Coping Resources: Bibliotherapy

Stress Reduction and Mindful Living

"Get out of your mind and into your life" by Steven Hayes

"Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness" by Jon Kabat-Zinn

"Coming to our Senses: Healing ourselves and the world through Mindfulness" by Jon Kabat-Zinn

"The Power of Focusing: A practical guide to emotional self-healing" by Ann Weiser Cornell

"The Radical Acceptance of Everything" by Ann Weiser Cornell

Recovery Resources

"Cool Water: Alcoholism, Mindfulness, and Ordinary Recovery" by William Alexander

"A Place Called Self: Women, Sobriety, and Radical Transformation" by Stephanie Brown

"Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power" by Charlotte Kasl

"Belonging: Bonds of Healing & Recovery" by Dennis, Sheila & Matthew Linn

Eating Disorders

"Eating Mindfully" by Susan Albers

"When Food is Love" by Geneen Roth

"Feeding the Hungry Heart: The Experience of Emotional Eating" by Geneen Roth

Living with Chronic and Terminal Illnesses (e.g. Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

"Hope Begins in the Dark" by Jamie Reno

"The Roller Coaster Chronicles" by Betsy de Parry

"The Red Devil: To Hell with Cancer- and Back" by Katherine Russell Rich

"Cancer on $5 a Day: How Humor got me through the toughest journey of my life" by Robert Schimmel  

"The Alchemy of Illness" by Kat Duff

"All Sickness is Homesickness" by Dianne M. Connelly 

"My Stroke of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor

"Rebirth" by Deborah Ludwig

Depression & Anxiety

"The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing yourself from chronic Unhappiness" by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal & Jon Kabat-Zinn

"Hand-Me-Down Blues: How to Stop Depression from spreading in Families" by Michael D. Yapko

"Calming your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion can free you from Anxiety, Fear & Panic" by Jeffrey Brantley

Understanding Family Dynamics

"The Family Crucible: The intense experience of Family Therapy" by Augustus Napier & Carl Whitaker

"The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self" by Alice Miller

Mindful Parenting

"Parenting from the Inside Out" by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell