Reading and learning as much as you can about mental health topics and issues can be an important way to supplement your treatment plan with Bloomingdale Psychological Services. We have compiled a list of some of the more helpful books that address these concerns:
Excellent Self-Help Books
Co-Dependent No More by Melodie Beattie
Beyond Co-dependency and Getting Better All the Time by M. Beattie
ACOA Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Geringer-Woititz
Why Weight by Jeanne Roth
Healing the Child Within by Charles L. Whitfield, MD
You Can Be Free: A Handbook for Abused Women by Ginny McCarthy
The Courage to Heal: Recovering from Substance Abuse by Bass/Davis
Getting off the Merry Go Round by Carla Perez, MD
Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
Is it Love or is it Addiction by Brenda Schaffer
Women Who Love too Much by Robin Norwood
Addiction of Love by S. Peabody
The Art of Letting Go by C. Giampolo
Goodbye to Guilt by Jampolsky
Letting Go by Wanderer and Kabot
Life After Loss by B. Deitz
Reclaiming Our Lives: Hope for Adult Survivors of Incest by Carol Poston and Karen Lisson
On Death and Dying by E.Kubler-Ross
Passages by Gail Sheey
Type E Women by H. Breaker
Work Addiction by B. Robinson
Shame and Guilt by Jane Middleton
Struggle for Intimacy by Janet Woititz
Understanding the 12 Steps by Terence Gorski
Getting the Love that You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix, Phd
I am Ok, You’re Ok by Thomas Harris, MD
The Battered Woman‘s Survival Guide by Jan Berliner Statman
Seasons of the Mind(S.A.D.) by Norman Rosenthal
Living, Loving and Learning by Leo Buscaglia
Homecoming by John Bradshaw
What to Do When the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Few Days of Traumatic Loss by Bill Jenkins
Smart Women; Foolish Choices by Dr. Connell Cowan
The Intimacy Enemy by George R. Bach and Peter Wyden
The Cinderella Complex by Collette Dowling
Mid- Life Health Issues (A Woman’s Practical Guide to Feeling Good) by Ada Kahn and Linda Holt, MD
Separation and Divorce
Children of Parting Parents by Lora Heims-Tessman
Crazy Time; Surviving Divorce by Abigail Trafford
Coming Apart by Daphne Kingma
Rebuking; When Your Relationship Ends by Dr. Bruce Fisher
Divorce: Your Fault, My Fault, No Fault by Neil Horowitz, Esq.
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst
What Every Child Wants his Parents to know About Divorce by Dr. Lee Salk
Second Chances: Men, Women and Children a Decade after Divorce by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
Transition: Making Sense of Life and Changes by William Bridges
Children and Parenting
Prescription for Parenting by Carolyn Ann Meeks, MD
The Parents Handbook by Dick Dinkmeyer and Gary McKay
Your Baby and Your Child—Birth to Age 5 by Penelope Leach
Growing Up First-Born by Dr. Kevin Leman
Eating Disorders
Life without ED by Jennie Schaeffer and Thom Rutledge
Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn, MD
Feeding the Hungry Heart by Geneen Roth
Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnson
Fat as a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
Eating with Your Anorexic by Laura Collins
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and the Pursuit of Thinness
Eating Disorders and Obesity, 2nd Edition by Dr. Christopher Fairburn and Dr. Kelly Brownell
Helping your Child Overcome an Eating Disorder by Marlene Schwartz, Bonnie Gordic and Brenda Coyle
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock, MD, Phd and Daniel Le Grange, Phd
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