People and Relationships

  • Grounds for Marriage: A Fresh Starting Point for Couples in Crisis – Jade G. Stone
  • The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships – Patrick Carnes
  • Inside Out – Larry Crabb
  • Understanding People – Larry Crabb
  • Encouragement – Larry Crabb and Dan Allender
  • Bold Purpose – Dan Allender and Tremper Longman
  • The Road Less Traveled – M. Scott Peck
  • Further Along the Road Less Traveled – M. Scott Peck
  • The Road Less Traveled and Beyond – M. Scott Peck
  • People of the Lie – M. Scott Peck
  • Safe People – Henry Cloud & John Townsend
  • The Mom Factor – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  • Boundaries – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  • Changes that Heal – Henry Cloud
  • Words that Hurt, Words that Heal – Carole Mayhall
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship – Patricia Evans
  • Torn Assunder – Dave Carder
  • Surviving Infidelity – Rona Subotnik and Gloria Harris
  • The Betrayal Bond – Patrick Carnes
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
  • The Relationship Cure – John Gottman
  • Family Ties That Bind, 4th Edition – Ronald Richardson
  • Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy – Althea Horner
  • Being and Loving – Althea Horner
  • The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner
  • Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions – Roberta Gilbert
  • Extraordinary Leadership: Thinking Systems, Making a Difference – Roberta Gilbert
  • The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory: A New Way of Thinking About the Individual and the Group – Roberta Gilbert
  • The Cornerstone Concept: In Leadership, In Life – Roberta Gilbert
  • Connecting with our Children: Guiding Principles for Parents in a Troubled World – Roberta Gilbert
  • Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships – Jenny Brown

Abuse and Trauma Recovery (Sexual and other), and Emotional Healing

  • The Wounded Heart – Dan Allender
  • Trauma & Recovery – Judith Herman
  • Outgrowning the Pain – Eliana Gil
  • The Courage to Heal – Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
  • The Secret Trauma – Dianna Russell
  • The Sexual Healing Journey – Wendy Maltz
  • Naming the Shadows – Susan Roth and Ronald Batson
  • A Very Touching Book – Jan Hindman
  • It’s My Body – Lory Freeman
  • My Body is Private – Linda Walvoord Girard
  • Stumbling Toward Faith – Renee Altson
  • Too Scared to Cry – Lenore Terr
  • Telling Secrets – Fredrick Buechner
  • Healing Trauma – Peter Levine
  • Her Choice to Heal – Sydna Masse and Joan Phillips
  • A Grace Disguised – Gerald Sitser
  • The Allure of Hope – Jan Meyers
  • Healing the Shame that Binds You – John Bradshaw
  • Facing Shame – Merle Fossom and Marilyn Mason
  • Healing for Damaged Emotions – David Seamands
  • Redeeming the Past – David Seamands
  • The Wounded Spirit – Frank Peretti
  • The Healing Path – Dan Allender
  • To Be Told – Dan Allender
  • Growing up Again – Jean Clark and Connie Dawson
  • Self Care – Ray Anderson
  • The Gift of Fear – Gavin de Becker
  • What Freud Didn’t Know: A Three-Step Practice for Emotional Well-Being Through Neuroscience and Psychology – Timothy B. Stokes
  • Family Ties That Bind, 4th edition – Ronald Richardson
  • The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
  • It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End they Cycle

Trauma and Memory

  • Unchained Memories – Lenore Terr
  • Memory and Abuse – Charles Whitfield
  • Redeeming the Past – David Seamands

Sexuality and Sexual Healing

  • The Sexual Healing Journey – Wendy Maltz
  • Incest and Sexuality – Wendy Maltz
  • Passionate Marriage – David Schnarch
  • A Celebration of Sex – Douglas Rosenau
  • My Beautiful Feeling – Walter and Ingrid Trobisch
  • God Loves Sex – Dan Allender and Tremper Longman

Forgiveness and Confrontation

  • Bold Love – Dan Allender and Tremper Longman
  • Caring Enough to Confront – David Augsburger
  • Forgive and Forget – Louis Smedes
  • Forgiving the Unforgivable – Beverly Flanigan
  • Difficult Conversations – Douglas Stone, et al.
  • As We Forgive – Catherine Claire Larson

Recovering Couples

  • Outgrowing the Pain Together – Eliana Gil
  • The Betrayal Bond – Patrick Carnes
  • Ghosts in the Bedroom – Ken Graber
  • Open Hearts – Mark Laaser and Patrick Carnes
  • The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital Conflict – Philip Guerrin, et al.
  • Working with Relationship Triangles – Philip Guerin, et al.
  • Family Therapy in Clinical Practice – Murray Bowen
  • Family Therapy – Philip Guerin
  • Family Ties That Bind, 4th edition – Ronald Richardson

God and Spirituality

  • Inside Out – Larry Crabb
  • The Cry of the Soul – Dan Allender and Tremper Longman
  • Where is God When It Hurts – Philip Yancey
  • Disappointment With God – Philip Yancey
  • What’s So Amazing About Grace – Philip Yancey
  • Searching for the Invisible God – Philip Yancey
  • When God Weeps – Rev. Steve Estes and Joni Eareckson Tada
  • Blue Like Jazz – Don Miller
  • Searching for God Knows What – Don Miller
  • Dangerous Wonder – Mike Yaconelli
  • Life of the Beloved – Henri Nouwen
  • Encounters with Merton – Henri Nouwen
  • The Way of the Heart – Henri Nouwen
  • The Inner Voice of Love – Henri Nouwen
  • Reaching Out – Henri Nouwen
  • Awareness – Anthony DeMello
  • Meditation Secrets for Women – Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche
  • To Know as We are Known – Parker Palmer
  • Simply Sane – Gerald May
  • Care of Mind, Care of Spirit – Gerald May
  • Will and Spirit – Gerald May
  • The Awakened Heart – Gerald May
  • The Dark Night of the Soul – Gerald May
  • Redeeming Love – Francine Rivers
  • Tao: The Watercourse Way – Alan Watts
  • The Way of Zen – Alan Watts
  • The Three Pillars of Zen – Philip Kapleau

Spiritual Abuse

  • When God Becomes a Drug – Leo Booth
  • The God Game: It’s Your Move – Leo Booth
  • Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants – Philip Yancey
  • Toxic Faith – Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton
  • False Assumptions – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  • The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse – David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen
  • Churches that Abuse – Ronald Enroth
  • Healing Spiritual Abuse and Religious Addiction – Matthew Linn
  • Healing Spiritual Abuse – Ken Blue
  • Toxic Churches – Marc Dupont

Marriage

  • Grounds for Marriage: A Fresh Starting Point for Couples in Crisis, Jade G. Stone
  • Grounds for Marriage: If Only I Had Known – John F. Crosby
  • Intimate Allies – Dan Allender & Tremper Longman, III
  • The Intimate Mystery – Dan Allender & Tremper Longman, III
  • In Quest of the Mythical Mate – Ellyn Bader & Peter Pearson
  • Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
  • The Relationship Cure – John Gottman
  • Are You the One for Me? – Barbara De Angelis
  • He’s Just Not That Into You – Greg Behrendt, et al.
  • Passionate Marriage – David Schnarch
  • Family Ties That Bind, 4th edition – Ronald Richardson
  • We – Robert Johnson

Divorce

  • Grounds for Marriage: A Fresh Starting Point for Couples in Crisis, Jade G. Stone 
  • Growing Through Divorce – Jim Smoke
  • Between Love and Hate – Lois Gold
  • Joint Custody with a Jerk – Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran
  • Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context – David Instone-Brewer
  • Divorce and Remarriage in the Church – David Instone-Brewer
  • Divorce and Remarriage in the 21st Century – David Instone-Bewer
  • Grace and Divorce – Dr. Les Carter
  • To Have and To Hold – David Atkinson

Dating

  • The Tao of Dating – Ali Binazir
  • He’s Just Not That Into You – Greg Bahrendt adn Liz Tuccillo
  • Are You The One for Me – Barbara De Angelis
  • Grounds for Marriage: If Only I Had Known – John F. Crosby

Femininity

  • Wild Feminine – Tami Lynn Kent
  • Powerful and Feminine – Rachael Jayne Groover
  • She – Robert Johnson
  • Femininity Lost and Regained – Robert Johnson
  • The Sensuous Woman – J
  • Honoring The Body – Stephanie Paulsell
  • Women Who Run with the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
  • Captivating – John and Stasi Eldredge
  • Do you Think I’m Beautiful? – Angela Thomas
  • The Weigh Down Diet Book – Gwen Shamblin
  • The Confident Woman – Ingrid Trobisch
  • Living on Empty – Mary Jane Hamilton
  • Then God Created Woman – Deborah Newman
  • Parables for Personal Growth – Melinda Reiniche
  • Pursuing Sexual Wholeness – Andrew Comiskey
  • Living Waters – Andrew Comiskey
  • The Sword and the Stone: A Fable on Femininity Forsaken – Jade G. Stone
  • The Sword and the Stone: A Myth on Masculinity Marred – Jade G. Stone
  • Why Beauty Matters – Karen Lee-Thorp and Cynthia Hicks
  • The Feminine Journey – Cynthia and Robert Hicks
  • Meditation Secrets for Women – Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche

Masculinity

  • Wild at Heart – John Eldredge
  • The Journey of Desire – John Eldredge
  • The Sacred Romance – John Eldredge
  • Waking the Dead – John Eldredge
  • Dare to Desire – John Eldredge
  • Healing the Masculine Soul – Gordon Dalbey
  • Fight Like a Man – Gordon Dalbey
  • Father and Son – Gordon Dalbey
  • Crisis in Masculinity – Leanne Payne
  • Growth Into Manhood – Alan Medinger
  • The Wild Man’s Journey – Richard Rohr
  • The Sword and the Stone: A Myth on Masculinity Marred – Jade G. Stone
  • The Sword and the Stone: A Fable on Femininity Forsaken – Jade G. Stone
  • The Way of the Superior Man – David Deida
  • Transformation – Robert Johnson
  • Owning Your Own Shadow – Robert Johnson
  • He – Robert Johnson
  • Iron John – Robert Bly
  • Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life – James Hollis

Sexual Addiction

  • Facing the Shadow – Patrick Carnes
  • The Recovery Zone, Vol. 1 – Patrick Carnes
  • The Recovery Zone, Vol. 2 – Patrick Carnes
  • Open Hearts – Mark Laaser and Patrick Carnes
  • Don’t Call it Love – Patrick Carnes
  • Out of the Shadows – Patrick Carnes
  • Lonely all the Time – Ralph Earle and Gregory Crow
  • False Intimacy – Harry Schaumburg
  • Faithful and True – Mark Laaser
  • Addiction & Grace – Gerald May
  • Pure Desire – Ted Roberts
  • Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave – Edward Welch
  • Every Man’s Battle – Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
  • Parables for Personal Growth – Melinda Reiniche
  • Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts – Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D., ed.
  • Out of the Doghouse – Rob Weiss
  • Help.Her.Heal – Carol Sheets

Relationship Addiction (Co-Dependency)

  • Codependent No More – Melody Beattie
  • Beyond Codependency – Melody Beattie
  • Love is a Choice – Robert Hemfelt, Frank Minirth, and Paul Meier
  • Facing Love Addiction– Pia Mellody
  • Facing Codependence – Pia Mellody, et. al.
  • From Bondage to Bonding – Nancy Groom
  • Complex Partner Trauma – Hope Ray – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U78JRK0JT5M
  • Helping Your Partner Heal – Marty Simpson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBp8lujlH2U
  • Prodependence: Beyond the Myth of Codependency – Rob Weiss
  • Facing Heartbreak – Stefanie Carnes

Trauma and Addiction

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts – Gabor Mate
  • Trauma and Addiction – Tian Dayton
  • Happy Hours – Devon Jersild
  • The Thinking Person’s Guide to Sobriety – Bert Pluymen
  • The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure – Chris Prentiss

Grief

  • Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants – Philip Yancey
  • Where is God When it Hurts – Philip Yancey
  • Disappointment with God – Philip Yancey
  • A Sacred Sorrow – Michael Card
  • Shattered Dreams – Larry Crabb
  • When Life and Beliefs Collide – Carolyn Custis James
  • Five Cries of Grief – Merton Strommen and A. Irene Strommen
  • When God Weeps – Rev. Steve Estes and Joni Earisksen Tada
  • When I Don’t Desire God – John Piper
  • A Severe Mercy – Sheldon Vanauken
  • A Grief Observed – C.S. Lewis
  • A Grace Disguised – Jerry Sittser
  • Believing God – Beth Moore
  • In Light of Eternity – Randy Alcorn
  • Lament for a Son – Nicholas Woltersdorff
  • Final Gifts – Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
  • Journey of Desire – John Eldredge
  • The Sacred Journey – Frederick Buechner
  • Life Lessons – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
  • On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kulber-Ross
  • Tear Soup – Pat Schweibert and Chuck DeKlyen
  • Helping Children Grieve – Theresa Huntley
  • It Must Hurt a Lot – Doris Sanford

Parenting

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child – John Gottman
  • Parenting from the Inside Out – Daniel Siegel
  • Growing Up Again: Second Edition – Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children – Jean Illsley-Clark and Connie Dawson 
  • Parenting with Love and Logic – Foster Cline and Jim Fay
  • How Children Raise Parents – Dan Allender
  • How to Raise a Child with a High EQ – Lawrence Shapiro
  • Giving the Love that Heals – Harville Hendrix
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • For the Children’s Sake – Susan MacAulay
  • How to Really Love Your Child – Ross Campbell
  • Delight in Your Child’s Design – Laurie Sargent
  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart – Tedd Tripp
  • Creative Correction – Lisa Whelchel
  • Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes – Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
  • The Treasure Tree – John Trent
  • Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships – Jenny Brown
  • Connecting with our Children: Guiding Principles for Parents in a Troubled World – Roberta Gilbert

Modern Mystics (?)

  • Rob Bell
  • Donald Miller
  • Sue Monk Kidd
  • Clarissa Pinkola Estes
  • Carolyn Myss
  • Marianne Williamson
  • Henri Nouwen
  • Anne LaMott
  • Richard Rohr
  • David Benner
  • Brennan Manning

ADHD

  • Driven to Distraction – Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
  • Taking Charge of Adult ADHD – Russell Barkley
  • Living with ADD: A Workbook for Adults… – M. Susan Roberts and Gerald Jansen
  • Is it You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? – Gina Pera
  • Scattered – Gabor Mate
  • Healing ADD – Daniel Amen
  • Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, 4th ed – Lynn Weiss
  • ADHD in Adults – Barkley, et al.
  • The ADHD Effect on Marriage – Melissa Orlov
  • ADD and Loving It – https://TotallyADD.com
  • ADD and Mastering It – https://TotallyADD.com