Wellness Reading List
Self- Help Resources
The following books support self-help for a variety of wellness topics and communities. Please note that none are a substitute for a relationship with a professional counselor, and that none are associated with Cal State East Bay Counseling Services.
Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your LIfe and Relationships by Robert Alberti & Michael Emmons
It's Called a Breakup Beacuase It' Broken by Greg Behrendt and Amira Ruotola-Behrendt
How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove & Harold Bloomfield
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen and Roger Fisher.
The Depression Book: Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Practice by Cheri Huber & June Shriver
The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
When Food is Love by Geneen Roth
Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando
Good Grief by Granger Westberg
On Grief and Grieving by Elizabeth Keubler-Ross
When I Knew by Robert Teachtenberg
Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Lie Worth Living
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schoth
Wherever You go, There You are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel
Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You? by Margaret Paul
Forgive For Good by Fred Luskin
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better As Your Family Grows by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill, Julia Stone and Rosario Camacho-Koppel
Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
Not "Just Friends": Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity by Shirley Glass
The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties by Wiliam Doherty
Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships by Sue Johnson
After the Fight: Using Your Disagreements to Build a Stronger Relationship by Dan Wile
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Learning to Love Yourself: A Guide to Becoming Centered by Gay Hendricks
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro
Trauma, Veterans
Courage After Fire by Keith Armstrong