Recommended Books for Adults

Anger

Bancroft, Lundy Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lerner, Harriet The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

McKay, M. et al. When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within

Anxiety & Panic

Antony, Martin M. et al. The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven Techniques for Overcoming Your Fears

Aron, Elaine N. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive when the World Overwhelms You

Bourne, Edmund The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

Carmin, Cheryl Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety and Phobia

Desberg, Peter No More Butterflies: Overcoming Stagefright, Shyness, Interview Anxiety and Fear of Public Speaking

Markway, Barbara Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life

Wilson, R. Ried Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks (revised edition)

Zuercher-White, Elke An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder

Asperger's Disorder

Attwood, Tony PhD The Complete guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Grandin, Temple Animals in Translation and Thinking in Pictures

Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Robinson, John Elder Look me in the Eye: My life with Asperger's

Tammet, Daniel Born on a Blue Day

Attention Deficit Disorder

Nadeu, Kathleen Adventures in Fast Forward: Life, Love and Work for the A.D.D. Adult

Hallowell, Edward Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood to Adulthood

Bipolar Disorder

bp magazine Hope and Harmony for People with Bipolar

Behrman, Andy Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania

Basco, Monica Ramirez Ph.D. The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings

Duke, Patty, Mary Lou Pinkert, and Gloria Hochman A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic-Depressive Illness

Fieve, Ronald Moodswing: Dr. Fieve on Depression

Jamison, Kay Redfield An Unquiet Mind and Touched With Fire: Manic Depressive Illness And The Artistic Temperament

McManamy, John Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know

Miklowitz, David Ph.D. The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide (Recommended First Choice!)

Phelps, Jim M.D. Why am I still depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder

Whybrow, Peter C. A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders

Fast, Julie A. Prestion, John D. PsyD loving someone with bipolar disorder, Understanding and Helping Your Partner

Codependency

Beattie, M. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling others and Start Caring for Yourself

Couples/Relationships

Barbach, Lonnie For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy

Gottman, John M., and Nan Silver The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Hendrix, Harville Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

Dementia and Alzheimer's

Fairclough, Phillip L. Living with Brain Injury

Mace, Nancy L., and Peter V. Rabins The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life

Robinson, A., et al. Understanding Difficulty Behaviors: Some practical suggestions for Coping with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Illness

Stoler, D. R. and Hill, B. A. Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Depression

Appleton, William S. Prozac and the New Antidepressants: What You Need to Know About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, Vestra, Celexa, St. John's Wort, and Others

Burns, David D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

Dyer, Wayne W. Your Erroneous Zones

Greenberger, D., Padesky, C. Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think

Papolos, Demitri, M.D. Overcoming Depression (3rd edition)

Obsessive Compulsive

Baer, Lee The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts and Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

Foa, E. B. and R. Wilson Stop Obsessing! How to overcome your obsessions and compulsions

Rapoport, Judith The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Schizophrenia

Torrey, Fuller Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers

Self and Sexuality

Barbach, Lonnie, Ph.D. For Yourself: The fulfillment of female sexuality

Braiker, Harriet The Disease to Please

Branden, Nathaniel The Art of Living Consciously: The Power of Awareness to Transform Everyday Life

Burns, David Ten Days to Self Esteem

Helmstetter, Shad What To Say When You Talk To Yourself

Kabat-Zinn, et al. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress,Pain and Illness

Shiraldi, Glenn, et al. The Self Esteem Workbook

Bass, Ellen, and Davis, Laura The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Want more? Here is Dr. Charles Vella's Bibliography

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