CREATING COUPLES RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK

• Real Love In Marriage - Baer, Greg MD
   

• Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy - Barbera, Mona
   

• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate - Chapman, Gary
   

• Take Back Your Marriage.- Doherty, William PhD  
   

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

• Why Marriages Succeed or Fail - Gottman, John M. 
   

• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide For Couples - Hendrix, Harville
   

• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love - Kabit-Zinn, and
  Johnson, Susan
   

• The Dance Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate - Lerner, Harriet
   

• New Rules of Marriage - Real, Terrance
   

• You Are the One You Have Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships - Schwartz, Richard C.

RESOURCES FOR CREATING PHENOMENAL FAMILY

• Fighting For Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love. - Blumberg, Susan L.
   
• The Intentional Family - Doherty, William PhD
  
• The Resilient Self: How Survivors in Troubled Families Rise Above Diversity. - Wolin, Steven and Sophie Wolin.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & PARENTING

• The Five Love Languages of Teenagers - Chapman, Gary

• Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility. Cline,Foster W. & Fay, Jim

• Family Virtues Guide - Popov, Linda Kavelin

• The Virtues Guide - Popov, Linda Kavelin

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY/DELAY

• The Out of Sync Child - Kranowitz, Carol Stock (One of the Best books on Sensory Dysfunction & Integration)

DIVORCE

• The Good Divorce - Ahorns, Constance

• Healthy Divorce - Everett, Craig and Everett, Sandra Volgy

• Fighting For Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love - Markham, H.J., Stanley, Scott, and Blumberg, Susan L.

• Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce - Newman, Gary

• Mom's House, Dad's House - Ricci, Isolina

• Divorce Busting: A Step By Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again - Weiner-Davis, Michelle

GRIEVING, DEATH & DYING

• When Children Grieve - James, J.W., Friedman, R., and Mathews, Leslie L.

• Death & Dying: The Final Stage of Growth - Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth

• Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying - Levine, Stephen

FORGIVENESS AND HEALING FROM AN AFFAIR

• Forgiveness: The Greatest Healer of All - Jampolsky, Gerald G.

• Love is Letting Go of Fear - Jampolsky, Gerald G.

• Forgive for Good - Lauskin, Fred

• Forgive for Love - Lauskin, Fred

• The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate - Lerner, Harriet

• Intimacy After Infidelity: How to Rebuild and Affair Proof Your Marriage - Soloman, Steven D. and Teagno, Loie J.

• How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To - Spring, Janice Abrams PhD

• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful - Spring, Janice Abrams PhD

GENDER ISSUES

• When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships - Gottman, John and Jacobson, Neil

• The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships - Lerner, Harriet

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

• That's Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships - Tannen, Deborah

• You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation - Tannen, Deborah

• Getting Through to the Man You Love: The No-Nonsense, No-Nagging Guide for Women - Weiner-Davis, Michelle

GETTING IT TOGETHER: EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR CHANGE

• Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes - Bridges, William

• The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moment - Bridges, William

• Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human - Buscaglia, Leo

• Comfortable with Uncertainty - Chordron, Pema

• Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living - Chodron, Pema

• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times - Chodron, Pema

• When Things Fall Apart - Chodron, Pema

• Excuse Me Your LIFE is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feeling - Grabhorn, Lynn

• Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness - Kabat-Zinn, Joni

• Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life - Katie, Byron

• Love is Letting Go Of Fear - Jampolsky, Gerald

• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Jeffers, Susan

• Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow - Lesser, Elizabeth

• Guide to Stress Reduction - Mason, John L.

• Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood - Muller, Wayne

• It's Not Your Fault: How Healing Relationships Change Your Brain & Can Help You Overcome a Painful Past - Romano-McGraw, Patricia

• The Four Agreements - Ruiz, Don Miguel

• Love Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness - Salzberg, Sharon

IFS: RESOURCES FOR INNER PARTS WORK

• Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy - Barbera, Mona

• Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life - Holmes, Tom

• Introduction to Internal Family Systems - Schwartz, Richard C.

• You Are the One You Have Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships - Schwartz, Richard C.

JUST FOR KIDS (3-6 years)

• Fred Stays With Me - Coffeit, Nancy

• Where Is Daddy? - Goff, Beth

• Divorce Is...(Coloring Book) - Magid & Schreibman

• Two Homes - Masre, Claire

• Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore - Stinson, Kathy

• My Family's Changing - Thomas, Pat

• It's Not the End of the World - Blume, Judy

• Surviving Your Parents' Divorce - Boeckman, Charles

• Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families - Brown, Laureen and Brown, Marc

• Where in the World is the Perfect Family? - Heat, Amy

• When Children Grieve - James, J.W., Friedman, R., and Mathews, Leslie L.

• How to Get it Together When Your Parents Are Coming Apart - Richard & Willis

• Why Are We Getting a Divorce? - Krementz, Jill 

• When Mom and Dad Divorce - Nickman, Steven and DeGoat, Diane

• Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids - Ricci, Isolina

• Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames - Hanh, Thich Nhat

• Miracle of Mindfulness - Nanh, Thich Nhat

• Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions - Hanh, Thich Nhat

• Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness - Kabat-Zinn, Joni

• Guide to Stress Reduction  - Mason, L. John

• Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing - McCall, Timothy and Yoga Journal

• Rituals for Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness - Achterberg, Dossey, and Kokmeier

• Premenstrual Syndrome Self Help Book - Lark, Susan M.

• Menopause Self Help Book - Lark, Susan M.

• Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing - McCall, Timothy and Yoga Journal

• The Panic Attack Book - Burns, David M. 

• An Unquiet Mind - Jamison, Kay Redfield (One of the best books on Manic Depressive Illness)

• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Jeffers, Susan

• Fear and Other Uninvited Guests: Tackling the Anxiety, Fear, and Shame That Keep Us from Optimal Living and Loving - Lerner, Harriet

• The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate - Lerner, Harriet

• EMDR Essentials: A Guide for Therapists and Clients - Maiberger, Barb

• Stop Walking on Eggshells; Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder - Mason, Paul T. and Kreger, Randi

• EMDR: The Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma - Shapiro, Francine and Forrest, Margot Silk

• The Mindful Way Through Depression; Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - Williams, Mark;  Teasdale, John; Segal, Zindel and Kabat-Zinn, Jon

• Codependency No More - Beattie, Melody

• Beyond Codependency and Getting Better All the Time - Beattie, Melody

• The Language of Letting Go: A Book of Meditations - Beattie, Melody

• Codependents Guide to the 12 Steps - Beattie, Melody

• Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse - Sanford, Linda T.

• It Will Never Happen to Me - Black, Claudia

• It Will Never Happen to Me!: Growing Up With Addiction as Children, Adolescents and Adults - Black, Claudia (Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics)

• A Gentle Path Through Recovery: A Guidebook For All People in Recovery - Carnes, Patrick (This is a great workbook for getting through the 12 steps)

• Stage II Recovery - Larsen, Earnie

• Daily Affirmations For Adult Children of Alcoholics - Lerner, Rochelle

• Stop Walking on Eggshells; Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder - Mason, Paul T. and Kreger, Randi

• Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood - Muller, Wayne

• Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal Guide to Turning from Alcoholism and Other Addictions - Olitzky, Kerry M. and Copans, Stuart A.

• How to Be An Adult: A Handbook On Psychological and Spiritual Integration - Richo, David

• Healing the Child Within - Whitfield, Charles L.

• My Precious Child: Affirmations for the Child Within - Williams, Mary L.