Resources

These are books, links to websites  and other resources that I and my clients find helpful. I hope you will, too.

Anxiety and Panic

• Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers
• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund J. Bourne
• Master Your Panic and Take Back Your Life – Denise F. Beckfield
• Anxiety Disorder Association of America – Information and Resources
• Anxiety BC – Information and Resources

Assertiveness and Communication

• Asserting Yourself: A Practical Guide For Positive Change – Sharon A. Bower and Gordon H. Bower
• The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships – Randy J. Paterson
• Codependent No More – Melody Beattie
• The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner
• Your Perfect Right – Robert E. Alberti and Michael Emmons

Attachment

• Becoming Attached – Robert Karen

Bookstores Specializing in Psychology and Self-Help Books

• Banyen Books and Sound
• Odin Books

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David Burns
• Mind Over Mood – Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
• The Feeling Good Handbook – David Burns

Couples and Relationships

• Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
• Keeping the Love You Find – Harville Hendrix
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
• How Can I get Through to You – Terrence Real
• Journey of the Heart – John Welwood
• Love and Awakening – John Welwood
• The Dance of Intimacy – Harriet Goldhor Lerner
• After the Affair – Janis Abrahms Spring
• The Gottman Institute
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• How to Save Your Relationship – Psychology Today March/April 2003

Note: Many resources for couples assume that partners are heterosexual and/or married. While this lack of appreciation for diversity is unfortunate, I and my clients find that the advice they offer is equally helpful for couples in same-sex and/or non-married relationships.

Depression

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David Burns
• Mind Over Mood – Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
• The Feeling Good Handbook – David Burns
• Antidepressant Skills Workbook
• Blue Pages – Information about Depression

GLBT

• Vancouver Pride Society
• QMunity – BC’s Queer Resource Centre (formerly The Centre)
• Transgender Health Program
• Gay and Lesbian Business Association

Hakomi

• Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method - Ron Kurtz
• Hakomi Institute of BC
• Hakomi Institute International

Mindfulness, Meditation and Spirituality

• Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Wherever you Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life – Jon Kabat-Zinn
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
• Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscoring the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice – Lauren Artress
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
• The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness – Pema Chodron
• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
• Pema Chodron

Pain

• Managing Pain Before It Manages You – Margaret A. Caudill
• Pain, Learning to Live Without It – David Corey
• Learning to Master Your Chronic Pain – Robert Jamison

Profession of Psychology

• British Columbia Psychological Association
• College of Psychologists of BC

Stress

• The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook – Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Matthew Mckay

Trauma, Abuse and Recovery

• I can’t Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors – Aphrodite Matsakis
• The Courage to Heal – Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
• Allies in Healing – Laura Davis
• Trauma and Recovery – Judith Lewis Herman
• Walking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – Peter A. Levine
• The Trauma Centre – Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

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