Reading Recommendations
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families, Anonymous
Codependency
Facing Codependence: What It is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives, Pia Mellody
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling others and start Caring for Yourself, Melody Beattle
The Drama of The Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Alice Miller
Learning to Say No: Establishing Healthy Boundaries, Carle Wills-Brandon
Family of Origin
Healing the Shame that Binds You, John Bradshaw
Men’s Issues
When He’s Married to Mom: How to Help Mother-enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment, Kenneth Adams
Mission Development
The Artist Way, Julia Cameron
First Things First, Stephen R. Covey
Recovery and Twelve-Step
A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery, Patrick Carnes
The Addictive Personality: Understand the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior, Craig Nakken
Sex Addiction
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction, Patrick Carnes
Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred, Patrick Carnes
The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships, Patrick Carnes
Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men, Rob Weiss
Sexual Abuse
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners-Understanding Covert Incest, Kenneth Adams
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
Spirituality and Meditation
Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning, Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham
The Four Agreements: A Practical; Guide to Personal Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Marrow: Love Loss, and What Matters Most, Elizabeth Lesser
The HeartMath Solution: The Institute of HeartMath’s Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart’s Intelligence, Doc Lew Childre
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life, Joh Kabat-Zinn
Trauma
Walking the Tiger: Healing the Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences, Peter Levine & Ann Frederick
Women Sex and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power, Charlotte Kasl
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and the Pursuit of Thinness, Margo Maine
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van der Kolk
Psychology
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity, Norman Doige
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Pete Walker
The Choice, Edith Eger
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory, Deb Dana
Narcissism
“Don’t You Know Who I Am?”: How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility, Dr. Ramani S. Durvasula
Disarming the Narcissist, Wendy T. Behary
Rethinking Narcissism, Dr. Craig Malikin
Unloved Again: Breaking Your Serial Addiction, Elan Golomb
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?, Karyl McBride
Out of The Fog: Moving from Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse, Dana Moringstar