Bibliotherapy Reference
Abusive Relationships
He Promised He'd Stop: Helping Women Find Safe Passage from Abusive
Relationships (Non-fiction) by Michael Groetsch
Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life (Non-fiction) by Jan Black
Where to Draw the Line (Non-fiction) by Anne Katherine
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
(Non-fiction) by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Self Abuse/Self Harm
A Bright Red Scream: Self Mutilation and the Language of Pain Addiction and
Codependency (Non-fiction) by Marilee Strong
Adoption
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (Non-fiction) by David M Brodzinksy,
Marshall D Schechter and Robin Marantz Henig
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (Non-fiction) by Nancy
Newton Verrier
Loss of a Parent
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults (Non-fiction) by Lois F Akner
Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living (Non-fiction) by Alexandra Kennedy
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss (Non-fiction) by Hope Edelman
Loss of a Spouse
Terminal Illness
The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness (Non-fiction) by Jerome Groopman
Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing (Non-fiction) by Michael Kearney
Transgender Issues
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue (Non-fiction) by Leslie Feinberg
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism (Non-fiction) by Mildred L Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
Grief and Loss
Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (Non-fiction) by Pauline Boss
Grieving: How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies (Non-fiction) by Therese Rando
Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow (Non-fiction) by Judith Viorst
Loss of a Child
Shame
I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame (Non-fiction) by Brené Brown
Healing the Shame that Binds You (Non-fiction) by John Bradshaw
Trauma (Managing PTSD)
The Boy Who Was Raised A Dog (Non-fiction) by Dr Bruce D Perry
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Non-fiction) by Mark Wolynn
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (Non-fiction) by Nadine Burke Harris
Other
The Compassionate Mind (Non-fiction) by Paul Gilbert
Learning To Counsel (Non-fiction) by William Stewart & Jan Sutton
Psychoanalysis: The Major Concepts (Non-fiction) by Bernard D. Fine, Burness E. Moore
How to Set Up A Counselling Practice (Non-fiction) by Anna E Honeysett
Difficult Relationships
Emotional Unavailability: Recognizing It, Understanding It and Avoiding It's Trap (Non-fiction) by Bryn Collins
He's Scared, She's Scared: Understanding the Hidden Fears that Sabotage Your Relationships (Non-fiction) by Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
Surviving an Affair (Non-fiction) by Willard Harley and Jennifer Harley Chalmers
Eating Disorders
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Non-fiction) by Marya Hornbacher
Making Peace with Food (Non-fiction) by Susan Kano
When Food is Love:Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy (Non-fiction) by Geneen Roth
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (Non-fiction) by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu
The Journey Out: A Guide For and About Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens (Non-fiction) by Rachel Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz
The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young People (Non-fiction) by Adam Mastoon
The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families (Non-fiction) by April Martin
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (Fiction) by Jeanette Winterson
The Velvet Rage (Fiction) by Alan Downs
Chronic Pain
Living with Chronic Pain: One Day at a Time (Non-fiction) by Mark Allen Zabawa
Depression
The Beast: A Journey Through Depression (Non-fiction) by Tracy Thompson
Furiously happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Non-fiction) by
Jenny Lawson
The Bell Jar (Fiction) by Sylvia Path
Veronica Decides to Die (Fiction) by Paulo Coelho
Divorce
Uncoupling: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships (Non-fiction) by Diane
Vaughan
The Healing Journal through Divorce: Your Journal of Understanding and
Renewal (Non-fiction) by Phil Rich and Lita Linzer Schwartz
Helping Children Cope with Divorce (Non-fiction) by Edward Teyber
Alzheimer's Disease
The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers: A Practical Guide for Getting
Through the Day (Non-fiction) by Frena Gray-Davidson
Cancer
Cancer as a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families
and Health Professionals (Non-fiction) by Lawrence LeShan
What to Do When They Say It's Cancer!" A Survivor's Guide (Non-fiction) by Joel Nathan
When Breath Becomes Air (Memoir) by Paul Kalanithi
Career Issues
How to Find Fulfilling Work (The School of Life) (Non-fiction) by Roman Krznaric
Your Creative Career (Nonfiction) by Anna Sabino
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (Philosophy) by David Brooks
Aging
The Art of Aging, A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being (Non-fiction) by
SherwinB. Nulan
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Non-fiction) by Atul Gawande
What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save The World (Non-fiction)
by William H Thomas
Anger
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate
Relationships (Non-fiction) by Harriet Lerner
The Angry Book (Non-fiction) by Theodore I Rubin
The Angry Teenager: Why Teens Get So Angry and How Parents Can Help Them
Grow Through It (Non-fiction) by William Lee Carter
The Anger Workbook (Non-fiction) by Lorrainne Bilodeau
Anxiety
Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety (Non-fiction) by Robert Gerzon
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind (Non-
fiction) by Scott Stossel
The Anxiety Phobia Workbook (Non-fiction) by Edmund J Bourne
Meaning of Life
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (Non-fiction) by Alan Watts
Man’s Search for Meaning (Non-fiction) by Viktor E. Frankl
Narcissism
Malignant Self Love (Non-fiction) by Sam Vaknin
Rethinking Narcissism (Non-fiction) by Dr Craig Malkin
Should I Stay or Should I Go (Non-fiction) by Dr Ramani Durvasula.
Identity Crisis
The Lies That Bind: Re-thinking Identity (Non-fiction) by Kwame Anthony Appiah