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Anxiety  |  Anger, Assertiveness, and Conflict  |  Children and Adolescents    Couples  |  Depression  |  Eating Disorders  |  Mindfulness  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder  |  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Social Anxiety  |  Substance Use  |  Insomnia
General Mental Well-Being/Mood  |  Other Topics of Interest
Spanish Language Books  

Anxiety

• Robert Leahy
  The Worry Cure
• Antony, Martin M, & Swinson, Richard P.
  When perfect isn't good enough: Strategies for coping with perfectionism
• Basco, Monica Ramirez
  NEVER GOOD ENOUGH: How to use Perfectionism to Your Advantage Without Letting it Ruin Your Life 
• Butler, Gillian & Hope, Tony
  Managing your mind: The mental fitness guide
• Copeland, Mary Ellen
  The Worry Control Workbook
• Davis, Martha; Eshelman, Elizabeth Robbins; and McKay, Matthew
  The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
• Jon Kabat-Zinn 
  Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
• McKay, M., Davis, M., & Fanning, P.
  Thoughts & feelings: The art of cognitive stress intervention.
• Williams, Mark, Teasdale, John, Segal, Zindel, & Kabat-Zinn, Jon
  The mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness
• Wilson, Reid
  Breaking the panic cycle.
• Wilson, Reid
  Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
• Jon Kabat-Zinn 
  Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Anger, Assertiveness, and Conflict

• Robert E. Alberti and Michael L. Emmons
  Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living
• Beck, A.T.
  The cognitive basis of anger, hostility, and violence
• Curran, James P. & Monti, Peter
  Social Skills Training
• Enright, R.D.
  Forgiveness is a choice: A step-by-step process for resolving anger and restoring hope.
• Fisher, R. and Ury.
  Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
• Fisher, R., Kopelman, E., and Schneider, A.
  Beyond Machiavelli: Tools for Coping With Conflict
• Freeman, A., & DeWolf, R.
  Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Overcoming Regrets, Mistakes, and Missed Opportunities
• Jakubowski, P.
  The Assertive Option: Your Rights and Responsibilities
• McKay, Rogers & McKay
  When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within
• Seligman, M. P.
  Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
• Williams, R. and Williams, V.
  Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies For Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health 

Children

• Barkley, Russell A.
  Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents
• Barkley, Russell A.
  Your Defiant Child
• Forehand, R.L. & Long, N.
  Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
• Murdock, Maureen
  Spinning Inward:Using Guided Imagery With Children for
  Learning, Creativity & Relaxation
• Shiller, V. M., et al.
  Rewards for Kids!: Ready-To-Use Charts & Activities for Positive Parenting
• Wenning, Kenneth.
  Winning Cooperation from Your Child
• Wilens, Timothy E.
  Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids
• Rapee, Spence, Cobham & Wignall
  Helping your Anxious Child:  A Step by Step Guide for Parents 
• Paul Stallard
  Think Good- Feel Good: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People
• Greenberger and Padesky
  Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
• Dornbush & Pruitt
  
  Teaching the Tiger:  A Handbook for Individuals involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders, Tourette Syndrome, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 

Couples

• Beck, A.T.
  Love is never enough.
• Fisher, R. and Brown, S.
  Getting Together: Building Relationships As We Negotiate.
• McKay, Fanning & Paley
  Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work
• Nelson-Jones, R.
  Creating happy relationships: A guide to partner skills.
• Spring, Jan & Spring, Michael
  After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding the Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful

Depression

• Robert L. Leahy
  Beat the Blues Before They Beat You
• Thomas Joiner
  Why People Die By Suicide
• Ellis, T.E., & Newman, C.F.
  Choosing to live: How to defeat suicide through cognitive therapy.
• McQuaid, J.R. & Carmona, P.E.
  Peaceful Mind: Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Psychology to Overcome Depression.
• Thorne, Julia and Rothstein, Larry
  You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression
• Yapko, Michael
  Free Yourself from Depression
• Wright, J.H., & Basco, M.R
  Getting your life back: the complete guide to recovery from depression.

Eating Disorders

• Cash, T.F.
  The body image workbook: An 8-step program for learning to like your looks
• Claiborn, J. (2002).
  The BDD workbook Overcome body dysmorphic disorder and end body image obsessions.
• Cooper, Peter J.
  Bulimia Nervosa & Binge-Eating
• Fairburn, Christopher
  Overcoming Binge Eating
• Fletcher, Anne M.
  Thin for Life: 10 Keys to Success from People Who Have Lost Weight and Kept It Off
• Rolls, Barbara J. and Barnett, Robert A.
  The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan : Feel Full on Fewer Calories
• Sandbek, T.J.
  The deadly diet: Recovering from anorexia & bulimia.
• Siegel, M., Brisman, J., & Weinshel, M.
  Surviving an eating disorder: Strategies for family and friends.

Mindfulness

• Aguirre, Blaise & Galen, Gillian
  Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Dahl, JoAnne & Lundgren, Tobias
  Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain
• Kabat-Zinn, Jon
  Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
• Neff, Kristen
  Self-Compassion
• Wilson, Kelly G. & DuFrene, Troy
  Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Abramowitz, Jonathan S.
  Getting over OCD: A 10-step workbook for taking back your life
• Foa, Edna & Wilson, Reid
  Stop Obsessing!
• Hyman, Bruce M. and Pedrick, Cherry
  The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 
• Purdon, Christine L., & Clark, David A.
  Overcoming obsessive thoughts: How to gain control of your OCD
• Steketee, Gail, & Frost, Randy O.
  Compulsive hoarding and acquiring workbook
• Veale, David, & Willson, Robert
  Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)

• Matsakis, A.
  Trust after trauma: A guide to relationships for survivors and those who love them.
• Najavits, Lisa M.
  Seeking safety: A treatment manual for PTSD and substance abuse
• Scott, Michael J.
  Moving on after trauma: A guide for survivors, family, and friends
• Steketee, G., & White, K.
  When once is not enough: Help for obsessive compulsives.
• Zayfert, Claudia, & DeViva, Jason C.
  When someone you love suffers from post-traumatic stress: What to expect and what you can do

Social Anxiety Disorder

• Antony, Martin M, & Swinson, Richard P.
  The shyness and social anxiety workbook: Proven step-by-step techniques for overcoming your fear
• Markway, B.G., Carmin, C.N., Pollard, C.A., & Flynn, T.
  Dying of embarrassment: Help for social anxiety and phobia.
• Rapee, Ronald M.
  Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia

Substance Use

• Anne M. Fletcher
  Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems -- Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded
• Horvath, A.T.
  Sex, drugs, gambling, & chocolate.
• James O. Prochaska, John Norcross, and Carlo DiClemente
  Changing for Good

Insomnia

• Gregg Jacobs
  Say Good Night to Insomnia
• Paul Glovinsky & Art Spielman
  The Insomnia Answer: A Personalized Program for Identifying and Overcoming the Three Types ofInsomnia
• Peter Hauri & Shirley Linde
  No More Sleepless Nights
• Jack D. Edinger & Colleen E. Carney
  Overcoming Insomnia: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach Workbook (Treatments That Work)
• Colin A. Espie
  Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems
• Charles M. Morin
  Relief from Insomnia

General Mental Well-being/Mood

• Burns, D.
  Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
• Burns, D.D.
  Feeling good.
• Burns, D.
  The Feeling Good Handbook
• Claiborn, J. (2001).
  The habit change workbook: How to break bad habits and form good ones.
• Greenberger, D. and Padesky, C.
  Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
• McKay, G. D., & Dinkmeyer, D.
  How You Feel Is Up to You: The Power of Emotional Choice
• McKay, M., & Fanning, P.
  Self-esteem: A proven program of cognitive techniques for assessing, improving, and maintaining your self-esteem.
• McKay, M., & Fanning, P.
  Prisoners of belief.
• Santrock, J. W., Minnett, A. M., & Campbell, B. D.
  The Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Books.
• Seligman, M.E.P.
  Learned optimism.
• Vernon, Ann
  Thinking, Feeling, Behaving

Other Topics of Interest

• Antony, M.M., & Swinson, R.P.
  When perfect isn't good enough: Strategies for coping with perfectionism.
• Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi
  Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership
• Freeman, A., & DeWolf, R.
  The Ten Dumbest Mistakes That Smart People Make and How to Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life
• Catalano, E.M. & Hardin, K.N.
  The chronic pain control workbook: A step-by-step guide for coping with and overcoming pain.
• Caudill, M.A.
  Managing pain before it manages you.
• Fanning, P., McKay, M., & Davis, M.
  Messages: The communication skills book.
• Gersh, W.D., Golden, W.L., Robbins, D.M.
  Mind over malignancy: Living with cancer.
• Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, and Richard E. Boyatzis
  Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
• Goleman, D.
  Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.
• Hoffman, P. D., & Gunderson, J. G.
  Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and Families
• Kreger, R.
  The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells
• Leach, Penelope The First Five Years Project Inform, et al
  The HIV Drug Book
• Linehan, M.M.
  Skills training manual for treating borderline personality disorder.
• Mason, P.T., & Kreger, R.
  Stop walking on eggshells: Taking your life back when someone you care about has borderline personality disorder.
• Oldham, J.M. & Morris, L.B.
  The new personality self-portrait. 
• Redmond, Geoffrey 
  The Hormonally Vulnerable Woman
• Savage, E.
  Don’t take it personally!: The art of dealing with rejection.
• Tate, Philip
  Alcohol: How To Give It Up And Be Glad You Did
• Thurman, C.
  The Lies we Believe
• Westerman
  How to Flirt: A Practical Guide
• Zilbergeld, Bernie
  The New Male Sexuality

Spanish Language Books

• Aaron T. Beck
  Con el amor no basta (translation of "Love is Never Enough") 
• Baringoltz, Sara. (1996). Integración de aportes cognitivos a la psicoterapia. Argentina: Fundación Editorial de Belgrano.
• Beck, A.T. (1980). Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la depresión (2nd ed.) Madrid: Merck Sharp & Dohme de España.
• Beck, A.T. (1995). Con el amor no basta. Barcelona: Ediciones Altaya.
• Beck, A.T. (2003). Prisioneros del odio : Las bases de la ira, la hostilidad y la violencia. Spain: Paidós.
• Beck, A.T., Freeman, A. (2003).Terapia Cognitiva De Los Trastornos De Personalidad. Barcelona: Ediciones Paidos Iberica.
• Beck, A., Newman, C., Wright, F. (2000). Terapia Cognitiva de Las Drogodependencias. Barcelona: Ediciones Paidos Iberica.
• Beck, A.T.; Rush, A.J.; Shaw, B.F.; Emery, G. (1983) Terapia Cognitiva de la Depresión. Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer
• Beck, J. (2002). El modelo cognitivo; La psicoterapia (Manual de terapia cognitiva). Guatemala: Servicios.
• Beck, J. (2001). Terapia cognitiva-conceptos básicos y profundización. Barcelona: Gedisa.
• Burns, D. (1983). Sentirse bien. Barcelona: Paidós, 1990.
• Cottraux, J., et al. (1991). Terapias comporta mentales y cognitivas. Barcelona: Masson
• Dattilio, F., Padesky, C. (1995). Terapia cognitiva con parejas. Bilbao: Editorial Desclée de Brouwer
• Freeman, A.; Reinecke, M. (1995) Terapia Cognitiva Aplicada a la Conducta Suicida. Bilbao: Desclée De Brouwer.
• Goytia, C. (2004). Fobias, ansiedad, miedos: ¿Por qué soy mi peor enemigo? Argentina: Atlántida.
• Greenberger, D., Padesky, C. (1998). El control de tu estado de animo: Manual de tratamiento de terapia cognitiva para usuarios. Barcelona: Ediciones Paidós Ibérica.
• Lyddon, W. J., & Jones, J. V. (Eds.). (2002). Terapias cognitivas con fundamento empírico: Aplicaciones actuales y futuras. [Cognitive therapies with empirical support: Current and future applications]. Editorial El Manual Moderno, S.A. de C.V.: Cuauhtemoc, Mexico D. F.
• Meichenbaum, D. (1985). Manual de inoculación del estrés. Barcelona: Martinez-Roca.
• Safran, J.D., Segal, Z.V. (1994). El proceso interpersonal en la terapia cognitiva . Barcelona: Ediciones Paidós Ibérica.
• Sank, Lawrence (1993). Manual del terapeuta para la terapia cognitiva conductual en grupos. Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer.