Resources
GENERAL
How to Cope with Mental Illness in Your Family: A Self-care Guide for Siblings, Offspring and Parents, by Diane T. Marsh, Ph.D., and Rex Dickens (Thrift Books)
Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health–and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More, by Christopher M. Palmer (Amazon)
DEPRESSION
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, by Andrew Solomon (Amazon)
BI-POLAR DISORDER
Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, by Kay Redfield Jamison (Amazon)
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Soft Bipolar Disorder, by Jim Phelps (Amazon)
Web resource: pendulum.org
TRAUMA
The Drama of the Gifted Child: Search for the True Self, by Alice Miller (Amazon)
Getting Through The Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children, by Nancy J. Napier (Amazon)
Self Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life, By Stuart Shanker (Amazon)
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, by Richard Schwartz, PhD (Amazon)
Web resource: sidran.org
COUPLES
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, by Sue Johnson (Amazon)
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. (Amazon)
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, by Esther Perel (Amazon)
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment, by Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks (Amazon)
POLYAMORY
Love in Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice to Open Relationships, by Kathy Labriola (Amazon)
More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory, by Franklin Veaux & Eve Rickert (Amazon)
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, by Jessica Fern (Amazon)
MENOPAUSE
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change, by Christiane Northrup (Amazon)
CHRONIC FATIGUE
Web resource: cdc.gov/cfs