Reading Resources


GENERAL CHRISTIAN GROWTH
 
"Changes That Heal" - Henry Cloud

" Search for Significance" - Robert S. McGee
 
" Healing is a Choice"  -  Stephen Arterburn
 
" The Healing Path" - Dan Allender

"Shattered Dreams" - Larry Crabb

"The Pressure's Off" - Larry Crabb
 
" Inside Out" - Larry Crabb
 
" The Sacred Romance" - Curtis & Eldredge
 
" Wild at Heart" - John Eldredge
 
" How People Grow" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

"How To Be An Adult" - David Richo

"Integrity" - Henry Cloud


  
PARENTING
 
" Raising Great Kids" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

" Boundaries with Kids" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend
 
" Parenting with Love and Logic" - Foster Cline, M.D. & Jim Fay

"Get Out My Life, But First Could You Drive Me And Cheryl To The Mall" - Anthony E. Wolf
 
" Bringing Up Boys" - Dr. James Dobson
 
" Raising A Modern Day Knight, A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood"  - Robert Lewis
 
" Mom, I hate my life!   Becoming your daughter's ally through the ups and downs of adolescence"  - Sharon A. Hersh
 
" Mom, I feel fat!"  -  Sharon A. Hersh
 
" She Calls Me Daddy  -  Seven Things Every Man Needs to Know About Building a Complete Daughter" -
  Robert Wolgemuth

"The Good Dad" - Jim Daly

"Raising Your Spirited Child" - Mary Sheedy Kurcinka


  
ADOLESCENCE
 
"Boundaries With Teens" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

"Life on the Edge" - James Dobson

"Raising Great Kids" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend
 
" Reviving Ophelia" - Mary Pipher
 
" Restoring the Teenage Soul"  -  Margaret J. Meeker


  
PRE-MARITAL
 
"Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts" - Les & Leslie Parrott

"Safe People" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

"How to Get a Date Worth Keeping" - Henry Cloud


  
MARRIAGE
 
"How We Love" - Milan & Kay Yerkovich

"Boundaries in Marriage" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend
 
" Getting the Love You Want" - Harville Hendrix

"Keeping The Love You Find" - Harville Hendrix
 
" The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" -
John Gottman

"Why Marriages Succeed or Fail" - John Gottman

"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" - John Gray

" The Five Love Languages" - Gary Chapman


  
INTIMACY

"Sheet Music - Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage" - Dr. Kevin Lehman

"The Gift of Sex" - Clifford & Joyce Penner

"Sex Begins in the Kitchen" - Dr. Kevin Lehman


  
ANGER
 
" Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion" - Carol Travis
 
" The Dance of Anger" - Harriet Lerner


  
VERBAL ABUSE
 
" The Verbally Abusive Relationship" - Patricia Evans

"The Emotionally Destructive Relationship" - Leslie Vernick


  
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 
" The Battered Woman" - Lenore E. Walker

"Trauma & Recovery" - Judith Lewis Herman, MD
 
" The Batterer" - Donald G. Dutton, PhD.
 
" Say No More" - Ltd Mik Wright
 
" I Close My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman" - Michele Weldon


  
SEPARATION/DIVORCE
 
"New Life After Divorce" - Bill Butteworth

" Hope for the Separated" - Gary Chapman
 
" Before A Bad Goodbye" - Tim Clinton


  
INFIDELITY

" After the Affair" - Janis Spring


  
ADDICTION
 
"Addictions and Grace" - Gerald May

"The Lost Years" - Kristina Wanzilak & Constance Curry

"Sex, Food & God - Breaking Free From Temptations, Compulsions & Addictions" - David Eckman
 
" I'll Quit Tomorrow" - Vernon Johnson

"The Life Recovery Bible" - New Living Translation


  
SEX ADDICTION
 
" Contrary to Love" - Patrick Cames
 
" Every Man's Battle" - Steven Arterbom

"Desires in Conflict" - Joe Dalles

"When You Love Too Much" - Stephen Arterburn


  
FOOD ADDICTION

"Love Hunger, Recovery from Food Addiction" - Frank Minirth, Paul Meier, Robert Hemfelt & Sharon Sneed

"Lose It for Life" - Stephen Arterburn & Linda Mintle


  
EATING DISORDERS/BULIMIA & ANOREXIA
 
"8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder" - Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb

" The Golden Cage" - Hilde Bruch, M.D.

"Anorexia Nervosa - A Guide to Recovery" - Lindsey Hall & Monika Ostroff
 
" A Parents Guide to Anorexia & Bulimia" - Katherine Byrne


  
DEPRESSION
 
"Changes That Heal" - Henry Cloud

" I Don't Want To Talk About It" - Terrence Real (male depression)
 
" Feeling Good" - David Burns


  
BIPOLAR
 
" The Bipolar Child" - Deimitri Papalos

"An Unquiet Mind" - Kay Jamison
 
" Touched By Fire" - Kay Jamison


  
ANXIETY/OCD
 
"The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD" - Jon Hershfield & Tom Corboy

"The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook" - Edmund J. Bourne

"Getting Over OCD" - Jonathan S. Abramowitz

"The Relaxation & Stress Workbook" - Martha Davis, Elizabeth Eshelman & Matthew McKay

" Brain Lock" - Jeffery M. Schwartz
 
" Stop Obsessing" - Edna B. Foa & Reid Wilson
 
" The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing" - Judith L. Rappopert


  
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
 
" Taking Charge of ADHD, The Complete Authoratative Guide for Parents" - Russell A. Barkley, Ph. D.
 
" Attention Deficit Disorder - Diagnosis & Treatment from Infancy to Adulthood" - Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.
 
" Driven to Distraction" - Edward Hallowel & John J. Ratey


  
GRIEF
 
"A Grief Observed" - C.S. Lewis

" The Grief Recovery Handbook" - James & Cherry
 
" Goodbye for Now" - Welby O'Brien

"Necessary Losses" - Judith Viorst


  
LIFE TRANSITIONS
 
" Transitions: Making Sense of Life Changes" - William Bridges
 
" How To Be an Adult" - David Richo


  
TRAUMA & ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE
 
"The Emotionally Distsructive Relationship" - Leslie Vernick

" The Wounded Heart" - Dr. Dan Allender

"On The Threshold of Hope" - Diane Langberg

"Trauma and Recovery" - Judith Lewis Herman

"The Courage to Heal" - Ellen Bass & Laura Davis


  
NARCISSISM
 
"Who's Pushing Your Buttons" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

"It's Not About Me" - Max Lucado

" Why Is It Always About You"  - Sandy Hotchkiss
 
" Loving the Self-Absorbed,  How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcisssistic Partner" 
- Nina W. Brown, Ed.D, LPC, NCC
 
" Trapped in the Mirror" - Elan Golomb

" The Drama of the Gifted Child" - Alice Miller


  
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
 
"Who's Pushing Your Buttons" - Henry Cloud & John Townsend

" I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" - Jerold J. Kreisman
 
" Stop Walking on Eggshells" - Randy Mason


  
ABORTION
 
" Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion" - Teresa Burke with David C. Reardon


  
SUICIDE

"No Time To Say Good-bye" - Carla Fine

 

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

"Celebration of Disciplines" - Richard J. Foster

"Renovation of the Heart" - Dallas Willard

"The Spirit of the Disciplines" - Dallas Willard

"Life of the Beloved - Spiritual Living in a Secular World" - Henri Nouwen

"Falling Upward" - Richard Rohr

"Freedom of Simplicity" - Richard J. Foster

"Soulful Spirituality" - David G. Benner

"Authentic Faith" - Gary Thomas

"The Challenge of the Disciplined Life" - Richard J. Foster

"Life with God" - Richard J. Foster

"Sacred Rhythms" - Ruth Haley Barton

"Prayer" - Richard J. Foster

"Strenghthening the Soul of Your Leadership" - Ruth Haley Barton

"The Sacrament of the Present Moment" - Jean-Pierre De Caussade

 

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

"Making Sense of Spiritual Warfare" - Eddie Smith

"The Bondage Breaker" - Neil T. Anderson