Julie Morrell's Book Recommendations
Being a Marriage and Family Counselor, I often read really good books
to help support clients in their current life circumstances. Here
are a few of my favorite books. If you are interested in saving yourself
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| Addictions Affairs Attention Deficit Disorder Cancer Child Abuse Depression Eating Disorders Humor & Healing |
Grief Singles & Love Marriage Parenting Self Improvement Sexual Abuse Spiritual |
Addictions:
- Drinking: A love story - By Caroline Knapp.
- This is one of the best books I have read to help someone understand an addiction problem from the addicts perspective. Caroline fearlessly examines her life as a functional addict. She bravely reveals how she secretly used alcohol every day as a "liquid armor" to try to numb herself from painful emotions. I am very impressed with her writing style. This book is an excellent read and offers hope and inspiration Click on the title to order.
Price: $9.98
- The Addiction Workbook - Step by step guide to quitting Alcohol or Drugs, By Patrick Fanning.
- This book offers an excellent guide
to becoming clean and sober. Click on the title to order.
Price: $14.36
- False Intimacy - Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction, By Harry Schaumburg.
- This book makes some great points on
what drives someone to become a sex addict, needs for true intimacy
are examined. Many fill their relationship voids with false connections.
This book offers solutions.
Price: $13.00
- Contray to Love; Helping The Sex Addict - By Patrick Carnes.
- Dr. Carnes is a national leader on the
problem of sexual addiction. His book is a resouce for understanding
and helping the sex addict.
Price: $14.00
Affairs:
- After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful (Paperback) - By Janis Spring
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Once you find out that your partner is having an affair or has had an affair, this book might be able to help you open up communication. And take a serious look as to why this has happened, from both your perspectives. The examples in the book won't apply to everyone, but there will be enough similarities to help you process and think through with your partner whether or not you want to save your marriage. This is one of the best books I have read on this topic.
Price:$10.50
- Love Must be Tough - By Dr. James Dobson
- People who have found out that their
spouse has had an affair will find comfort in this book. Dr. Dobson
gives wonderful advice for the victim of an affair.
Price:$5.59 (available in Spanish too!)
- Back from Betrayal - Recovering from His affairs - By Dr. Jennifer Scneider.
- She reveals how husbands use affairs
complusively ( like an alcoholic) without a wife knowing. She offers
solutions to break this pattern.
Price:$ 4.79
- Torn Asunder - By Dave Carder.
- Infidelity is on the rise. Dave Carder
offers advice on how to restore a marriage. He helps couples take a
look at what happened and how to bring about healing.
Price: $ 11.99
Attention Deficit Disorder:
- Taking Charge of ADHD - By Russell Barkely, Ph.D.
- Learn positive strategies for meeting
the challenges of raising children with ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder.
Price: $ 14.36
Battling Cancer:
- The Cancer Battle Plan - By Anne Frahm.
- This is an excellent book for inspiring
hope for the cancer patient. Learn from Anne Fram how she battled cancer
by having it in her breast, hip, and brain. She is now cancer free.
This book inspires hope in the best way.
Price; $10.36
Child Abuse:
- Outgrowing the Pain - By Eliana Gil, Ph.D.
- This book helps comfort those who have
experienced child abuse.
Price: $7.96
Depression:
- Mind over mood - By Dennis Greenberger.
- This practical book will help you change
the way you feel. Specific skills are taught to help you conquer depression,
panic,and anger management problems, etc. A great workbook for those
who suffer.
Price: $16.80
Eating Disorders:
- The Golden Cage - By Hilde Bruch.
- A moving book about causes, effects,
and treatment of eating disorders. Click on the title to order.
Price: $ 24.95 ~ paperback $7.20
Humor & Healing:
- Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... And It's All Small Stuff - By Eliana Gil, Ph.D.
- Simple ways to keep the little things
from taking over your life. By Richard Carlson, Ph.D. Dr Carlson has
a wonderful way of getting to the point and making one think about how
to be a better person. Read a page a day and see if his wisdom starts
to influence your life for the better.
Price: $9.16
Grief:
- Death: The Final Stages Of Growth - By Elizabeth Kubler Ross.
- Grief can often find no comfort; however,
this book outlines stages of grief and offers comfort.
Price: $8.80
- The Loss of a Pet - By Wallace Sife.
- This book is written by veterinarian
Dr. Sife. He gives you permission to grieve the loss of your pet. Written
with sensitivity.
Price $10.36
Finding Love, Books For Singles Looking
For A Partner:
- Women Who Love Too Much - By Robin Norwood
- This book helps a woman, ( it will help
men too) examine how she gets herself addicted to bad relationships.
Advice is given on how to get out of a bad relationship and into a good
one.
Price: $13.56 ~ paperback $5.59
- Are You the One for Me - By Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D.
- This book has practical advice for singles
that are serious about finding a life partner and making a good choice.
Price: $9.98
- Finding the Love of Your Life - By Neil Clark Warren
- Another book with excellent practical
advice for finding a life long partner.
Price: $11.99
- Love Is Letting Go of Fear - By Gerald Jampolsky, M.D.
- This book helps one explore what might
be getting in the way of the love you want.
Price: $7.16
- Facing Love Addiction - By Pia Mellody
- Sometimes people get into relationships
for the wrong reasons and find that they can't get out. This book is
for just such a person and gives advice as to how to get healthy.
Price $12.00
- Help! I.m in Love with a Narcissist - by Steven Carter & Julia Sokol
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If you don't understand why after a few months of a great relationship, you are now being constantly criticized or under appreciated for all you do, you might be in love with a Narcissist. This is a personality disorder that is very difficult to cure.
A partner who is a narcissist, believes rules for behavior only apply to other people, not them. There is a lot of self-centeredness and selfishness. History will be re-written in the narcissist mind so that they are the victim in circumstances, where in actuality they have used other people. They do not have a good track record for long term friendships, and there is a good reason for that. A narcissist needs a lot of attention, and they will give you good attention only in the beginning of a relationship. You will be left wondering, where is that sweet person I once knew? This book is excellent to help you determine whether or not you are involved with a Narcissist and how to get out of the relationship if you need to. Keep in mind this person is very charming when you first get to know them.
Price: $14.93
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
- Do
you ever feel like you and your partner are speaking a different language?This
book will help you understand each other. Also this book will help you
understand how to love each other in ways that have more meaning in
terms of love. If you understand each others love language you can learn
to give it more effectively.
Price: $10.39
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships, By John Gray.
- This
author does an excellent job in helping couples understand some basic
differences in how men and women operate. A must read for anyone who
wants to understand, and have a better relationship with their spouse.
Also, a best seller. Click on the title and view it.
Price:$17.50
- Love is Letting Go of Fear - By Gerald Jampolsky, M.D.
- This book encourages one to examine,
what may be getting in the way of getting the love you want. Click on
the title to order.
Price: $7.16 - Real Moments for Lovers - The enlightened guide for discovering total passion and true intimacy, By Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D
- This book is written very well, and
will inspire good marriages to become even better.
Price: $7.16
- Fighting for your Marriage, Positive steps for Preventing Divorce
- Most married people will see themselves
in this book. It is one of the better books that describe in detail
common pitfalls couples fall into. This book teaches couples to resolve
marital squabbles and communicate safely and clearly.
Price: $12.00
- Men: Some Assembly Required/A Womens Guide To Understanding A Man - By Chuck Snyder
- This book is for the women who likes
to laugh while learning about men's most misunderstood behaviors.
Price: $8.79 - The 10 Second Kiss - By Dr. Ellen Kreidman
- This book is the Ultimate marriage builder.
Dr. Kreidman gives you 9 easy rules to remember to bring passion back
into your marriage. This book offers many practical suggestions for
rekindling romance in a marriage.
Price: $16.07
Marriage Self Help Books:
Parenting Help:
- Raising a thinking child - By Myrna Shure, Ph. D.
- This is an excellent book on how to
help your child resolve typical conflicts within a family and get along
with others. Very practical and easy to read advice. A great book for
parents with a strong-willed child.
Price: $10.40
- Ten Common Mistakes Parents Make And How To Avoid Them - By Kevin Steede, Ph.D.
- If you want to raise loving children
this book is a must read. It provides insight into how to parent with
wisdom.
Price: $9.60
Self & Social Improvement:
- Emotional Intelligence - By Daniel Coleman.
- This book is one of my favorites. It
was on the best sellers list for a few years. It is very well written.
Daniel Coleman has done excellent research into what causes people to
be unable to manage their anger, and to have good relationships and
how to overcome these limitations, among other things. A must read for
anyone who has endured emotional trauma.
Price: $11.16
- I Hate You Don't Leave Me; Understanding The Borderline Personality Disorder ( BPD) - By Jerold Kreisman and Hal Straus.
- This book is directed toward those who
have violent outbursts, are oversensitive to rejection, and may abuse
drugs. The book also helps those who interact with this type of personality,
how to better understand and cope with the frequent angry outbursts.
Excellent and easy to read.
Price: $ 4.79
- Who You Are (When No One's Looking) - By Bill Hybels.
- When you feel like you need to re-evaluate
how you are operating in your life, let Bill Hybels encourage you with
chapters like, preserving endangered qualities, and looking beyond the
obvious. This is one of my favorite books.
Price: $3.99
- How could you do that? - By Dr Laura Schelessinger.
- This author does an excellent job in
encouraging people to examine their values and maturity especially in
regards to how one behaves. She makes some excellent points. For example;
Values vaccinate against future pain, doing good becomes it's own reward,
history is not destiny. A very good read.
Price:$10.40
- Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy - By Sarah Ban Breathnach
- This book is to be read at a page a
day. Sarah Breathnach encourages the reader to evaluate what is really
important in life. She focuses on the internal rather than the external.
It has been a very popular book. Well written.
Price:$ 19.20
- Boundaries - by Dr. HenryCloud and Dr. John Townsend
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This book is written from a Biblical perspective on personal boundaries.
It is really for everyone who has trouble establishing personal boundaries
and lets people take advantage of them. The book talks about how to
establish healthy boundaries and maintain them. Practical advice is
given for those who need to learn to say no among other things.
Price: $13.99
Sexual Abuse Issues:
- Betrayal of Innocence - By Dr. Susan Forward.
- This book is about many different kinds
of child sexual abuse, causes and treatments are examined.
Price $10.36
- Vunerable Populations: Evaluation and Treament of Sexually Abused Children and Adult Survivors
- This book is clinically written and
gives very good examples in how to help the sexual abuse survivor recover.
By Susan Sgroi leading writer in the area of child sexual abuse.
Price: $27.95
- The Courage to Heal: A book for adult women that are sexual abuse survivors
- The authors are commited to helping
the survivor recover from her early childhood wounds of betrayal. This
book also has a workbook. Very good for those on the road to recovery.
Price: $18.00
Spiritual Interests:
- Joshua - By Joseph Girzone.
- The story is fictional. The book is
moving and inspirational. Who is this extraordinary, loving man? All
who come into contact with him are transformed. It is a message of love.
Inspiring story.
Price: $ 8.00
- Dreams God's forgotten language - By John Sanford
- Have you ever wondered if God may be
speaking to you in dreams? This book explores that possibility.
Price: $11.20
- He Still Moves Stones - By Max Lucado
- Max Lucado is often on the list of number
one books. This book is entertaining and easy to read with fresh perspectives
on scripture. A scripture study book of sorts.
Price:$13.99
- Left Behind - By Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins
- Both are authors who are frequently
on the best-sellers list. It is a fictional thriller that has realistic
portrayals of people, and their inner spiritual battles. It is a difficult
book to put down once opened.
Price:$ 8.39
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