Self-Help Resources
The appetite for self-help books has led to the publication of over 2000 new self-help books a year. As a society, we have become more focused on self improvement than at any other time in history. Advances in the scientific study of human behaviour has brought extensive information on better ways to raise your children, to lose weight, to improve relationships, to become a leader in the workplace, and to improve your personal effectiveness and happiness.
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Recommended Self-Help Books
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Excellent - A must read – meets all requirements |
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Very Good – A very worthwhile read |
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Good – An OK book but there are better |
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Fair – Not worth it – more fluff than substance |
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Poor – Avoid these books - have some misleading info and advice |
| Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns |
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| The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey |
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This has been a best seller for many years. The ideas here are excellent and have led to many spin off books. It will appeal to those wanting to be more effective in work or personal endeavours.
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| Mind Over Mood, by Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky |
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| Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway, by Susan Jeffers |
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| You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy, by Kate Kelly & Pat Ramundo |
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A wonderfully helpful guide to understanding and coping with Attention Deficit Disorder in everyday life. It is not just helpful to adults with ADD but also to parents of children and adolescents struggling with this disorder as they gain insight into how ADD impacts their child's life.
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| Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie |
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This is a best seller and excellent resource for those living with a partner who is suffering from alcohol or drug addiction. The author's personal experience describes self-care strategies and ways to feel less responsible for others.
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| Alcoholics Anonymous |
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The most highly rated self help book for people with drinking problems. It describes the AA recovery program along with stories and case histories.
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| The Addiction Workbook, by Patrick Fanning & John O'Neil |
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An excellent step by step comprehensive workbook for self change. This ecumenical guide begins with "Do You Have a Problem?" and ends with "Relapse Prevention" with lots of excercises and practical advice on nutrition, communication, relaxation and making amends.
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| A Time to Heal, by Timmen L. Ceramk |
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This is an excellent book for adult children of alcoholics in which each chapter deals with a specific time along the path of healing and developing a new sense of belonging.
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| The Anger Control Workbook, by Matthew Mckay & Peter Rogers |
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In this step by step guide you will learn to identify, undertsand, respond to and cope with hostile feelings. It will teach you how to relax in provactive situations. This is an excellent choice to help you control your anger.
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| On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, by Elizabeth Kubler Ross |
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This is the last book by the ground breaking author Ross on her research and writings about death and dying. Many reviewers of this book have called it 'comforting and thoughtful'.
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| How to Survive the Loss of Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield & Peter McWilliams |
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Poetry, common sense and advice is interwoven into this guide to coping with a loss through death, divorce, rape, robbery or less obvious losses. This highly popular book has helped many deal with loss.
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| Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman |
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| Ten Days to Self Esteem, by David Burns |
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This self-help book is filled with logs, charts, step by step guides to help enhance your self esteem and discover the secret joys of daily life.
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| Dance of Anger, by Harriet Lerner |
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This is a classic best seller because of the way it explains the anger in women's lives, how to express it in order to turn angger into a constructive force that can reshape a woman's life.
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| Kids Are Worth It, by Barbara Coloroso |
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| How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish |
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| Siblings Without Rivalry, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish |
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An excellent help to parents in understanding the unpleasant conflict of warring brothers and sister. This book explains how to teach co-operation.
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| Now I Know Why Tigers Eat Their Young, by Peter Marshall |
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| Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, by John Gottman |
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Through questionnaires discover your parenting style, and then learn how to help your child learn to become emotionally intelligent and socially well-adjusted.
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| 1-2-3 Magic, by Thomas W. Phelan |
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| Why Do They Act That Way? by David Walsh & Nat Bennett |
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Why Do They Act That Way? by David Walsh & Nat Bennett
This book introduces readers to the science, psychology of the adolescent experience. It is informative, reassuring and offers practical suggestions
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| The Happiest Baby on the Block, by Harvey Karp |
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Written by a Paediatrician and Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine at UCLA, this book has been claimed by some as a 'life saver' for parents who are at their wits end with a crying baby.
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| The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising and Enjoying the five 'Difficult' types of Children, by Stanley Greenspan & Jacqueline Salmon |
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This book focuses on both "nature" (your child's inborn temperament) and "nurture" (the impact of the environment on your child). It helps parents identify and understand problem behaviours and how to develop an effective plan to bring about change.
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| The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander, by Barbara Coloroso |
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An insightful book that explores all aspects of bullying and what is needed to stop the violence. Barbara Coloroso is a well known and respected Parent Educator.
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| Keys to Parenting your Anxious Child, by Katherine Manassis |
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An excellent parenting approach to handling a child who is particularly nervous. Written by a staff psychiatrist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
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| The Explosive Child, by Ross Green |
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| Driven to Distraction, by Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey |
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This is a superb book written for all people, children and adults with ADHD.There is a thorough description of treatment possibilities.
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| Taking Charge of ADHD, by Russell A. Barkley |
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This book describes how ADHD effects the lives of parents and children and provides many pratical and effective methods for helping them succeed.
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| Putting Children First, by Hanna McDonough & Christine Bartha |
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An excellent Canadian guide for separated parents who want to minimize the damage done to children during and after the parental separation and divorce.
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| Elder Care: A Six Step Guide to Balancing Elder Care and Work, by John Paul Marosey |
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This book provides wonderful practical advice to those of us who find ourselves caught between the responsibilities of work, family and providing care to elderly relatives.
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| The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work, by John Gottman |
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This book, based on extensive research, helps you assess your own relationship's strenths and weaknesses. It includes many exercises help you to improve your marriage.
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| Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, by John Gottman |
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| Divorce Busting, by Michele Weiner-Davis |
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A step by step guide of strategies to improve your marriage, and prevent divorce by learning positive solutions rather than focusing on problems.
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| And Baby Makes Three, by John Gottman |
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| Why is it Always About You? by Sandy Hotchkiss |
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Whether the narcissist in your life is your co-worker, your boss, your parent or your spouse, this is a book that tells you how to learn to cope with a narcissist and how to disengage from one.
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| After the Affair, by Janis Abrahms Spring |
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This is an excellent book which explains to partners how they can help themselves through the shattering crisis of infidelity. It contains proven strategies addressing questions such as why did the affair happen? Will love and trust ever return? Can or should I recommit when I feel so ambivalent? How do we become sexually intimate again? Is forgiveness possible?
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| How Can I Forgive You? by Janis Abrams Spring |
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This book helps you to learn to let go of the cripling anger and pain of caused by betrayal. Whether you have been betrayed by your spouse,a friend or your parent, you will find help in the ideas here.
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| Not Just Friends, by Shirley P. Glass |
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With original research and case examples, this book outlines a step by step guide through the process of infidelity - from suspicion and revelation to rebuilding trust and recovering your sanity after the infidelity is over.
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| Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends, by Bruce Fisher & Robert Alberti |
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A best seller for many years, this book has been helpful for those hurting after a divorce. It is a step by step program to help putting your life back together with right balance of shoulder-to-cry-on and kick-in-the-pants to help you through.
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| The Present, by Spencer Johnson |
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| Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson |
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| Fear and Other Uninvited Guests, by Harriett Lerner |
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Unhappiness is fueled by three key emotions: anxiety, fear, and shame. They are the uninvited guests in our lives. When tragedy or hardship hit, they may become our constant companions.
With stories that are sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking, Lerner takes us from "fear-lite" to the most difficult lessons the universe sends us.
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| How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It, by Patricia Love & Steven Stosny |
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The authors contend that even with the best intentions, talking about your relationship does not bring you together. They teach couples to become more connected in other ways. When women avoid shaming a man and when a man learns to calm her fears stronger bonds form.
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| How to Win as a Stepfamily, by Emily Visher & John Visher |
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This book is designed to help stepfamilies cope more effectively. They outline how to deal with the old loyalties and new ties: losses, changes and challenges for remarried, blended and step-families.
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| Keeping The Love You Find, by Harville Hendrix & Helen Hunt |
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| Getting the Love You Want, by Harville Hendrix & Helen Hunt |
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This book is based on the awareness of unresloved childhood conflicts and that by being more conscious, couples can learn to meet their partner's needs.
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| Getting the Love You Want Workbook: The New Couples' Study Guide, by Harville Hendrix & Helen Hunt |
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This workbook is a companion to the best selling book which introduced you to the "conscious marriage",an understanding of marriage that fosters maximum psychological and spiritual growth.
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| How to Expand Love, by Dalai Lama & Jeffery Hopkins |
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In How to Expand Love, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, winner of the Noble Peace Prize, offers a simple yet illuminating program for transforming self-centered energy into outwardly directed compassion. Drawing on exercises and techniques established in Tibetan monasteries more than a thousand years ago, the Dalai Lama guides us through seven key stages.
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