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Do Unto Others: How Good Deeds Can Change Your Life
Abraham J. Twerski
Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1997
Kindness lessons in life, relationships, and spirituality.
I was delighted with this well written volume on how doing kindnesses for others can change your life. As both a Rabbi and psychiatrist, Twerski offers meaning and insight to life situations that may often be perceived as hopeless. Written in very breif stories, ...
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The Spiritual Self: Reflections on Recovery and God
Abraham J. Twerski
Hazelden, 2000
Fantastic book on what spirituality REALLY means
Twerski has a very interesting background and training. He was a son of a rabbi, but went to medical school instead and now runs a substance abuse center. This makes him very qualified to talk on the subject of spirituality in recovery, which he does brilliantly in ...
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Addictive Thinking and the Addictive Personality
Craig Nakken, Abraham J. Twerski
MJF Books, 1999
The Best Book Since The "Big Book"
I realize many will be skeptical that a psych book could provide as much insight as AA's text book on the personality of the alcoholic or other addictions, but this book delivers! I've read the book more than once and find it remarkably simple and truthful on the ...
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Addictive Thinking, Second Edition: Understanding Self-Deception
Abraham J. Twerski
Hazelden, 1997
Absolute must-have for anyone interested in addictions
I was assigned this book for my Biopsychosocial aspects of addictions course in grad school for counseling. This is definitely a book I will not be selling back. It is extremely reader-friendly and offers great insight into the way addicts think. Twerski does a ...
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Happiness and the Human Spirit: The Spirituality of Becoming the Best You Can Be
Abraham J. Twerski
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2007
Good read but short
This is a good book for people who are looking to add spirituality to find happiness in their lives. I was expecting it to help psychotherapists who want to add spirituality into their treatment, but found it somewaht lacking in this area.
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Life's Too Short!: Pull The Plug On Self-Defeating Behavior And Turn On The Power Of Self-Esteem
Abraham J. Twerski
St. Martin's Griffin, 1997
Transcending Hope
This is an excellent book, once again showcasing Dr. Twerski's gifted understanding of human behavior and his masterful ability to translate the complex building blocks in life into understandable, recognizable, and workable terms. This book transcends hope and places ...
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When Do The Good Things Start?
Abraham J. Twerski
St. Martin's Griffin, 1995
This is a GREAT book!
Twerski provides a simple to read encouraging approach to life's ups and downs. I use this with clients who are often caught in negative behaviors and with students who want a useful tool for making sense of their own struggles. This book is for everybody!
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Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World
Elie Kaplan Spitz, Erica Shapiro Taylor
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008
Insightful and Moving
All three members of our family have read this book, which packs an extremely poignant and emotional wallop. The advice and insight of this book make it valuable reading for any family that has had to deal with the problems of depression. It gives hope to anyone who ...
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Waking up Just in Time: A Therapist Shows How to use the Twelve Steps Approach to Life's Ups and Downs
Abraham J. Twerski
St. Martin's Griffin, 1995
A must for everyone who believes in the 12 step program!
Rabbi Twerski gives a unique interpretation of 12 step programs It doesn't matter if you're in AA, NA, OA, etc., this book shows you how to think about the 12 steps in a totally different and entertaining way One of the best books - he continues to have ...
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Living Each Day (Artscroll (Mesorah Series))
Abraham J. Twerski
Artscroll, 1988
Simply the best daily meditation book for 12-step Jews
Dr. Rabbi Twerski has the distinction of being the country's only Chasidic psyhicatrist. He has been intimately involved with recovering alcoholics and he knows them well. And he knows his AA Big Book well. His knowledge of Torah, Talmud and mystical literature are ...
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Let Us Make Man: Self Esteem Through Jewishness
Abraham J. Twerski
Traditional Pr, 1987
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It's Not As Tough at Home As You Think: Making Family Life Smoother and Better
Abraham J. Twerski
Mesorah Publications, Limited, 1999
Great things come in small packages!
This books covers a Kaleidoscope of subjects. From Stress to Preceptions, & lots of subjects in between. Most no more than a page & 1/2 in length. A few references to "scripture" that I had no access to not being Jewish, and a some to Psalms & Proverbs. I didn't feel ...
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I Didn't Ask to Be in This Family: Sibling Relationships and How They Shape Adult Behavior and Dependencies
Abraham J. Twerski, Charles M. Schulz
Henry Holt & Co (P), 1996
In their third collaboration, an insightful therapist-cartoonist team explores sibling rivalries and relationships and how these early behavioral patterns affect us for the rest of our lives. Original.
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The Shame Borne in Silence: Spouse Abuse in the Jewish Community
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski
Mirkov Publications, 1996
The Shame Borne in Silence
I think that every Jewish man and woman would benefit from reading this book. Abraham Twerski is a highly educated psychiatrist/rabbi, who has excellent thoughts about this unfortunate universal problem. He has insightful answers that are helpful no matter whether ...
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The First Year of Marriage: Enhancing the Success of Your Marriage Right from the Start -- And Even Before It ...
Abraham J. Twerski
Shaar Press, 2004
An ounce of prevention for newlyweds.
Rabbi Abraham Twerski has written his forty-sixth book, "The First Year of Marriage," which is designed to get newly married couples off to a good start. Rabbi Twerski is a Torah scholar, a practicing psychiatrist, and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School ...
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