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Bateson, Mary C. Composing a Life. New York: Plume/Penguin, 1989.

Bly, Robert. Iron John: A Book About Men. New York: Random House, 1990.

Bolton, Robert. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others and Resolve Conflicts. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1979.

Borysenko, Joan. Minding the Body, Mending the Mind. New York: Bantam Books, 1987.

Briggs, Rex. Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1999.

Burns, David D. The Feeling Good Handbook, Revised Edition. New York: Plume/Penguin Putnam, 1999.

Burns, David D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. New York: Quill/HarperCollins, 1980.

Covey, Sean. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide. New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic. New York: Fireside/Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Fishel, Ruth. The Journey Within: A Spiritual Path to Recovery. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1987.

Fitzgerald, Helen. The Mourning Handbook: The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical & Compassionate Advice on Coping with All Aspects of Death and Dying. New York: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1995.

Fraiberg, Selma H. The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959.

Gardner, Richard A. The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce. New York: Bantam Books, 1971.

Gardner, Richard A. The Parents Book About Divorce. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.

Glasser, William. Control Theory: A New Explanation of How We Control Our Lives. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1984.

Goldstein, Robin. The Parenting Bible: The Answers to Parents' Most Common Questions. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2002.

Gordon, Thomas. Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2000.

Gottman, John. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail . . . And How You Can Make Yours Last. New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Gray, John. What You Feel, You Can Heal: A guide for Enriching Relationships. Mill Valley, CA: Heart Publishing Company, 1984.

Hallowell, Edward and Ratey, John. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD from Childhood through Adulthood. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Hendrix, Harville. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. New York: Owl/Henry Holt and Company, 1988.

Hyatt, Carole and Gottlieb, Linda. When Smart People Fail: Rebuilding Yourself For Success. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

James, Muriel and Jongeward, Dorothy. Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments, 25th Anniversary Edition. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1996.

Jamison, Kay Redfield. Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. New York: Vintage Books, 1999.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living-Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: The Program of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. New York: Delta Trade Paperback/Dell Publishing, 1990.

Kipnis, Aaron R. Knights Without Armor: A Practical Guide for Men in Quest of Masculine Soul. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book, 1991.

Kushner, Harold S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. New York: Quill/HarperCollins Publishers, 1989.

Lee, Wayne. Formulating and Reaching Goals. Champaign, IL: Research Press Company, 1978.

Lerner, Harriet G. The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. New York: Quill/HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.

Lerner, Harriet G. The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships. New York: HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 1989.

Miller, Alice. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, 3rd Ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1996.

Miller, Alice. Prisoners of Childhood: How Narcissistic Parents Form and Deform the Emotional Lives of Their Gifted Children. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1981.

Moore, Robert L. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.

Peck, M. Scott. The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.

Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994.

Porcino, Jane. Growing Older, Getting Better: A Handbook for Women in the Second Half of Life. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1983.

Prochaska, James O., Norcross, John C. and DiClemente, Carlo C. Changing for Good: The Revolutionary Program That Explains the Six Stages of Change and Teaches You How to Free Yourself From Bad Habits. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994.

Rapoport, Judith L. The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. New York: Signet, 1989.

Rechtschaffen, Stephan. Time Shifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

Schaef, Anne W. and Fassel, Diane. The Addictive Organization: Why We Overwork, Cover Up, Pick Up the Pieces, Please the Boss & Perpetuate Sick Organizations. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.

Smith, Manuel J. When I Say No, I Feel Guilty. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.

Stearns, Ann K. Living Through Personal Crisis. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1984.

Vaillant, George E. Adaptation to Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977.

Vaillant, George E. Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2002.

Viorst, Judith. Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow. New York: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1997.

Yalom, Irvin D. Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy. New York: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 1989.

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