Reading List

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Your education is important to us. Many of our staff members have published articles on the various conditions that they specialize in treating. Below you will find links to downloadable PDF files regarding your specific area. There are also suggestions for helpful books.

Alzheimer Disease

  • The 36-Hour day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life, by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins

Anxiety

  • When Panic Attacks by David Burns
  • Coping With Anxiety:10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear & Worry by Edmund J. Bourne and Lorna Garano
  • The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Bourne
  • Beyond Anxiety & Phobia by Bourne
  • Depressed & Anxious by Marra

Autism

  • Overcoming Autism by Lynn Kern Koegel and Claire LaZebnik

Bipolar

  • An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield-Jamison
  • Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield-Jamison
  • Manic-Depressive Illness by Goodwin & Jamison

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

  • I Hate You, Don't Leave Me by Kreisman & Straus
  • Sometimes I Act Crazy by Kreisman & Straus
  • The Angry Heart by Santoro & Cohen
  • Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert Friedel
  • The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide by Chapman & Gratz

For family members of those with BPD

  • Stop Walking on Eggshells by Mason & Kreger
  • The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook by Kreger & Shirley
  • Understanding the Borderline Mother by Lawson

Cutting and Self-Injury

  • Cutting by Levenkron
  • Secret Scars by Turner

Depression

  • Feeling Good by David Burns
  • Depression: Feeling Good and the Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
  • Depressed & Anxious by Marra
  • Against Depression by Peter D. Kramer
  • What to do When Someone You Love is Depressed by Mitch and Susan Golant
  • Darkness Visible by Styron

General Health and Well-Being

  • Living Smart by Klapow & Pruitt
  • Mind Over Mood by Greenberger & Padesky
  • Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life by Spradlin
  • The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Davis, Eschelman, & McKay
  • Where to draw the line: how to set healthy boundaries every day by Anne Katherine
  • Codependent No More: How to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself by Melanie Beatty

Impulsivity

  • Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself by Grant & Kim

Marriage Counseling

  • Marriage and Affairs: After the Affair by Spring

Marriage Issues

OCD

  • The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing by Rapoport
  • The Obsessive-Compulsive Trap by Crawford
  • What to do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kids's Guide to Overcoming OCD by Dawn Huebner (For Kids)
  • Freeing Your Child From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Tamar Cahnsky (For Parents)
  • Helping Your Child with OCD: A Workbook by Lee Fitzgibbons and Cherry Pedrick (For Parents)
  • What to do When Your Child Has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions by Aureen Wagner (For Parents)
  • Confronting the Bully of OCD by Linda Marin
  • The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Bruce Hyman and Cherry Pedrick

Parenting

  • SOS! Help for Parents by Lynn Clark
  • Parenting Teens: Stop Negotiating with Your Teen by Edgette
  • Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles by Mary Kurcinka
  • Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.

Postpartum Depression

  • This Isn't What I Expected by Kleiman & Raskin
  • Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields

Schizophrenia

  • The Center Cannot Hold by Saks
  • The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Schiller & Bennett
  • Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia by Richard McLean

Trauma

  • I Can't Get Over It by Aphrodite Matsakis
  • Trust After Trauma by Aphrodite Matsakis