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12-Step Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous
Back to Basics
Daily Reflections
Drop the Rock
A New Pair of Glasses
Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Path to Serenity
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
About Therapy
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
Man’s Search for Meaning
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Addiction
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
The Disease of Addiction: A Twenty-First Century Understanding and Beyond
The Easy Way to Stop Drinking: A Revolutionary New Approach to Escaping from the Alcohol Trap
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers
Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours)
Healing the Addicted Brain: The Revolutionary, Science-Based Addiction Recovery Program
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Recovery Options: The Complete Guide
Addiction and the Family
Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love Your Horrible, Rotten Self
Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids
Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle & the Road Home
What’s Wrong with My Teen?: Finding Answers to Teenage Addiction and Family Crisis
ADHD
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD from Childhood Through Adulthood
Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
Adolescence
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
Anxiety Disorders
The Courage to Be Disliked
Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering
Untangle Your Anxiety: A Guide to Overcoming an Anxiety Disorder
Behaviour
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
Codependency
Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Codependent’s Guide to the Twelve Steps: How to Find the Right Program for You
The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency
Conflict
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
The Art of War
Everything Is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection
Diagnostics
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition: Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Strengthening the DSM: Incorporating Resilience and Cultural Competence
Fiction
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Cain’s Book
Go Ask Alice
Infinite Jest
Naked Lunch
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Grief
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
It’s OK That You’re NOT OK: Meeting Grief in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
On Death and Dying
The Year of Magical Thinking
Longevity
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Masculinity
The Descent of Man
For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
Iron John: A Book About Men
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Memoirs
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist’s Memoir
A Drinking Life: A Memoir
Drunk Mom: A Memoir
The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir
Scar Tissue
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Mindfulness
The Art of Living: A Guide to Mindfulness, Growth, and Peace
Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
Modalities
101 Trauma-Informed Interventions
Attachment
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Mood Disorders
Emotions: Mystery or Madness
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
The Instinct to Heal: Curing Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope
Overcoming Depression: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
Narcissism
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Neuroscience
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
The DOSE Effect: Optimize Your Brain and Body by Boosting Your Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live
Perfectionism
The Anxious Perfectionist: How to Manage Perfectionism-Driven Anxiety
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
Personality Disorders
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Needing to Know for Sure: A CBT Guide to Overcoming Compulsive Checking & Reassurance Seeking
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has BPD
Shame & Guilt
Healing the Shame That Binds You
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t)
The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
Uprooting Shame and Guilt: A Journey to Healing Trauma and Freeing the Inner Child
Sleep
Sleep Smarter: A Longevity Book
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Social Equity
Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice: Building Transformative Politicized Social Work
Gender: Your Guide
Social Work
The Social Work Interview
Social Work Practice: Integrating Concepts, Processes, and Skills
Somatization
Body First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
Spirituality
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential
Why People Don’t Heal, and How They Can
Stoic Philosophy
Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
Ego Is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
Enchiridion
Letters from a Stoic
Meditations
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values, Good Character, Good Deeds
Stillness Is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life
Transcendental Philosophy
Leaves of Grass
Nature
Walden
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Traumatized Children
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
It’s Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle
Trauma and Recovery
Trauma and the 12-Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery
Workbooks
Cognitive Behavioural Workbook for Anxiety
Cognitive Behavioural Workbook for Depression
Cognitive Behavioural Workbook for Personality Disorders
Dialectical Behavioural Skills Workbook
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for Anger
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for Anxiety
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for Bipolar Disorder
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for Bulimia
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for Psychosis
Dialectical Behavioural Workbook for PTSD
Don’t Try Harder, Try Different: A Workbook for Managing Anxiety and Stress
The Internal Family Systems Workbook
The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook
Ten Days to Self-Esteem
Workbook for The Gifts of Imperfection
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