Resources: Successful Love Family Life and Parenting Rebuilding Your Life—abuse, sexual abuse, pornography Depression/Anxiety Self-Esteem Sexuality Sexual Addiction Human Sexuality Research Miscellaneous Research Successful Love: (Return to the top) Chapman, Gary. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. DeAngelis, Barbara. Are You the One for Me? Knowing Who’s Right & Avoiding Who’s Wrong. Gottman, John. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert. Practical questionnaires and exercises for building successful marriages. Gray, John. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationship. Gross, Zenith. Seasons of the Heart: Men and Women Talk About Love, Sex, and Romance after 60. Hendrix, Harville. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. Build empathy and communication between partners. Hendrix, Harville. Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide. Guide for singles finding and developing a healthy relationship. Hendrix, Harville. Getting the Love You Want. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. Learn to clarify your position in close relationships, thus avoiding continual arguments. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Intimacy. A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships. Looking at current relationship through perspective of our family of origin. May, Alice. Surviving Betrayal: Hope and Help for Women Whose Partners Have Been Unfaithful. 365 thoughts on coping with the pain of betrayal. Pittman, Frank. Private Lies: Infidelity and the Betrayal of Intimacy. Four basic patterns of infidelity, limiting the damage of affairs, and making a marriage work. Dr. David Schnarch, Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love & Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships. Spring, Janis Abrahms. After the Affair, Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful. Tannen, Deborah. You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. Differences between men and women’s communication approaches. Weiner-Davis, Michele. Divorce Busting: A Step-by-Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again. A positive approach to moving through marital impasses. Wisdom, Susan and Green, Jennifer. StepCoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today’s Blended Family. Family Life and Parenting: (Return to the top) Coon, Cheryl. Books to Grow With: A Guide to Using the Best Children’s Fiction for Everyday Issues and Tough Challenges. Research of 500 books to help parents. Gottman, John. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting. A guide to help parents develop children who understand and regulate their emotions. Johnson, Matthew. Family Rules: Positive Parenting with a Plan: Grades K-12). Lerner, Harriet. The Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life. Lott, Lynn and Intner, Riki. The Family that Works Together: Turning Family Chores from Drudgery to Fun. Schwartz, Pepper. Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children about Sex and Character. Resource for parents with children from 4 through 12 about examples for initiating conversations about sexuality and other important questions. Rebuilding Your Life—abuse, sexual abuse, pornography: (Return to the top) Carter, Les. Enough About You: Let’s Talk About Me: How to Recognize & Manage the Narcissists in Your Life. Clark, Lynn. SOS Help for Emotions: Managing Anxiety, Anger, and Depression. Cloud, Henry and Townsend, John. Boundaries: When to Say Yes When to Say No To Take Control of Your Life. Hort, Barbara. Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves and Others. Wendy, Maltz and Larry, Maltz. The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused By Pornography. Excellent recovery book for individuals and couples recovering from pornography. Maltz, Wendy. Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to Understanding and Healing. Addresses problems caused by sexual abuse. Maltz, Wendy. The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Discusses sexual healing strategies and “relearning touch” techniques and is very helpful for people overcoming sexual abuse. Silvious, Jan. Fool Proofing Your Life: An Honorable Way to Deal with the Impossible People in Your Life. Depression/Anxiety: (Return to the top) Bourne, Edmund J. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. Step by step process for mastery of panic attacks, negative self-talk, and irrational beliefs. Learn more how to build assertiveness, self-esteem, and relaxation skills. Burns, David. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. Develop a positive outlook on life. Includes consumer’s guide to anti-depressant medications. Copeland, Mary Ellen. The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living With Depression and Manic Depression. Exercises for working with depression and manic episodes. Lerner, Harriet. Fear and Other Uninvited Guests: Tackling the Anxiety, Fear and Shame That Keep Us From Optimal Living and Loving. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to be Your Best and Bravest Self. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth Telling in Women’s Lives. Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate. Real, Terrence. I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. The silent epidemic of male depression. Wilson, H. Read. Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks. Effective advice and self-help skills for panic attacks. Self-Esteem: (Return to the top) Burns, David. Ten Days to Self-Esteem. Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More than IQ. Carolyn Hillman, Recovery of Your Self-Esteem: A Guide for Women. Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning, Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem. Sexuality: (Return to the top) Barbach, Lonnie. The Pause: Positive Approaches to Permimenopause and Menopause. Women’s sexuality and the change of life. Belshin, The Complete Prostate Book. Castleman, Michael. Great Sex: A Man’s Guide to the Secret Principles of Total Body Sex. Davis, Michelle Weiner. The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couple’s Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido. Practical guide for balancing differing libido levels. Ellison, Carol. Women’s Sexualities. Interviews with women, ages 23 to 90, about their sexual development. George, Stephen C. and Caine, K. Winston. A Lifetime of Sex: The Ultimate Manual on Sex, Women, and Relationships for Every Stage of a Man’s Life. Developmental male sexuality. Glazer, Howard and Rodke, Gae. The Vulvodynia Survival Guide: How to Overcome Painful Vaginal Symptoms and Enjoy an Active Lifestyle. Goldstein, Andrew and Brandon, Marianne. Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost Libido. Gross, Zenith. Seasons of the Heart: Men and Women Talk About Love, Sex, and Romance after 60. Heiman, Julie and LoPicolo, Joseph. Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women. Holstein, Lana L. How to Have Magnificent Sex: The Seven Dimensions of a Vital Sexual Connection. Katz, Ritza and Tabisel, Ross. Private Pain: Understanding Vaginismus and Dyspareunia. Jones, Stephen. Overcoming Impotence. Love, Patricia. Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking. Love, Patricia. Lows, and How You Can Make it The Truth About Love: The Highs, that Last Forever. Maltz, Wendy. The Sexual Healing Journey. Metz, Michael and McCarthy, Barry. Coping with Premature Ejaculation: How to Overcome PE, Please Your Partner, and Have Great Sex. Milstine, Richard and Slowinski, Julian. The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions. Moldwin, Robert M. The Interstitial Cystitis Survival Guide: Your Guide to the Latest Treatment Options and Coping Strategies. Penner, Clifford and Penner, Joyce. The Gift of Sex: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment. Christian perspective with scripture quotes that develops married heterosexual love. Reichman, Judith. I’m Not in the Mood: What Every Woman Should Know About Improving Her Libido. Women dealing with low sex drive. Schnarch, David. Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships. Simone, Catherine. To Wake in Tears: Understanding Interstitial Cystitis. Stewart, Elizabeth and Paula Spencer. The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. Research about vulvovaginal health and sexual pain disorders. Weeks, Gerald and Gambescia, Nancy. Erectile Dysfunction: Integrating Couple Therapy, Sex Therapy, and Medical Treatment. Zilbergeld, Bernie. The New Male Sexuality: The Truth About Men, Sex, and Pleasure. Relationship between self-image and specific sexual problems. Sexual Addiction: (Return to the top) Carnes, Patrick J. Don’t Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction. A guide for dealing with compulsive sexual behavior. Carnes, Patrick J. Out of the Shadows, Understanding Sexual Addiction. Learning about patterns of sexual addiction, and a guide for identifying addictive behaviors. Carnes, Patrick J. In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior. Earle, Ralph and Gregory Crow. Lonely All the Time: Recognizing, Understanding and Overcoming Sex Addiction for Addicts and Co-Dependents. Human Sexuality Research: (Return to the top) Gathrone-Hardy, Jonathan. Sex the Measure of All Things: The Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. Hite, Shere. The Hite Report. 1987. Hite, Shere. The Hite Report on Male Sexuality. 1987. Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life. Kinsey, Alfred C. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. 1988. Laumann, Edward O, et. Al. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. 2004. Masters, William and Johnson, Virginia. Human Sexual Response. 1966. Reinisch, June, et. al. The Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex. 1991. Miscellaneous: (Return to the top) Goleman, David. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ. Learning how empathy, self-awareness, and self-discipline are as important as IQ. Shapiro, Francine and Margo Silk Forrest. EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma. Gives examples of how EMDR is used for trauma. Research: (Return to the top) Dr. Douglas H. Sprenkle, Effectiveness Research in Marriage and Family Therapy.