Recommended Books

 

 


SELF HELP



Barker, P.
J.        
 Managing Depression      
                             
A brief & practical guide to changing self defeating thoughts 

      




Burns, D.              
The Feeling Good Handbook          
           
The best self help book on cognitive-behavioural methods of dealing with common problems

         


Jeffers, S              
Feel the fear and do it anyway                    

A user friendly book on simple ideas for overcoming self
defeating fears  


Humphreys, T.    The Power of Negative Thinking     
          By an
Irish author on what our negative thinking does to us and how to reverse the
effects 



Miller, J.            
     Addictive relationships  


Norwood, Robin    
Women who love too much                



Fromm, Erich       The Art of
loving                                              


About the nature of love  


McGraw, P.           Life
Strategies: stop making excuses      

A down to earth, straight talking
approach with sound guidelines for living a happier life


James, M. & Jongeward, D.      
Born to Win
    

              About
understanding relationships through transaction analysis (TA) and gestalt
therapy

 

 

PARENTING



   

Michael

& Terri Quinn                      


What can the parent of a teenager do?` and `What can a parent



do?`
Excellent,
p
ractical
but can

                                                                     


be hard to get
.
T
ry

V
eritas Pubs



   
Dinkmeyer
& Mckay
(teens)
         
The
Parents Handbook

    
useful




alternative if you can`t get the book
s
above


    Gordon, T                                              Parent effectiveness training



   
Dreikurs.
P                                           

Happy Children




   


Bruno Bethlehem
                              
Good enough parent     



   
John
Cleese

& Robin


Skynner
    
Families
and how to survive them    

 

Inspirational   

Mans search for meaning by Victor Frankl     

Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington       Film
(recommended) and book

The Success Principles by J. Canfield      
practical and partly inspirational book

 

Addiction

Children under the influence by Michael
Hardiman