resources

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Addiction

Out of the Doghouse: A Step-by-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S

Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction, Patrick Carnes PhD

For Love and Money; Exploring Sexual & Financial Betrayal In Relationships, Debra L. Kaplan MBA, MA

Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts, Stefanie Carnes, PhD, Mari A. Lee, LMFT & Anthony D. Rodriguez, LCSW

Anxiety

From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life, Lucinda Bassett

Co-Dependency

The Betrayal Bond, Patrick Carnes, PH.D

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives, Pia Mellody

Individual Growth

Breaking the Chain of Low Self Esteem, Marilyn Sorenson

Change your Brain Change Your Life, Daniel Amen

Developing a Secure Self, April Steele

Getting Past Your Past, Francine Shapiro

Getting Love Right: Learning the Choices of Healthy Intimacy, Terence Gorski

I Thought it was Just Me; But it Isn’t, Brene Brown

People Skills, Robert Bolton PhD

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

Couples

Love Sense, Sue Johnson

Hold Me Tight, Sue Johnson

The Intimacy Factor, Pia Mellody

Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, David Schmarch PhD.

The Relationship Cure, John Gotten PhD. and Jean DeClaire

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman PhD and Nan Silver

Grief

Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, P. Boss

Good Grief, Granger Westberg

How to go on Living When Someone you Love Dies, Therese A. Rando, PhD

Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal, Alan D. Wolfelt

Infidelity/Affair Recovery

How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair, Linda MacDonald

The Aftermath of Betrayal, Michelle D. Mays, LPC, CSAT-S

Mending a Shattered Heart: a guide for partners of sex addicts, Stephanie Carnes, PhD

Trauma and Sexual Abuse

The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

Outgrowing the Pain, Eliana Gil PhD

Survivors and Partners: Healing the Relationships of Sexual Abuse Survivors, Paul A. Hansen

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter Levine

Wounded Heart; Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Dan Allender

Workbooks

Boundaries, Henry Cloud & John Townsend

The Self-Esteem Workbook, G Sch

An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples, V Kallos-Lilly and J. Fitzgerald