Books Recommended by BPR Therapists

Anger Management

• The Dance of Anger: A Womans Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. Harriet Lerner (1997).
• Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions. Judith Siegel (2010).

ADD/ADHD

• ADD and Romance: Finding Fulfillment in Love, Sex and Relationships. Jonathan Halverstadt (1998).
• ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life.  Judith Kohberg and Kathleen Nadeau (2002).
• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. Edward  Hallowell and John Ratey (1994).
• Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents. Russell Barkley (1995).

Bipolar Disorder

• The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhoods Most Misunderstood Disorder.  Papolos and Papolos (1999).
• Bipolar Disorder: A Survival Guide. David Miklowitz (2010).
• Bipolar Puzzle Solution: A Mental Health Clients Perspective. Bryan Court and Gerald Nelson (1996).
• We Heard the Angels of Madness: One Familys Struggle with Manic Depression. D. Berger et al (1992).

Couples Communication/Intimacy

• Getting the Love You Want. Harville Hendricks (1988).
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. Sue Johnson. (2008).
• Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage. John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, and Joan Declaire (2006).
• We Love Each Other But. Ellen Wachtel. (1999).

Affairs

• After the Affair. Janis Spring (1993).

Depression

• Feeling Good. David Burns (1999).
• The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children and Struggling with Depression. Tracy Thompson (2006). 
• How You Can Survive When Theyre Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout. Anne Sheffield , Mike Wallace and Donald Klein (1999).
• I Dont Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. Terrence Real (1998).
• Living Without Depression and Manic Depression. M.E. Copeland (1994).
• Mind Over Mood. Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky (1995).
• Out of the Darkened Room: When a Parent is Depressed: Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family. William Beardslee (2002).

Divorce and Stepfamilies

• Children of Divorce: A Developmental Approach to Residence and Visitation.  Mitchell Baris, Ph.D. and Carla B. Garrity, Ph.D.(1988).  
• The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart. Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D. (1994).  
• Growing Up with Divorce. Neil Kalter (1990).  
• Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce. Gary Neuman with Patricia Romanowski. (1998).
• Making Adult Stepfamilies Work: Strategies for the Whole Family When a Parent Marries Later in Life. Grace Gabe and Jean Lipman-Blumen (2004).

Books for Children

• Dinosaurs Divorce. Laurene Krasy Brown and Marc Brown (1986).  
• The Divorce Workbook. Sally Ives (1985). 
• How It Feels When Parents Divorce. Jill Krementz (1988).
• Step Kids: A Survival Guide for Teenagers in Step-Families. Ann Getzoff and Carolyn McClenahan (1984).  
• Whats Going To Happen To Me? When Parents Separate and Divorce. Eda Leshan (1986).  

Eating Disorders

Anorexia and Bulimia

• Eating Disorders Sourcebook, 3rd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders. Carolyn Costin (2006). 
• Just a Little Too Thin:  How to Pull Your Child Back from the Brink of an Eating Disorder. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider  (2006). 
• Surviving an Eating Disorder, 3rd Edition: Strategies for Family and Friends. Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman and Margot Weinshel (2009).         .

Obesity and Compulsive Overeating

• Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful: How to End Your Struggle with Mindless Eating and Start Savoring Food with Intention and Joy. Susan Albers (2009).
• Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think We Do. Brian Wansink (2007).
• SAVVY eating for the whole family:  Whole food, whole family, whole life by Margaret Kocsis (2006).

Families of Origin: Parents and Adult Children

• A Family Genogram Workbook. Isreael Galindo, Elaine Boomer and Don Reagan (2006).
• Making Peace with Your Adult Children. Shauna Smith (1991).
• You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with your family. Monica McGoldrick (1995).

Mental Illness

• I Am Not Sick, I dont need help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment. Xavier Amador (2007).
• Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings. Clea Simon (1997).
• Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers by E. Fuller Torrey. (2006).

Parenting

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (1999).
• Parenting from the Inside Out. Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell. (2004).
• Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka (1991).
• Siblings Without Rivalry. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (1999).
• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD (1995).