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Self-help books can provide an incredibly useful adjunct to your work in therapy. Here are some favorites that I frequently recommend:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD):
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Written for adults with ADD by adults with ADD - focuses on the experiences of adults, offering updated information, practical how-tos and moral support to help readers deal with ADD.
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
It offers organizing advice that ranges from self-help to utilizing the help of non-professionals, to using professional assistance. Thus it permits the reader to decide where they are at personally in the organizing process, and what level of support will be most beneficial to their unique situation.
Depression:
Kicking Depression's Ugly Butt: Tried and True Methods for Outsmarting Depression
A practical set of coping techniques for defeating depression, rich with reader-friendly information, good-humored illustrations, and laminated coping cards for wallet use.
Male Sexual Abuse:
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma.
Recovery:
Get Up: A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos
Local poet and performer Bucky Sinister shares how his atheism initially kept him from traditional recovery support, and offers an alternative way in for folks who usually find themselves on the fringes. Hilarious, heartfelt, and filled with raw honesty.
Harm Reduction:
Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
One of the best in the business--a compassionate, realistic, and brave approach towards alcohol and drug use. Infinitely valuable self-help, and useful support to families and treatment providers.
Compassion Fatigue:
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
Meaningful self-care for therapists, EMTs, environmentalists, legal professionals, social workers, medical professionals, correctional officers, teachers, activists, and anyone else in direct service.
Developing Resilient States of Mind:
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Short, stand-alone gems that use everyday life as a vehicle to gently build awareness around what we fear most. Pema Chodron radiates a kind, clear-eyed wisdom, allowing her readers to approach vulnerability with greater ease.
OCD:
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Teaches cognitive-behavioral techniques to combat OCD, and provides information about the brain mechanisms behind the symptoms.
Self-help books can provide an incredibly useful adjunct to your work in therapy. Here are some favorites that I frequently recommend:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD):
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Written for adults with ADD by adults with ADD - focuses on the experiences of adults, offering updated information, practical how-tos and moral support to help readers deal with ADD.
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
It offers organizing advice that ranges from self-help to utilizing the help of non-professionals, to using professional assistance. Thus it permits the reader to decide where they are at personally in the organizing process, and what level of support will be most beneficial to their unique situation.
Depression:
Kicking Depression's Ugly Butt: Tried and True Methods for Outsmarting Depression
A practical set of coping techniques for defeating depression, rich with reader-friendly information, good-humored illustrations, and laminated coping cards for wallet use.
Male Sexual Abuse:
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma.
Recovery:
Get Up: A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos
Local poet and performer Bucky Sinister shares how his atheism initially kept him from traditional recovery support, and offers an alternative way in for folks who usually find themselves on the fringes. Hilarious, heartfelt, and filled with raw honesty.
Harm Reduction:
Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
One of the best in the business--a compassionate, realistic, and brave approach towards alcohol and drug use. Infinitely valuable self-help, and useful support to families and treatment providers.
Compassion Fatigue:
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
Meaningful self-care for therapists, EMTs, environmentalists, legal professionals, social workers, medical professionals, correctional officers, teachers, activists, and anyone else in direct service.
Developing Resilient States of Mind:
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Short, stand-alone gems that use everyday life as a vehicle to gently build awareness around what we fear most. Pema Chodron radiates a kind, clear-eyed wisdom, allowing her readers to approach vulnerability with greater ease.
OCD:
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Teaches cognitive-behavioral techniques to combat OCD, and provides information about the brain mechanisms behind the symptoms.