Resources for Clients

I often recommend reading for my clients to deepen their understanding of the problem they are dealing with.  Below is a list of the books that I am currently suggesting to my clients, and perhaps you will find them useful to you too.

Marital/Couple Issues

  • Hold Me Tight- Susan Johnson, Ph.D
  • Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work- John Gottman, Ph.D.
  • 10 Lessons to Transform Your Marriage- John Gottman, Ph.D.
  • Tell Me No Lies- Ellyn Bader, Ph.D. and Peter T. Pearson, Ph.D.
  • Reconciliable Differences-Andrew Christensen, Ph.D. and Neil Jacobson, Ph.D.

Sexual Issues

  • Discovering your Couple Sexual Style- Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy
  • Hot Monogamy- Pat Love, Ed.D.
  • Becoming Orgasmic- Julia Heiman and Joseph Lo Piccolo, Ph.D.
  • Rekindling Desire: A Step-by-Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages- Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy
  • The Sexual Healing Journey- Wendy Maltz, L.C.S.W.
  • Sexual Anorexia- Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.

Infidelity, Betrayals, and Forgiveness

  • Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help you Cope, Heal, and Move On- Together or Apart  Douglas K. Snyder, Ph.D., Donald Baucom, Ph.D. Kristina Coop Gordon, Ph.D.
  • Not "Just Friends" Rebuilding Trust and Restoring Your Sanity After Infidelity-Shirley Glass, Ph.D.
  • How Can I Forgive You?- Janis Abrams Spring
  • Forgiving the Unforgivable-Beverly Flanigan, M.S.S.W.
  • After the Affair-  Janis Abrams Spring

Sex Addiction

  • Don't Call it Love: Recovery from Sex Addiction- Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. 
  • Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sex Addiction- Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
  • Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery- Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
  • Lust, Anger, Love: Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Road to Healthy Intimacy- Maureen Canning, LMFT
  • Porn Trap- Wendy Maltz and Larry Maltz

For Partners of Sex Addicts

  • Sex, Lies, and Forgiveness- Jennifer Schneider, M.D. and Burt Schneider 
  • Mending a Shattered Heart- Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D.
  • Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets- Claudia Black, Ph.D.

Love Addiction

  • Facing Love Addiction- Pia Melody, Andrea Wells Miller and J. Keith Miller
  • Addiction to Love- Susan Peabody
  • Obsessive Love- Susan Forward, Ph.D. and Craig Buck

Anger

  • Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and reason to Save Their Lives and Relationships- C. Peter, Bankart, Ph.D.
  • Act On Life Not On Anger- Georg H. Eifert, Ph.D., Matthew Mckay, Ph.D. and others 
  • When Anger Hurts- Matthew McKay,Ph.D. Peter Rogers, Ph.D. Judith Mckay, Ph.D.
  • The High-Conflict Couple- Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship- Patricia Evans
  • The Gaslight Effect- Robin Stern, Ph.D.

Anxiety Worry and Fear

  • Dying of Embarrasment- Barbara Markway, Ph.D., C. Alec Pollard, Ph,D. and others
  • The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook- Mark Antony, Ph.D. and Richard Swinson, Ph.D.
  • The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety- John Forsyth, Ph.D. and Georg Eifert, Ph.D.
  • Women Who Worry Too Much- Holley Hazlett-Stevens, Ph.D.
  • The Worry Trap- Chad Lejeune, Ph.D.

Insomnia

  • Getting to Sleep-Ellen Mohr Catalano
  • No More Sleepless Nights- Peter Hauri and Shirley Linde

Post-Partum Adjustment Problems

  • Shouldn't I Be Happy? Emotional Problems of Pregnant and Post-Partum Women- Shaila Misri, M.D.  
  • This Isn't What I Expected- Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin
  • The Post-Partum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Post-Partum Depression- Karen Kleiman