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This list includes some books, websites, and podcasts that I have found to be helpful in my practice.  It is not a comprehensive list, but offered as an addition to therapeutic work.

 

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Mindfulness/acceptance

Loving What Is - book by Byron Katie and Stephen Mitchell

Mindsight:  The New Science of Personal Transformation - book by Daniel J. Siegel

Wherever You Go There You Are:  Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life  - book by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Miracle of Mindfulness - book by Thich Nhat Hanh 

Full Catastrophe Living:  Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness - book by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Man's Search for Meaning - book by Viktor Frankl 

 

 

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Depression/Suicide

The Crisis Clinic - 24 hour suicide prevention hotline

Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression - book by Nell Casey

SUICIDAL IDEATION:  Darryl "DMC" McDaniels discovers Sarah McLaughlin and finds himself - The Moth - podcast - http://www.themoth.org/radio_204

An Unquiet Mind:  A Memoir of Moods and Madness - book by Kay Redfield Jamison

 

 

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Relationships

EXPLORING SEXUALITY:  Brief Therapy Institute of Denver - Marne Wine podcast series.  http://www.btid.com/BTID07PodSexuality.htm

BREAK-UPS:  NPR Podcast:  "Break-up" - an exploration of whether sad songs really help you feel better after a break-up.  http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/339/break-up

 

Hold Me Tight - book by Sue Johnson

Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - book by John Gottman and Nan Silver

Getting the Love you Want - book by Harville Hendrix

The Five Love Languages - book by Gary Chapman

Mating in Captivity - book by Esther Perel

 

 

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Infidelity

Not Just Friends:  Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity - book by Shirley P. Glass and Jean Coppock Staeheli 

Getting Past the Affair:  Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity  - book by Douglas Snyder, Donald Baucom, and Kristina Coop Gordon

 

 

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parenting

PEPS - Program for Early Parenting Support

Postpartum Support International of Washington

The Six Stages of Parenthood - book by Ellen Galinsky

Nurture Shock - book by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child:  The Heart of Parenting - book by John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk - book by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Your One Year Old, Two Year Old, Three Year Old, Etc - a series of parenting books by Louise Bates Ames and the Gesell Institute of Human Development.

Operating Instructions:  A Journal of My Son's First Year - book by Anne Lamott

 

 

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Alcohol/Dependency 

Drinking: A Love Story - book by Carolne Knapp

Staying Sober:  A Guide for Relapse Prevention- book by Terence T. Gorski and Merlene Miller

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - book by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

When AA Doesn't Work for You:  Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol - book by Albert Ellis

Seattle AA - Alcoholic's Anonymous

Al-Anon - If your life is affected by someone's drinking.

Adult Children of Alcoholics - book by Janet G. Woititz

Facing Codependence:  What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives - book by Pia Melody

 

 

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Just for Fun

Oh The Places You'll Go - book by Dr. Suess

A Website to Post and Read Secrets - http://www.postsecret.com/

 

 

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