Clinically Recommended Readings - Mental Health Clinical Resources

Another resource available through CAPS is our clinically recommended readings. The following books covering various topics are available to check out through our office. 
Links are provided if available if you would like to order your own copy. 

ADHD

• Delivered from Distraction
• You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?
• Driven to Distraction

College & Career Success

• Ready to Play
• From Combat to Classroom
• The Everything Guide to Study Skills
• A Mind for Numbers
• Financial Basics
• The Millennial Money Fix
• Now What?
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Anxiety & Depression

• How You Can Survive When They’re Depressed 
• The Relaxation & Stress Management Workbook
• Calming Your Anxious Mind
• The Upside of Stress
• The Mindful Way Through Depression
• The Upward Spiral

Borderline Personality Disorder

• Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder 
• Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified
• Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder

Disordered Eating & Body Image

• Our Bodies Ourselves
• Eating Mindfully
• Life Without Ed
• The Beauty Myth

Thriving in Life

• Grit (donated by DeNean)
• Stop Bullying Yourself (donated by DeNean)
• Emerging Adulthood
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (ACT Therapy Workbook)
• Carry On Warrior
• Man’s search for Meaning
• The Little Book of Mindfulness
• How to Train a Wild Elephant
• Wherever You Go, There You Are
• Self-Compassion
• The Gifts of Imperfection
• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

Relationships, Friendships, & Family

• I Don’t Have to Make Everything All Better
• First Comes Love 
• Sexual Wholeness in Marriage
• Frientimacy
• Coming Apart
• It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
• The Relationship Cure
• Hold Me Tight
• Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts
• Non-Violent Communication
• Forgive for Good
• Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
• Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)
• The Dance of Anger
• Real Intimacy
• And They Were Not Ashamed
• Come As You Are
• Becoming Orgasmic
• The Joy of Sex 

Trauma & Loss

• Beginning to Heal 
• I Can’t Get Over It 
• A Guide for Bereaved Survivors 
• Trauma & Recover 
• Tear Soup
• Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity
• Running on Empty: Overcome your Childhood Emotional Neglect
• The Body Keeps Score
• We Believe You
• Childhood Disrupted
• The Verbally Abusive Relationship
• Crazy Makers
• Trauma & Recovery
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents=
• Toxic Parents
• Opening to Dying and Grieving
• Staring at the Sun
• Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare

Miscellaneous

• What to Do When Your Therapist Isn’t There
• The Highly Sensitive Person
• The Mask of Masculinity
• No More Goodbyes
• Out in the Country
• The DBT Skills Workbook
• Sleep Smarter