Listed below are some of the books and workbooks I often recommend to clients, and that clients have recommended to me.
Depression
The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-Step Program – William J. Knaus and Albert Ellis
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David D. Burns
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think – Dennis Greenberger
Anxiety and Worry
Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When Facing the Unknown – Susan Jeffers
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life – Susan M. Orsillo & Lizabeth Roemer
Parenting
Kids Are Worth It!: Raising Resilient, Responsible, Compassionate Kids – Barbara Coloroso
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More – Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Maté
Relationships
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John M. Gottman Ph.D., Nan Silver and John Allen Nelson
The Marriage Clinic – John M. Gottman
Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry – Albert J. Bernstein
Reproductive Mental Health
Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy – Shaila Kulkarni Misri, M.D.
Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know about Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health – Sichel & Watson Driscoll
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions and Compulsions – Gyoerkoe & Weigartz
General
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients – Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person – Judith S. Beck