New Self Help Books Archive
May 2011
We've added exciting new self help book titles to The Guide for May 2011 in Mental Health Concerns.
Check the sections below to see what's new -- or just scroll down to browse through all the new books.
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New Self Help Book Listings in Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving With the Self-absorbed
Disarming the Narcissist offers several strategies for dealing effectively with someone who is at the center of his or her own universe. You'll learn how to move past the narcissist's defenses with compassionate, empathetic communication. You'll learn to understand the worldview and coping styles of narcissists. By anticipating and avoiding hot-button issues, you'll discover ways to relate to narcissists without triggering aggression. You’ll also find out how to be heard in conversation with a narcissist. Also covered are strategies for limit-setting and for knowing when to draw the line on unacceptable behavior. 2008, New Harbinger
Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life
Psychotherapist Martinez-Lewi combines clinical analysis with psychological profiles of famous people she believes to have been narcissists (e.g., Frank Lloyd Wright, Ayn Rand) in this valuable guide to recognizing, coping with, and overcoming narcissistic behavior. She focuses on the high-level narcissist, i.e., the "omnipotent, grandiose, often charismatic individual of overreaching ambition and palpable hubris.” This informative self help book ends with a reasoned discussion of decidedly Eastern approaches such as meditation to counter narcissists’ destructive behavior. 2008, Tarcher
New Self Help Book Listings in OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Coping With OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Coping with OCD offers a simple and engaging program that can get anyone with mild to moderate OCD started on the road to recovery. The book begins with a crash course on what OCD is--and what it is not. This self help book proposes a three-part program for recovery that uses safe and gradual exposure to distressing thoughts and situations, mindfulness practice, and techniques to restructure thinking. Additional chapters address shame and blame, depression, and maintaining progress. The book includes a helpful list of resources for further reading and additional support. 2008, New Harbinger
New Self Help Book Listings in PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Healing Together: A Couple's Guide to Coping with Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress
After a traumatic experience – violence, natural disasters, war, life-threatening accidents, crime, health problems, or loss of a loved one -- we are told time and time again to take care of ourselves and reach out to the people we love. But what happens when you reach out and your partner can't reach back? One or both partners can use this practical, step-by-step self help program to recover from trauma or help their partner recover by understanding the impact of the trauma, learning to communicate their needs, managing anger, dealing with traumatic memories, recapturing lost intimacy, and recognizing their resiliency as a couple. 2009, New Harbinger
In Harm's Way: Help for the Wives of Military Men, Police, Emts, & Firefighters
In Harm’s Way explains how you can cope with the fear, anger, and loneliness you feel related to your partner's high-risk profession. It gives practical advice for dealing with each of these feelings. Issues like sex and sexual deprivation, role overload, self-care, and children's fears and concerns are addressed.. Whether your loved one has been away for an extended period of time on a dangerous assignment or comes home every day depressed and exhausted, this self help book shows you how to help yourself and your mate deal with emotional problems related to balancing high-risk work with family life. 2005, New Harbinger
New Self Help Book Listings in Recovery from Childhood Abuse
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma
The first encouraging, sex-positive guide for women survivors of sexual assault - heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, coupled, and single - who would like to reclaim their sex lives. While many publications on the topic broach sexuality merely to reassure women that it is all right to say “no” to unwanted sex, Healing Sex encourages women to discover ways to say “yes” - to their own desires and on their own terms. This mind-body approach is ideal for anyone searching for a new route to heal from trauma. 2007, Cleis Press
New Self Help Book Listings in Social Anxiety Disorder
Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia
Americans struggle with anxiety. Among the disorder's most common forms is social phobia, a persistent fear of scrutiny and evaluation by others. Social phobia cripples the lives of some 15 to 20 percent of the US population. This distressing social anxiety includes the fear of public speaking (stage fright), performing in social and creative situations (test anxiety, writers' block), eating in restaurants, and dating. If you suffer from the symptoms of social anxiety disorder, this self help book offers clinically proven strategies to overcome them and start living a life of confidence. 1992, New Harbinger
