While books can never take the place of a therapist in helping you to establish a new perspective for your challenges, we often recommend books that will help to deepen your understanding of the healing process. These are some of our favorites.

1. Your Defiant Child , Russell Barkley
2. Codependent No More, Melodie Beattie
3. Love is Never Enough, Aaron Beck, M.D.
4. Feeling Good, The New Mood Therapy, David Burns, M.D.
5. Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, Stephen Cope
6. Guide to Rational Living, Ellis & Harper
7. Man’s Search for Meaning. Victor Frankl
8. Transforming the Difficult Child, Howard Glaser
9. Buddhism Plain and Simple, Steve Hagen
10. Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Carl Jung
11. Seasons of a Man’s Life, Daniel Levinson (for men)
12. Life Strategies, Phil McGraw, Ph.D.
13. The Road Less Traveled, F. Scott Peck
14. The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz, M.D.
15. The Mastery of Love, Don Miguel Ruiz, M.D.
16. Passages, Gail Sheehy (for women)
17. When I Say No I Feel Guilty, Manuel Smith, M.D.
18. Conversations with God, Vol. 1, Neale Donald Walsch
19. Conversations with God, Vol. 2, Neale Donald Walsch
20. Journey of the Heart, John Welwood