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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 - Biles, Jessica & Kelly-Wavering, Jillian.
My Grief is Like the Ocean: A Story for Children Who Lost a Parent to Suicide
- 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
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
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Social Anxiety Disorder
The shyness and social anxiety workbook: Proven step-by-step techniques for overcoming your fear
Dying of embarrassment: Help for social anxiety and phobia.
Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia