Mental Health Books

December 10, 2024

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

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