety by making gentle, natural changes to your lifestyle that promote wellness in mind and body. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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10 Simple Solutions to Panic: How to Overcome Panic Attacks, Calm Physical Symptoms, & Reclaim Your Life Martin M. Antony, Randi E. McCabe The authors provide easy to follow guidelines that will help sufferers of panic attacks better understand their condition and gain control over it. Exercises, empowering suggestions for dealing with specific situations, and self-care tools for setting and achieving short and long-term goals are included. 2004, New Harbinger | |
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Social Anxiety Mark R. Leary, Robin Mark Kowalski This compendium of the research literature on social anxiety covers the interpersonal basis of the disorder. It looks at how self-presentation, expectancies, self-efficacy, interpersonal behavior, and motivation contribute to the subjective aspects of social anxiety - physical, mental, and emotional. 1997, The Guilford Press | |
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Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents Nina W. Brown Millions of adults grew up with immature, self-absorbed parents who made their children responsible for their physical and emotional well-being, expected admiration and constant attention, and reacted with criticism and blame when their slightest need went unmet. In this accessible book, Brown helps grown children come to terms with the results of such an upbringing, including tendencies to overcomply to others needs, withdraw when someone needs nurturing and lack self-esteem. 2001, New Harbinger | |
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Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos Michael Carroll This collection of teachings is designed to illuminate the power that mindfulness can have at work. By surrendering to the moment one becomes alert, open, and unusually skillful. In brief chapters, Carroll expounds some thirty-five slogans designed to be both fodder for meditation and mnemonic devices for when that particular message can help the most, during an opportune moment at work. "Welcome the tyrant" helps one to disarm a cranky boss; "avoid idiot compassion" reminds one to eschew giving merely superficial help. 2004, Shambhala | |
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Emotional Intelligence Quickbook: Everything You Need to Know to Put Your EQ to Work Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves The authors outline techniques anyone can use to achieve goals in an easier and more fulfilling way, improve relationships, enhance health, and become more accomplished. 2005, Fireside | |
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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth T. Harv Eker Using pithy statements such as "Rich people focus on opportunities; poor people focus on obstacles," Eker argues that poverty or wealth begin first in one's imagination. This inspiring book challenges the reader to develop an intensly positive and optimistic focus and provides a set of tools and techniques to do so.. 2005, Collins | |
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Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning Since its first publication in 1987, this book has been the first choice of therapists and savvy readers looking for a comprehensive self-care approach to improving self-image, increasing personal power, and defining core values. This book has helped millions of readers feel better about themselves, achieve greater success, and enjoy their lives to the fullest. 2000, New Harbinger, 3rd edition | |
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The Self-Esteem Workbook Glenn R. Schiraldi, Matthew McKay The Self-Esteem Workbook presents a course in self-esteem based on new research and sound principles. Checklists, fill-ins, and exercises show readers how thoughts, emotions, physical health, and behavior impact their self-esteem. Periodic check-ups help them gauge their progress, and final sections offer strategies for preventing relapse. 2001, New Harbinger | |
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The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer Canfield knows about success: he is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series which have sold more than 80 million books. He presents 64 success principles and draws on his own experience and that of others to illustrate them. Canfield's energy and enthusiasm bounce off the page: those starting off in business or in need of a refresher course may consider this book required reading. 2004, Collins | |
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out," but to transform ourselves through mindfulness. Serious, though light-hearted, this is a hand-book not only for transforming anger, but for living each moment beautifully. 2001, Riverhead Books | |
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Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness Jon Kabat-Zinn From the book: "Awareness offers a safe haven in which to restore ourselves and rest in a vital and dynamic harmony, tranquility, creativity and joyfulness NOW, not in some far off, hoped for future time when things are 'better' or we have gotten things under control, or have 'improved ourselves.'" Katat-Zinn blends his personal story with compelling and practical guidance for self-healing. 2005, Hyperion | |
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Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael Murray, Joseph Pizzorno This book shows you how to improve your health through a positive mental attitude, healthy lifestyle, health-promoting diet and supplements, with plenty of practical tips. Learn disease prevention through enhancing key body systems. The book details natural remedies for treating more than 70 ailments. 1997, Three Rivers Press | |
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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual Devin J. Starlanyl This updated second edition of the classic fibromyalgia survival manual includes an extensive set of healing tools including targeted bodywork for painful trigger points and strategies to help cope with chronic pain, sleep problems, and the numbing effects of "fibro fog." Also included is coverage of promising new research, evaluation of new treatments, and the latest information on medication. 2001, New Harbinger | |
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For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proud Suzanne M. Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor The authors, both developmental psychologists, are co-parenting two daughters. Their book offers help on explaining lesbianism to children and explores what lesbian parents can do to help children explain their family situation to their peers. The book also addresses the complexity of dealing with the attitudes of the outside world, including relatives, school, and doctors or mental health specialists. 2001, The Guilford Press | |
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Lesbian Couples: A Guide to Creating Healthy Relationships Merilee Clunis and Dorsey Green For lesbians (as for all couples) achieving and sustaining intimacy remains a challenge. From mind-reading and making assumptions to conflict and disillusionment, the book examines the strengths and weakness, flagging potential problem areas and offering real-life examples and solutions to the challenges lesbian couples experience. 2005, Seal Press | |
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Sex and spirit : Exploring Gay Men's Spirituality Robert Barzan This book is an exciting and provocative collection of essays highlighting a variety of approaches to spirituality. Essays address a twelfth century monastic community based on man-to-man love; the shamanic foundation of the Wizard of Oz; Zen as a tradition compatibile with gay male spirituality; and healthy sexuality and how it brings healing to the whole person. 1985, White Crane Press | |
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Reconcilable Differences Andrew Christensen, Neil S. Jacobson This book speaks directly to the heart. Couples in conflict will recognize themselves in these pages and learn how to move beyond conflict to acceptance, understanding and change. 2002, The Guilford Press | |
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Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World that Pulls Us Apart William J. Doherty This book helps couples pinpoint hidden marital problems and take positive steps to stay close and connected everyday. Readers learn to break free of such common traps as confusing desires with needs, drifting apart without working on the relationship, or becoming over-time parents instread of full-time partners. This book shows how to fight back to restore a marriage worth saving. 2003, The Guilford Press | |
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Lot’s Daughters Robert M. Polhemus In this provocative volume, Polhemus, chair of Stanford's English Department, uses the "disreputible Bible story of father-daughter incest" as a lens to understand family and gender relations through the centuries. He casts a wide net over literature, art, psychology, show-busines, and politics to argue that the power dynamic between younger women and older men "in which daughters fall in love with their father's lives and older men are tempted by the intoxicating power and promise of youth" - is integral to our society. 2005, Stanford University Press | |
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Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well Robert Thurman Thurman invites readers to recognize that our lives and even our moment-to-moment choices have eternal ramifications. He challenges students to understand that this is the path to freeing ourselves and the rest of the world from suffering. 2004, Riverhead Books | |
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Sacred Therapy : Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness Estelle Frankel Hasidic master Menachem Mendel taught, "there is nothing more whole than a broken heart." This fascinating book uses Biblical, Hasidic, Talmudic and Kabbalistic traditions to teach that healing begins with brokenness and leads to transformation, whole-heartedness, and renewel. 2004, Shambhala | |
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Sadhana: The Realization of Life Rabindranath Tagore This book is an excellent primer on classical Hinduism, beautifully conveying the loveliness of the vocal cadences of ancient Sanskrit (in translation). Sadhana is an enduring classic of world spiritual literature for its directness, simplicity and beauty of expression. Tagore's Sadhana delivers the message of the human connection to universal transcendence in hauntingly beautiful English prose. 1942, Kessinger Publishing | |
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Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior Chogyam Trungpa This deceptively simple book can alter your life. Trungpa teaches how to live an honorable life without violence. He uses examples from everyday life, showing how one can make a difference in the world by changing simple habits. 1988, Shambhala; Reissue edition | |
