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Clients often ask for reading and recommend books that they are reading. Here are some of the books that I recommend or others have shared with me.  (Parenting through Relationships)
 
 

Parenting

 

How to Talk So Kids with Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and
    Elaine Mazlish
Get Out of My Life, But First Can You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide
     to the New Teenager, Anthony Wolf
Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind, Michael J. Bradley
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher
The Wonder of Boys, Michael Gurian
Grounded for Life?! Stop Blowing Your Fuse and Start Communicating With Your
   Teenager, Louise Felton Tracy
I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You! A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict
    Roni Cohen-Sandler and Michelle Silver
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together so You Can
    Live Too, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Homework Without Tears: A Parent's Guide for Motivating Children to Do Homework
    and to Succeed in School, Lee Canter and Lee Hausner
A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape
    Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men, Michael Gurian
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair, Jean Illsley Clarke
Living With the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents,
    Linda Budd
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is MORE,
    Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
The Difficult Child, Stanley Turecki
 
 
Relationships
 
The Seven Principles For making Marriage Work, John Gottman
The Relationship Cure, John Gottman
The Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
    David Schnarch
Should I Stay or Go? How Controlled Separation Can Save Your Marriage,
    Lee Raffel
How Can I Get Through To You? Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
    Terrence Real
The Good Marriage, Judith Wallerstein
Getting the Love You Want (for couples), Harville Hendrix
Keeping the Love You Find (for singles, Harville Hendrix
Hot Monogamy, Pat Love
The Truth About Love, Pat Love
The Narcissistic Family, Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman, Robert Pressman
Loving the Self-Absorbed, Nina Brown
The Magic of Sex...Really Tells Men About Women & Women About Men,
    Miriam Stoppard
 
 
Women's Resources
 
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Christiane Northrup
In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan
Women's Ways of Knowing, Mary Field Belenky et al
The Dance of Intimacy, Harriet Goldhor Lerner
The Dance of Anger, Harriet Godlhor Lerner
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, Hope Edelman
 
 

 

 

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