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Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
Marsha M. Linehan
The Guilford Press, 1993
DBT Group made easy
This manual is fantastic! Not only does it provide succinct guidelines on how to teach the core Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills, but it stands alone quite well too. The additional text (Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Peronality Disorder), ...
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Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression
James S. Gordon M.D.
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
The organic solurion to depression
Jim Gordon's Unstuck is the first book I know of that gives away the store. To gain this insight in the past would have cost you years of therapy, drug testing and miserable years of life. In this book you get all of it summarized and explained in depth. By reading ...
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal ...
Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, ...
New Harbinger Publications, 2007
A must have for therapists in clinical practice
I have found this workbook to be an invaluable resource in working with clients that struggle with distress tolerance. Not only useful for BPD clients, but also clients with addictions and other self harming behaviors. Everyone that I have used this with has found it ...
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Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
Dennis Greenberger, Christine Padesky
The Guilford Press, 1995
it helped me
This book was recommended by my phychologist. He couldn't have been more right on. This is the first real help I have had in solving a lot of anxiety and stress in my life. It is so down to earth on what we know but what we so easily overlook in our fix for the human ...
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Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Edit & Students (Design Briefs)
Ellen Lupton
Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
A solid book for type - with a twinge of humor
I like this book a great deal. The next time I have a chance to use this in a class (to teach) I will. There are lots of good examples, the language is clear, and it's not too ethereal or esoteric. I think it's a great introduction to typography and laid out very well.
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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition
Clair Davies, Amber Davies
New Harbinger Publications, 2004
Cured my back pain
This pain started in a Ti Chi exercise class about 6 years ago. Just a nagging mid back pain that came and went. Chiropractic treatment helped but I could not do aerobics because it would come back. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook showed me where and how to treat ...
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life
David Servan-Schreiber
Viking Adult, 2008
Why Don't We All Get Cancer?
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com
Book Review: Anticancer: A New Way of Life (Viking, 2008) by David Servan-Schreiber
Both an informational book and an autobiography, Anticancer begins with the premise that all of us have cancer in our bodies, but not all of us will ...
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The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
Chris Prentiss
Power Press, 2005
Great perspective
This book helped to give me a different perspective of my husband's issues with alcohol. This book gave me hope that a cure to alcoholism is possible if someone is willing. The chapter that helped me personally the most is the one that talks about nothing that ...
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
David Sheff
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
A beautiful boy
The author is wonderfully expresses his pain about his loving son. I also have a daughter the same age whose drug of choice is heroin. The book opened my eyes to go to Hazeleden to joint the parents program and to go to Al-Anon.
In short I thank the author so much ...
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Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
Daniel G. Amen
Berkley Trade, 2002
With Understanding, There Can Be Hope, Even with ADHD
In his book HEALING ADD, Dr. Amen tells of how he got into the practice of working with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) patients, and he shares his insights into this condition.
Most authors of ADD books describe it as one condition, or perhaps two types of ...
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Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
Peter Levine, Ann Frederick
North Atlantic Books, 1997
New hope for those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
I am a Marriage Family Therapist Trainee who has suffered from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for over 15 years. Western medicine includes some form of medication and desensitization from the traumatic event. Although this treatment has been helpful, I ...
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Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change
William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick
The Guilford Press, 2002
Motivated
The book is written by academics for academics, but I think it is well written for the layperson who is interested in the topic. This is a good book for anyone who is interested in methods for changing behavior.
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When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life
David D. Md Burns
Broadway, 2007
An easy read, tremendously helpful
Self-help books are usually very hard to read, I can't seem to get through them. This book is a very easy read. I find myself not wanting to put it down. It has practical examples and easy to interpret instructions that are helping me get control of my thoughts. I ...
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The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (Practice Planners)
Arthur E., Jr. Jongsma, L. Mark Peterson
Wiley, 2006
The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner
This is a very good book for students who are completing their graduate level counseling programs, and starting the practicum.
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After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship and Survival
Robin Gaby Fisher
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
A Haunting Tale of Courage and Friendship
After the Fire is a beautifully written story of two young men whose friendship helped them survive and thrive after devastating burn injuries. It is one of those books you don't put down until you you turn the last page. It is also one of those books you keep ...
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