Book Recommendations

Depression:

Against Depression by Peter Kramer, M.D.

Feeling Good by David D. Burns, M.D.

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Against Depression by Peter Kramer, M.D.

Positive Psychology:

Authentic Happiness by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.

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Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph. D.

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The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

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Self Help Workbooks:

The Feeling Good Handbook by David D Burns, M.D.

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Mind Over Mood by David Greenberger, Ph.D. & Christine A. Padesky Ph.D.

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Medications:

Listening to Prozac by Peter Kramer, M.D.

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Parenting Infants & Toddlers:

Touchpoints by T Berry Brazelton, M.D.

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Becoming Attached by Robert Karen, Ph.D.

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The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

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How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber

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Parenting Young Children:

Your Defiant Child by Russell A Barkley, Ph.D.

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The Explosive Child by Ross W Green, Ph.D.

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How to Talk so Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber

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Parenting Teens: 

Your Defiant Teen by Russell A Barkley, Ph.D.

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Mediation/Mindfulness:

Going to Pieces without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein, M.D.

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The Endless Practice by Mark Nepo

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Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein, M.D.

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Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub

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Relationships:

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

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The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly

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Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, Ph.D.

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People Skills by Robert Bolton, Ph.D.

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Family: 

Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Becoming Attached by Robert Karen

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Resilience in Children:

Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks, Ph.D. & Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

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Nine Ways to a Resilient Child by Justin Coulson, Ph.D.

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Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Kenneth R Ginsberg, M.D.

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Resilience:

The Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich, Ph.D. & Andrew Schatt, Ph.D.

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Resilience by Steven M. Southwick, M.D. & Dennis S. Charney, M.D.

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Other Great Mental Health Books:

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown, Ph.D.

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The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck, M.D.

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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, MD

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Books about the Brain:

Phantoms in the Brain by VS Ramachandran

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My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

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