Recommended Bibliotherapy Books
Bibliotherapy is a valuable resource for many clients seeking mental health support. Members of IPA often recommend specific books to their clients to aid in their healing and personal growth. These carefully selected titles provide insights, coping strategies, and inspiration, complementing traditional therapeutic approaches and fostering a deeper understanding of various psychological issues.
Compiled by Don Damsteegt, Ph.D.
Anger
How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls You
by Albert Ellis and Raymond Chip Tafrate
Citadel, 2000
Why Does He Do That? Inside The Heads of Angry and Controlling Men
by Lundy Bancroft
Berkeley Trade, 2003
The Anger Workbook for Women: How to Keep Your Anger From Undermining Your Self Esteem, Your Emotional Balance and Your Relationships
by Sandra P. Thomas
New Harbinger Publications, 2004
Anger: How to Live With and Without It
by Albert Ellis
Citadel, 2000
Anxiety
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook 5th Ed.
by Davis, Et al.
New Harbinger Publications, 2000
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund Bourne
New Harbinger Publications, 2005
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook
by Martha Davis et al
New Harbinger Publications, 2000
Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
by Antony/Swinson
New Harbinger Publications, 2000
Coping With Panic: A Drug Free Approach to Dealing with Anxiety Attacks
by George A. Clum
Self Change Systems, 1999
The Anxiety Cure
by Archibald Hart
W. Publishing Group, 2001
Adrenaline and Stress
by Archibald Hart
W. Publishing Group, 1995
What to Do When You’re Scared and Worried
by James Crist
Free Spirit Publishing, 2004
Mind Over Mood
by Greenberger and Padesky
The Guildford Press, 1995
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, Second Edition
by Forsyth and Eifert
New Harbinger, 2016
Asperger’s Disorder
Asperger’s Syndrome for Parents and Teachers
by Tony Attwood
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001
Asperger’s Syndrome and Adolescence
by Teresa Bolick
Fair Winds Press, 2004
Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning and Behavior Problems
by Candace Bos and Sharon Vaughn
Allyn & Bacon, 1997
The New Social Story Book
by Carol Gray
Future Horizons, 2002
Comic Strip Conversations
by Carol Gray
Future Horizons, 1994
The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Perigree, NY, 1998
Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Educators and Parents
by Brenda Smith Myles and Richard L. Simpson
Pro-Ed, 1997
Asperger’s Huh? A Child’s Perspective
by Rosina Schnurr and John Strachan
Anisor Publishing, 1999
The World of The Autistic Child: Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders
by Bryna Siegel
Oxford UniversityPress, 1998
Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide
by Richard L. Simpson and Brenda Smith Myles
Pro-Ed, 2000
Assertiveness
Your Perfect Right
by Robert E. Alberti and Michael L. Emmons
Impact Publishers, 2001
Our Bodies, Ourselves
by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
Touchstone, 2005
When I Say No I Feel Guilty
by Manuel J. Smith
Bantam, 1985
Negotiate This! By Caring but Not That Much
by Herb Cohen
Warner Business, 2003
ADHD
ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
edited by Patricia O. Quinn
Magination Press, 2001
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau
Routledge, 2002
ADHD Secrets of Success: Coaching Yourself to Fulfillment in the Business World
by Thom Hartmann
Select Books, 2002
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood
by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey
Touchstone, 1995
Finding Your Focus: Practical Strategies for the Everyday Challenges Facing Adults with ADD
by Judith Greenbaum and Geraldine Markel
McGraw-Hill, 2005
Out of the Fog: Treatment Options and Coping Strategies for Adult Attention Deficit Disorders
by Kevin R. Murphy and Suzanne LeVert
Hyperion, 1995
Smart but Stuck: Emotional Aspects of Learning Disabilities & Imprisoned Intelligence
by Myrna Orenstein
Haworth Press, 2001
The Down and Dirty Guide to Adult ADD
by Michael Gordon
G S I Publications, 1996
Understanding Women with ADHD
edited by Kathleen G. Nadeau and Patricia O. Quinn
Advantage Books, 2002
YOU MEAN I’M NOT LAZY, STUPID, OR CRAZY?!: A Self-help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
Fireside, 1993
Taking Charge of ADHD
by Russell A. Barkley
The Guilford Press, 2000
ADD in Teens
by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy
The ADD/ADHD Behavior Change Resource Kit
by Grad L. Flick
Jossey-Bass, 1998
A CD for ADHD and general relxation through bilateral sound
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Behavior Disorders
The Explosive Child
by Ross W. Greene
HarperCollins Publishers, 1998
1-2-3 Magic
by Thomas W. Phelan
Child Management, Inc., 1995
Your Defiant Child
by Russell A. Barkley
The Guilford Press, 1998
Why Do They Act That Way: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
by David Walsh
Atria Books, 2004
Borderline Personality
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
by Marsha M. Linehan
Guilford Press, 1993
I Hate You-Don’t Leave Me: Understanding BPD
by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
Avon, 1991
Boundaries
by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Zondervan, 2002
Boundaries with Kids
by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Zondervan, 2001
Boundaries in Marriage
by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Zondervan, 2002
Safe People
by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Zondervan, 1996
Shame and Grace
by Lewis B. Smedes
HarperSanFrancisco, 1994
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
by Peter Scazzero
Integrity Publishers, 2006
Safe Haven Marriage
by Archibald D. Hart and Sharon Hart May
W Publishing Group, 2003
Unveiling Depression in Women
by Archibald Hart and Catherine Hart Weber
Revell, 2000
Torn Asunder
by Dave Carder
Moody Publishers, 1995
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder
by Paul T. Mason and Randi Kreger
New Harbinger, 1998
Depression
Mind Over Mood
by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
The Guilford Press, 1995
Feeling Good (Feeling Good Handbook)
by David D. Burns
Plume, 1999
Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back
by Michael Addis and Christopher Martell
New Harbinger Publications, 2004
How to Heal Depression
by Harold H. Bloomfield and Peter McWilliams
Prelude Press, 1995
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 1997
The Bipolar Child
by Demitri Papolos and Janice Papolos
Broadway, 2006
A Darkness Visible
by William Styron
Vintage, 1992
When Someone You Love is Depressed
by Laura Epstein Rosen and Xavier Francisco Amador
Free Press, 1997
Helping Your Depressed Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents
by Martha Underwood Barnard
New Harbinger Publications, 2003
Don’t Take My Grief Away from Me: How to Walk Through Life and Live Again
by Doug Manning
In-Sight Books, 1979/2003
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression
by Kirk D. Strosahl and Patricia J. Robinson
New Harbinger Publications, 2008
Dissociative Identity Disorder
The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness
by Martha Stout
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook
by Deborah Bray Haddock
McGraw-Hill, 2001
Got Parts? Insider’s Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder
by A.T.W.
Loving Healing Press, 2005
Amongst Ourselves
by Tracy Alderman and Karen Marshall
New Harbinger, 1998
Eating Disorders
French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating
by Mary Anne Cohen
Gurze Books, 1995
The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery
by Nancy J. Kolodny
Gurze Books, 2004
The Rules of “Normal” Eating
by Karen R. Koenig
Gürze Books, 2005
Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends
by Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, and Margot Weinshel
HarperCollins, 1989
Conscious Eating, Conscious Living
by Barbara L. Holtzman
Loving Healing Press, 2005
The Body Image Workbook
by Thomas F. Cash
New Harbinger Publications, 1997
Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Transform Their Relationships with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling
by Anita Johnston
Gurze Books, 1996
Women, Food and God
by Geneen Roth
Scribner, 2010
Learning Disorders
College and Career Success for Students with Learning Disabilities
by Roslyn Dolber
McGraw-Hill, 1996
Facing Learning Disabilities in the Adult Years
by Joan Shapiro
Oxford University Press, 1999
Non-verbal Learning Disabilities: Diagnosis and Treatment within an Educational Setting
by Margriet Molenaar-Klumper
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002
Meaning and Purpose
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Pocket, 1997
Meaningful and Purposeful Goals Workbook
by Robert R. Hutzell
Inst Logotherapy Pr, 1989
A workbook to increase your meaningful and purposeful goals
Robert R. Hutzell, Mary Ann Eggert, and Mary E. Jerkins
Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy Press, 1989
Marriage, Divorce & Relationships
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
by John M. Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman
Simon & Schuster, 1998
The Relationship Cure
by John M. Gottman
Three Rivers Press, 2002
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner has been Unfaithful
by Janis Abrahms Spring
Harper Paperbacks, 1997
Making Your Second Marriage a First-Class Success
by Doug Moseley and Naomi Moseley
Three Rivers Press, 1998
Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends
by Bruce Fisher
Impact Publishers, 2005
The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses
by John W. James and Russell Friedman
Collins, 1998
Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective
by E. Mavis Hetherington
LEA, Inc., 1999
Coping with Separation and Divorce
by Peter D. Stuart
Mansell, 1989
Coping with Bereavement from Death or Divorce
by R. Scott Hafer
Prentice Hall, 1981
Fighting for Your Marriage
by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, and Susan L. Blumberg
Jossey-Bass, 2001
For the Children’s Sake: Parenting Together after the Marriage Ends
by Paul J. Dozier
iUniverse, Inc., 2004
Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life
by Ginny NiCarthy
Seal Press, 2004
Getting the Love You Want
by Harville Hendrix
Owl Books, 2001
Wrestling with Love: How Men Struggle with Intimacy
by Samuel Osherson
Ballantine Books, 1996
Children and Divorce
by Archibald D. Hart
Thomas Nelson, 1997
Reconcilable Differences
by Andrew Christensen and Neil S. Jacobson
Guilford Press, 2000
Reptiles in Love: Ending Destructive Fights
by Don Ferguson
Jossey-Bass, 2006
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Judith L. Rapoport
EP Dutton Publishing, 1989
Brain-Lock: A Four-Step Self-treatment Method to Change Your Brain Chemistry
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
HarperCollins Publishers, 1996
Getting Control
by Lee Baer
Penguin Group, 1992
Learning to Live with OCD
by Bonnie VanNoppen, Michele Pato, and Eric Rasmussen
OC Foundation, 1993
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Guide
by Hugh F. Johnston
ChildPsychopharmacology Information Center, 1993
When Once is Not Enough
by Gail Steketee and Karen White
New Harbinger Publications, 1990
Pain
The Pain Survival Guide
by Dennis C. Turk and Frits Winter
American Psychological Association, 2005
Managing Pain Before it Manages You
by Margaret A. Caudill
The Guilford Press, 1994
When a Parent has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children
by Wendy S. Harpham
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life
by Ginny NiCarthy
Seal Press, 2004
The PTSD Workbook
by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula
New Harbinger Publications, 2002
The Courage to Heal (and accompanying workbooks)
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Vermilion, 2002
Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing
by Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams, and Barbara E. Watkins
The Guilford Press, 1999
I Can’t Get Over It
by Aphrodite Matsakis
New Harbinger Publications, 1996
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
by Peter A. Levine
Sounds True, 2005
The Sexual Healing Journey
by Wendy Maltz
Collins, 2001
Rational Emotive Therapy and Cognitive Therapy
A New Guide to Rational Living
by Albert Ellis, Robert A. Harper, Melvin Powers
Wilshire Book Company, 1975
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything
by Albert Ellis
Lyle Stuart, 2000
I Can if I Want To
by Arnold A. Lazarus and Clifford N. Fay
FMC BOOKS, 2000
Self-Esteem, Forgiveness, Grief
Men and Self-Esteem
by Linda Tschirhart Sanford, Mary Ellen Donovan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1987
Self-Esteem
by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning
New Harbinger Publications, 2000
If I Am So Successful, Why Do I Feel Like a Fake
by Joan C. Harvey and Cynthia Katz
St. Martin’s Press, 1985
Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step by Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
by Robert D. Enright
American Psychological Association, 2001
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield, Peter McWilliams
Prelude Press, 1993
Don’t Take My Grief Away
by Doug Manning
Harper SanFrancisco, 1984
The Next Place
by Warren Hanson
Waldman House Press, 1997
Dog Heaven (Cat Heaven)
by Cynthia Rylant
Blue Sky Press, 1995
How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies
by Therese A. Rando
Bantam, 1991
The Self-Forgiveness Handbook
by Thom Rutledge
New Harbinger Publications, 1997
Sexuality
Our Bodies, Ourselves
by Boston Women’s Health Collective
Touchstone, 2005
The New Male Sexuality
by Bernie Zilbergeld
Bantam, 1999
The Sexual Healing Journey (related to sexual abuse)
by Wendy Maltz
Collins, 2001
The Porn Trap
by Wendy Maltz and Larry Maltz
Collins, 2008
Sexual Addiction
Out of the Shadows
by Patrick Carnes
Hazelden, 2001
The Betrayal Bond
by Patrick Carnes
HCI, 1997
Tourette’s
Handbook of Tourette’s Syndrome and Related Tic and Behavioral Disorders
by James F. Kurlan
Marcel Dekker Publishing, 1993
Tourette Syndrome: Genetics Neurobiology and Treatment
by Thomas N. Chase, Arnold J. Friedhoff, and Donald J. Cohen
Raven Press, 1993
Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
by Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapiro
Raven Press, 1988
Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior
by David E. Comings
Hope Press, 1990
Tourette Syndrome: A Continuing Education Course for Registered Nurses
by Henry H. Wang and John Curry
TSA- Southern California, 1996
Tourette’s Syndrome and Tic Disorders: Clinical Understanding and Treatment
by Donald J. Cohen, Ruth Bruun, and James F. Leckman
Wiley, 1988
Neurobiological Disorders in Children and Adolescents
by Robert Perschel, Michael Peschel, John Howe, and Jane Howe
Jossey-Bass, 1992
Tourette’s Syndrome: Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions: Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care
by James F. Leckman and Donald J. Cohen
John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Miscellaneous
The Tao of Willie
by Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin
Gotham, 2006
The Tao of Eating
by Linda W. Harper and Cathy L. Moore
Inner Ocean/Innisfree Press, 2004
West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief
by Steven Kotler
Bloomsbury USA, 2006
You Can Go Home Again
by Monica McGoldrick
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 1997
Passing for Normal
by Amy S. Wilensky
Broadway, 2000
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Penguin, 2005
The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
New World Library, 1999
Computer Assisted Training Modules in Depression Management, Meaningful Life Direction, Anger Management, and Others at Knoxville VAMC
Guided Imagery CDs for a Variety of Concerns
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