Best Books for Self Help
Self-Help books that are treasures. Consider this list of best books as curated over time. Self-help books to improve relationships, loneliness, recovery, anxiety, eating,managing emotions,depression etc.
Workbook Help With Loneliness
Leaving Loneliness: A Workbook: Building Relationships with Yourself and Others by David Narang Ph.D.
Help With Anxiety:
Embracing Uncertaintyby Susan Jeffers
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook 6th Editionby Edmund Bourne PhD
Help With Depression:
The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depressionby Mary Ellen Copeland
Help to Manage Emotions
Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life by Scott E. Spradlin
Help With Eating
Feeding the hungry heart by Geneen Roth
Mindless Eating:Why We Eat More than We Thinkby Brian Wansink Ph.D
Best Books for Relationship Help
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
The New Rules of Marriageby Terrence Real
Intimacy and Desire:Awaken the Passion in Your Relationshipby David Schnarch
We Love Each Other, but… Simple Secrets to Strengthen Your Relationship and Make Love Lastby Dr. Ellen F. Wachtel
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Editionby Harville HendrixHelps husbands and wives understand what strengths and weaknesses they bring to their marriage from childhood. Includes a great vision exercise to help couples learn to think down the road.
Two Books by Lonnie Barbach to improve your sex life:
Help with Affairs/Infidelity
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, 2nd Edition by Janis A. Spring
Help With Anger
Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger and Get More Out of Life by Thomas J. Harbin, Ph. D.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationshipsby Harriet LernerThis book is the one most often positively mentioned by women who begin it in my waiting room and then go out to purchase it. Really very useful!
Help With Boundaries
Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Dayby Anne KatherineA small easy-to-read book. If you are feeling intruded upon by people who love you and aren’t sure how to push back, this is the book for you.
Offers REAL Help with Parenting
Parenting From the Inside Outby Daniel Siegal MD & Mary Hartzell Terrific book by a neuro-psychiatrist and a day care director.
Healing From Trauma
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–from Domestic Abuse to Political Terrorby Judith Herman M.D.This was a groundbreaking book in 1992 & it is crucial to understanding trauma. Trauma leaves a number of survival conclusions that were self protective in the past & may interfere with trust & connection in the present.
Books on Recovery from Drinking
Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems — Advice from Those Who Have Succeededby Anne FletcherBased on interviews with 222 people.
Best Books for Self-Esteem
Why Can’t I Ever Be Good Enough? Escaping the Limits of Your Childhood Roles by Joan Rubin-DeutschI just bought it used for 1 penny & shipping
The Power of One: A Novelby Bryce CourtenayA tale of South Africa, boxing, being bullied and the triumph of the human spirit.
A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Womanby Joan AndersonThis is the perfect book for those who are trapped in being Too Little. The subtitle says it all: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman.
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniquesby Melanie Fennel Ph.D.
Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Outby Phil McGraw
Book to Help with Narcissistic Parents
Best Books on Solitude & Loneliness
Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Womanby Nuala O’Faolain
Falling Slowlyby Anita BrooknerAnita Brookner “brilliantly evokes the origins, nature and consequences of human isolation and regret over chances not taken.
Solitude: A Return to the Selfby Anthony Storr
The Stations of Solitudeby Alice Koller
Lonely: A Memoirby Emily White
