Books And Other Resources

Marriage and Relationship

Gottman, John M. & Gottman, Julie Schwartz.  10 Lessons to Trans­form Your Mar­riage.
Gottman, John & Sil­ver, Nan.  The Sev­en Prin­ci­ples for Mak­ing Mar­riage Work.
Gottman, John.  The Rela­tion­ship Cure:  A 5 Step Guide to Strength­en­ing Your Mar­riage, Fam­i­ly and Friendships.

Affection and Sexual Intimacy

Per­el, Esther.  Mat­ing in Cap­tiv­i­ty:  Rec­on­cil­ing the Erot­ic and the Domes­tic.
Gottman, John.   Gott Sex?  Sex­u­al Sat­is­fac­tion Starts Here. Vis­it web­site: www.gottsex.com

Parenting

Gottman, John, Declaire, Joan and Gole­man, Daniel.  The Heart of Par­ent­ing:  Rais­ing An Emo­tion­al­ly Intel­li­gent Child.
Gottman, John and Gottman, Julie Schwartz.  And Baby Makes Three:  The Six-Step Plan for Pre­serv­ing Mar­i­tal Inti­ma­cy and Rekin­dling Romance After Baby Arrives.

Co-Dependence

Beat­tie, Melody.  Code­pen­dent No More & Beyond Codependency.

Spirituality

Brown, Brene.  The Gifts of Imper­fec­tion:  Let Go of Who You Think You’re Sup­posed To be and Embrace Who You Are.
Williamson, Mar­i­anne.  A Return To Love:  Reflec­tions on The Prin­ci­ples of A Course In Mir­a­cles.
Course in Mir­a­cles Soci­ety.  A Course In Mir­a­cles, Orig­i­nal Edition.

Forgiveness

Luskin, Fred­er­ic.  For­give for Good.
Luskin, Fred­er­ic.  For­give for Love:  The Miss­ing Ingre­di­ent for a Healthy and Last­ing Relationship.

Grief and Loss

James, John W. & Fried­man, Rus­sell.  The Grief Recov­ery Hand­book:  The Action Pro­gram for Mov­ing Beyond Death, Divorce and Oth­er Loss­es Includ­ing Health, Career and Faith.

Post-traumatic Recovery

Levine, Peter.  Walk­ing The Tiger:  Heal­ing Trauma.

Affair Recovery

Spring, Janis Abrahms.  After The Affair:  Heal­ing the Pain and Rebuild­ing Trust When a Part­ner Has Been Unfaith­ful.
Mac­Don­ald, Lin­da J.  How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair:  A Com­pact Man­u­al for the Unfaith­ful.
Lus­ter­man, Don-David.   Infi­deli­ty:  A Sur­vival Guide.

Separation and Divorce

Kir­shen­baum, Mira.  Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay:  A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Rela­tion­ship.
Mar­shall, Bethany.  Deal Break­ers:  When to Work on a Rela­tion­ship and When to Walk Away.

Mind-Body Connections

Brizen­dine, Louann.  The Female Brain.
Brizen­dine, Louann.  The Male Brain.
Gole­man, Daniel.  Emo­tion­al Intel­li­gence:  Why It Can Mat­ter More Than IQ.
Gole­man, Daniel.  Social Intel­li­gence:  The New Sci­ence of Human Rela­tion­ships.
Han­son, Rick & Mendius, Richard.  Buddha’s Brain:  The Prac­ti­cal Neu­ro­science of Hap­pi­ness, Love and Wis­dom.
Schwartz, Jef­frey & Beg­ley, Sharon.  The Mind and the Brain:  Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and the Pow­er of Men­tal Force.