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At Lighthouse Christian Counseling, we often recommend the following books to our clients. While we can't vouch for or endorse every word or concept in this material, our clients have found these books to be extremely helpful.
Subjects Include:
- Abuse and Trauma
- ADD and ADHD
- Adolescence
- Alcoholism, addiction, and compulsive behaviors
- Anxiety, Depression, and other tough stuff
- Blended Families
- Dealing with difficult people
- Divorce Recovery
- Eating Disorders
- Elder Care
- Equine Assisted Therapy
- Marriage, intimacy, and sex
- On Behavior Change
- Parenting and Family Life
- Personality and the development of self
- Play
- Post-Partum Depression
- Post-Traumatic Church Disorder
- Relaxation and Stress Management
- Spouses of Addicts (Codependents)
Abuse and Trauma
- The Wounded Heart: Help for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan Allendar
The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself by Beverly Engel - Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You by Patricia Evans
- Emotional Blackmail: When the People In Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Foward
- On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Hope and Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Diane Mandt Langberg
ADD and ADHD
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen
- Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD by Daniel G. Amen
- Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
Adolescence
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Pipher
- Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
- Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman (Author)
- Lost Boys : Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them by James Garbarino
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Daniel J. Kindlon, et al
Alcoholism, addiction, and compulsive behaviors
- Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions by Alcoholics Anonymous
- Paths to Recovery: Al-Anon's Steps, Traditions and Concepts by Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc
- Craving for Ecstasy: How Our Passions Become Addictions and What We Can Do About Them by Harvey Milkman, Stanley Sunderwirth
- Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick J. Carnes
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen
Anxiety, Depression, and other tough stuff
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen
- Healing Anxiety and Depression: The Revolutionary Brain-Based Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of Anxiety and Depression by Daniel G. Amen, Lisa C. Routh
- Darkness Visible : A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay R. Jamison
- The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon;
Blended Families
- Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Todays Blended Family by Susan Wisdom & Jennifer Green
- Blended Families: Creating Harmony As You Build A New Home Life by Maxine Marsolini
- God Breathes on Blended Families by Moe Becnel, Paige Becnel
- 7 Keys To a Healthy Blended Family by Jim Smoke
Dealing with difficult people
- Stop Walking on Eggshells; Coping When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger
- Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward, Donna Frazier
- Search For The Real Self : Unmasking The Personality Disorders Of Our Age by James F. Masterson
- Boundaries by Henry Cloud
- Paths to Recovery: Al-Anon's Steps, Traditions and Concepts by Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc
- Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism by Sandy Hotchkiss
Divorce Recovery
- The Courage to Love Again: Creating Happy, Healthy Relationships After Divorce by Sheila Ellison
Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends by Bruce Fisher, Robert E. Alberti, Foreword by Virginia M. Satir - How to Fall out of Love: How to Free Yourself of Love That Hurts and Find the Love That Heals by Debora Phillips, Robert Judd
- Healing the Divorced Heart by Rose Sweet
- Happy Tails: How Pets Can Help You Survive Divorce Heart by Julie Rogers
Eating Disorders
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Pipher
- The Secret Language of Eating Disorders : The Revolutionary New Approach to by Peggy Claude-Pierre
- Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen
Elder Care
- Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent: A Guide for Stressed Out Children by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane
- The 36 Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illness, and Memory Loss in Later Life by Nancy Mace, Peter Rabins
- Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Survive by Claire Berman
- How to Care for Aging Parents by Virginia Morris, Robert Butler
Equine Assisted Therapy
- Horses Dont Lie: What Horses Teach Us About Our Natural Capacity for Awareness, Confidence, Courage and Trust by Chris Irwin, Bob Weber
- Its Not About the Horse Its About Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt by Wyatt Webb
- Body Language by Julius Fast
Marriage, intimacy, and sex
- Boundaries by Henry Cloud
- Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud, John Townsend
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix
- Keeping The Love You Find by Harville Hendrix
- The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships by Harriet Lerner
- Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships by David Schnarch
On Behavior Change
- Changing for Good by Dr. James Prochaska
Parenting and Family Life
- Raising Children You Can Live With: A Guide for Frustrated Parents by Jamie B. Raser, Jamie Raser
- Traits of a Healthy Family: Fifteen Traits Commonly Found in Healthy Families by Those Who Work With Them (Epiphany) by Dolores Curran
- Boundaries with Kids by Henry, Dr. Cloud, John, Dr. Townsend
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World by Stephen R. Covey
- Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD by Daniel G. Amen
Personality and the development of self
- Search For The Real Self : Unmasking The Personality Disorders Of Our Age by James F. Masterson
- Stop Walking on Eggshells; Coping When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger
- I Hate You, Don't Leave Me : Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman, Hal Straus
- The Resilient Self: How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity by Steven J. Wolin, Sybil Wolin
- Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward
- Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism by Sandy Hotchkiss
Play
Post-Partum Depression
- Beyond the Blues by Shoshana S. Bennett, Ph.D., and Pex Indman, Ed.D., MFT
- The Postpartum Husband by Karen Kleiman, MSW
- This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman, MSW and Valerie Raskin, MD
Post-Traumatic Church Disorder
- The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson, Jeff Vanvonderen
- Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free From Bad Church Experiences by Ken Blue
- Exposing Spiritual Abuse: How to Rediscover Gods Love When the Church Has Let You Down by Mike Fehlauer
- Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
Relaxation and Stress Management
- The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, Miriam Klipper
- Instant Calm: Over 100 Easy-To-Use Techniques for Relaxing Mind and Body by Paul Wilson
- Stress Management for Dummies by Allen Elkin
- Stress Relief & Relaxation Techniques by Judith Lazarus
Spouses of Addicts (Codependents)
- Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, and How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody
- Codependent No More: How To Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself by Melody Beattie
- Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening by Robert Meyers, Brenda Wolfe
- Love First: A New Approach to Intervention to Alcohol and Drug Addiction by Jeff Jay, Debra Jay