Resource Library
Books from the Resource Library are available for you to borrow.Please see a counselor/receptionist to check-out a book.
Anger
The Dance of Anger: The Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, Harriet Lerner, PhD, 1985.
Men's Work: How to Stop the Violence that Tears Our Lives Apart, Paul Kivel, 1992.
Resolving Conflict with Others and Within Yourself, Gini Graham Scott, PhD, 1990.
When Anger Hurts, Matthew McKay, PhD, Peter Rogers, PhD, Judith McKay, RN, 1989.
Healthy Relationships
Boundaries, Where You End and I Begin, Anne Kathrie, MA, 1991.
Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, 1993.
Chicken Soup for the Soul, A Second Helping, Jack Hanfield Mark Victor Hansen, 1995.
Codependent No More, Melody Beattie, 1997.
Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work, Matthew McKay, PhD, Patrick Fanning, Km Paleg, PhD, 1994.
The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships, Harriet Lerner, PhD, 1990.
Emotional Blackmail, Susan Forward, PhD, 1997.
How Could You Do That?!, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, 1996.
How to Survive the Loss of a Love: A different kind of guide to overcoming all of your emotional hurts, Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, MD, Peter McWilliams, 1976.
Intimate Connections: The Clinically Proven Program for Making Close Friends and Finding a Loving Partner, David Burns, MD, 1985.
Messages: Communication Skills Book, Matthew McKay, MD, Martha Davis, PhD, Patrick Fanning, 1983.
Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, Bruce Fisher, 1992.
Surviving, Healing and Growing: How to Survive the Loss of a Love Workbook, Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, MD, Peter McWilliams, 1991.
Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, 1994. (x2)
Toxic Parents, Susan Forward, PhD.
When Helping You is Hurting Me, Carmen Renee Berry , 1988.
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, Deborah Tannen, PhD, 1990.
Depression
A Brilliant Madness - Living with Manic Depressive Illness, Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman (1992) New York: Bantam Books.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, David Burns, MD, 1980.
The Faces of Mental Illness, Facts for Students (x3)
The Feeling Good Handbook, David Burns, MD, 1989.
The Good News About Depression: Breakthrough Medical Treatments That Can Work for You (Revised Edition), Mark S. Good, MD, 1995.
Here Comes the Sun: Dealing with Depression, Gayle Roselleni and Mark Worden, 1987.
Family
Adult Children: the Secrets of Dysfunctional Families, John Friel and Linda Friel, 1988.
The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy, Augustus Napier, PhD with Carl Whitaker, MD, 1978.
If Only My Family Understood Me, Dan Wegscheider (1979) Minnesota: Comp Care Publications.
Repeat After Me, Claudia Black, PhD, MSW, 1985.
Alcohol/Other Drugs
Buzzed, Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, Scott Swartzwelder, PhD, and Wilkie Wilson, PhD, 1998.
A Primer of Drug Action, Robert M. Julien, MD, 1992.
Quitting Cocaine, The First Thirty Days, Arnold M. Washton, PhD, 1990.
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
Coming Out: An Act of Love, Rob Eichberg, PhD, 1990.
Coping When a Parent is Gay, Deborah Miller, 1993.
Different Mothers, Sons and Daughters of Lesbians Talk About Their Lives, Louise Rafkin, 1990.
Loving Someone Gay, Don Clark, PhD, 1987.
On Being Gay, Brian McNaught, 1988.
Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life, Ed. Betty Berzon, PhD, 1992.
Grief
Encountering Death: Structured Activities, David Welch, EdD, Richard Zawistoski, M.Div., David Smart, PhD, 1991.
The Grief Recovery Handbook; A Step by Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss, John W. James and Frank Cherry, 1988.
I Can’t Get Over It, Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D.
Suicide: The Forever Decision, Paul Quinnett, 1992.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner, 1981.
Personality
Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types (Myers-Briggs), David Keirsey, Marilyn Bates, 1978.
Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types that determine how we live, love and work (Myers-Briggs), Otto Kruger, Janet Thuesen, 1988.
Personal Development
Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, John Bradshaw, 1990.
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything - Yes, Anything!, Albert Ellis, PhD, 1988.
I'm OK You're OK. Thomas A. Harris. M.D., 1969.
Journaling For Joy: Writing Your Way to Personal Growth and Freedom, Joyce Chapman, MA, 1991.
Life Preservers: Good Advice When You Need it Most, Harriet Lerner, Ph. D, 1996.
Living Wihout Procrastination: How to Stop Postponing Your Life, Susan Roberts, PhD, 1995.
The Magical Child Within You, Bruce Davis, Ph.D. (1985) California: Celestial Arts.
Ready or Not, Here Life Comes. Mel Levine, M.D. 2005.
The Real-Life Aptitude Test, Maya Pilkington and The Diagram Group (1987) New York: Pharos Books.
Shyness A Bold New Approach, Bernardo Carducci, Ph.D. 1999.
The Transcendent Child, Lillian B. Rubin (1996) New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control, Allan E. Maalinger, MD and Jeannette DeWyze, 1992.
Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson, M.D., 1998.
Stress/Anxiety/College Adjustment
(see shelves in Career Services for additional resources on this subject)
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Edmund Bourne, PhD, 1990.
College Survival: A Crash Course for Students by Students, Greg Gottesman and friends, 1994.
Coping with Stress in College, Mark Rowh, 1989.
Dance Naked In Your Living Room, R. Ruggles Radcliffe, 1999.
The Joy of Stress: How to Make Stress Work for You (Video Tape), Peter G. Hanson, MD, 1987.
Letting Go, A Parent's Guide to Today's College Experience, 2nd edition, Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence Treeger.
Eating Disorders/Healthy Eating
Anorexia Nervosa - Finding the Life Line, Patricia M. Stein, RD (1986) Minnesota: Comp Care Publications.
Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth, 1984.
The Deadly Diet: Recovering from Anorexia and Bulemia, Terence Sandbek, Phd, 1993.
Enlightened Eating: Understanding and Changing Your Relationship With Food, Rebecca Ruggles Radcliffe, 1993.
Enlightened Eating: Understanding and Changing Your Relationship With Food (3rd Edition), Rebecca Ruggles Radcliffe, 1995.
Fed Up: College Students & Eating Problems, Catherine Baker, C.S.W.
The Golden Cage, Hilde Bruche, MD, 1978.
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works, Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D.,, Elyse Resch, M.S., R.D., 1996.
Learning to Be Me, My Twenty-Three Years Battling with Bulemia, Jocelyn Golden, 2005.
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too, Jenni Schaefer. 2004.
Making Peace With Food: Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession, Susan Kano, 1989.
Wasted - A Memoir of Anorexia & Bulimia, Marya Hornbacher, 2006.
Sex/Health/Body Image
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships, Ruth Bell, 1987.
In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., David L. Delmonico, Ph.D., Elizabeth Griffin, M.A., Joseph M. Moriarity, 2007.
Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance, Carolynn Hillman, CSW, 1996.
The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90's, The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1992.
Out fo the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction, Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., 2001.
Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have, Marcia Germaine Hutchinson, EdD, 1985.
Abuse/Incest/Rape Survival
The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Laura Davis, 1990.
Time to Fly Free, Judith R. Smith, 2001.
Trauma & Recovery, Judith Herman, MD, 1992.
I Can't Get Over It, Aphrodite Matsakis, PhD, 1996
Study Skills/Learning Disabilities
Attention Deficit Disorder, Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, 1993.
Making the Grade With ADD: A Student’s Guide to Succeeding in College with Attention Deficit Disorder. Stephanie Moulton. 2008
Orientation to College Learning, Dianna L. Van Blerkom, 1995.
10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD: How to Overcome Chronic Distraction & Accomplish Your Goals. Stephanie Sarkis. 2006.
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?: A Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder, Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, 1993.
Brochures and Pamphlets
- Eating Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Club Drugs
- Alcohol
- Codependency
- Stress Management
- Depression
- STD's