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WHCC’s “Top Forty” Book List

About Relationships

After the Affair Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When A Partner Has Been Unfaithful. Janis Abrahms Springer

Coupleship How to Have a Relationship. Sharon Wegsheider-Cruse

The Dance of Anger A woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships.Harriet Lerner

The Dance of Connection How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate. Harriet Lerner

The Dance of Intimacy A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships. Harriet Lerner

The Five Love Languages:  How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Gary Chapman

Getting the Love You Want A Guide for Couples. Harville Hendrix

Love and Awakening Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationships. John Welwood

Passionate Marriage Love, Sex and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships. David Schnarch

Sex Begins in the Kitchen Because Love is an All-Day Affair. Kevin Leman & Kevin Lemon

We Love Each Other, But… Simple Secrets to Strengthen Your Relationship and Make Love Last. Dr. Ellen Wachte

 

Understanding Yourself and Your Emotions

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook Simple, Concise, Step-by-Step Directions for Mastery. Edmund J. Bourne

The Depression Book Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Growth. Cheri Huber

The Fear Book Facing Fear Once and for All. Cheri Huber

Getting Through the Day Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children. Nancy Napier

I Don’t Want to Talk About It Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. Terrance Real

How to Be an Adult:  A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration. David Richo

How to Be an Adult in Relationship David Richo

Swampland of the Soul New Life in Dismal Places  Guilt, Grief, Loss, Betrayal, Doubt, Loneliness, Depression, Despair, Obsessions, Addictions, Anger, Fear, Angst, Anxiety. James Hollis

Taming Your Gremlin A Guide to Enjoying Yourself. Richard Carson

Ten Days to Self-Esteem In 10 Exciting Steps You Will Learn How to Defeat Depression, Develop Self-Esteem, Discover the Secrets of Joy in Daily Living. David D. Burns

There’s Nothing Wrong with You Regardless of What You Were Taught to Believe. Cheri Huber

Touching Spirit Bear  A novel about adolescent anger and healing. Ben Mikaelsen

Too Good for Her Own Good Searching for Self and Intimacy in Important Relationships. Claudia Bepko & Jo-Ann Krestan

 

Understanding How Others Impact You

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child. A Support Book for Partners. Laura Davis

Co-Dependents’ Guide to the Twelve Steps: How to Find the Right Program for You and Apply Each of the Twelve Steps to Your Own Issues Workbook. Melody Beattie

The Drama of the Gifted Child The Search for the True Self. Alice Miller

Getting Them Sober: You Can Help.Tobey Rice Drews

Stop Walking on Eggshells Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder. Paul T. Mason & Randi Kreger

Toxic Parents Over-coming their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life. Susan Forward & Craig Buck

Why Is It Always About You Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life.Sandy Hotchkiss

 

About Loss and Grief

After the Darkest Hour, the Sun Will Shine Again A Parent’s Guide to Coping with the Loss of a Child. Elizabeth Mehren

Close to the Bone Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning. Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

Good-Bye, Daddy A storybook for children about separation and divorce. Brigitte Weninger & Alan Marks

How to Survive the Loss of a Love Peter McWilliams, Harold Bloomfield & Melba Colgrove

Meetings at the Edge Dialogues with the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed. Stephen Levine

Surviving, Healing, and Growing The How-to Survive the Loss of a Love Workbook. Melba Colgrove, Peter McWilliams & Harold Bloomfield

 

Spiritual Guides

The Artist Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. Julia Cameron

Coming Out Within: Stages of Spiritual Awakening for Lesbians and Gay Men. Craig O’Neill & Katherine Ritter

How to be Happy, Dammit: A Cynics Guide to Spiritual Happiness  44 Life Lessons to Save You Years of Time, Effort and Humiliation. Karen Salmansohn

The Invitation Oriahe Mountain Dreamer

A Path with Heart:  A Guide through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. Jack Kornfield

The Power of Now:  A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle

Radical Acceptance:  Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. Tara Brach

Thoughts without a Thinker:  Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective. Mark Epstein

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Journey to Wholeness. Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketchan

Start Where You Are Pema Chodron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Pema Chodron

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditations in Everyday Life. John Kabat-Zinn

The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness Pema Chodron

 

About Parenting

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby. Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau

Everyday Blessings: the Inner work of Mindful Parenting. Myla Kabat-Zinn & Jon Kabat-Zinn

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parents Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated. Anthony Wolf

Helping Children Cope with Divorce Gary Neuman

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Raising Your Spirited Child A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Solo Parenting Your Essential Guide. Kathleen McCoy

 

About Attention Deficit Disorder

Answers to Distraction Edward Hallowell & John J. Ratey

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. Edward Hallowell

You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy? A Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. Kelly & Peggy Ramundo

 

How-To Books

Getting Free You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life. Ginny NiCarthy

Making Peace with Food Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession. Susan Kano

Nine Steps to Financial Freedom Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying. Suze Orman

Take Time for Your Life A Personal Coach’s 7- Step Program for Creating the Life You Want. Cheryl Richardson

Memoirs 

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert

The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeannette Walls

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog. John Grogan

The Tender Bar:  A Memoir. J. R. Moehringer

When I Was Puerto Rican:  A Memoir. Esmeralda Santiago

Fiction

The Myth about You and Me Leah Stewart

The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd

 

 

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