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Hello and welcome to my resource page for books. Here
you will find a bibliography covering subjects such as
parenting, assertiveness training, and psychotherapy. I am
only just beginning to add information to this page. Please
check back again for additions.
Anger
- From Fear To Fury by H.D. Johns, Ph.D. is
perhaps the only book published that clearly explains
how all anger is fueled by fear-threat. Dr. Johns
notes four anger types: Frustration, Resentment,
Defiance and Indignation. The reader is led to
distinguish his/her own basic type. Case histories
illustrate each type of anger and ways of dealing with
each type are clearly explained. You may purchase a
copy direct from his web site is at www.dogsknow.com
where you will find links for his books.
ADD/ADHD
- Talking
Back To Ritalin by Peter Breggin, M.D.
is a psychiatrist's plea to stop the wholesale
drugging of our children. Dr. Breggin exposes the
contradictions and outright fallacies of diagnosing
children with Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity
Disorder and the consequent damage inflicted by
prescribing drugs such as Ritalin. A must read for
anyone assessing this diagnosis. www.breggin.com/ritalinbkexcerpt.html
Assertiveness Training
- When I Say No I Feel Guilty by Manuel J.
Smith, Ph.D. provides concrete assertive strategies in
response to familiar situations where we have all felt
manipulated or just plain ignored. Smith is an expert
at explaining straightforward techniques which will
build your confidence as you ask for what you would
like.
Mental Illness
- Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and
Mental Health by Elliot S. Valenstein, Ph.D.
provides a detailed history of the origins, myths and
misrepresentations of biochemical theories and
treatments of mental illness. Valenstein is a highly
respected professor of neuro-psychology who researched
this book as a result of his own questioning of
popular beliefs about mental illness. You will be
shocked by what you read and perhaps ask as I do, "Why
do we trust the pharmaceutical industry any more than
we trust the cigarette industry?"
- 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan, Ph.D. is the
authoritative guide to behavior modification for kids
up to 12 years old (I've helped parents in my therapy
practice use it with 16 year olds!) Phelan shows
parents how to stop arguing with their kids. Available
in video as well, 1-2-3 Magic gets my highest possible
rating of any parenting book. Dr. Phelan has other
good books as well on Adolescence, ADD, etc. His web
page is www.thomasphelan.com/.
- Back In Control by Gregory Bodenhamer is an
excellent book with flaws. Bodenhamer encourages
parents to exercise their parental authority to get
their problem child "back in control." A veteran in
the juvenile corrections field, he clearly illustrates
some fundamental behaviors parents can adopt to
fulfill their parental obligations and take
responsibility for their child's problem behaviors. In
this book, however, Bodenhamer demonstrates a rather
rudimentary understanding of quality counseling or
psychotherapy methodology. Utilizing a few simplistic
bibliographical citations, Bodenhamer expresses his
disdain for counseling as a tool for helping troubled
kids and families while failing to understand himself
that his very methodology is therapeutic and
compatible with counseling theory and practice.
- How To Behave So Your Children Will, Too!
by Sal Severe, Ph.D. is a book whose title says it
all. While I have not yet read this book I have heard
a review which spoke glowingly of its wisdom. I don't
purchase many parenting books but the title is so
fundamentally resonant with my work and methodology
that I recommend it based on the review I heard and on
author John Bradshaw's recommendation. Dr. Severe's
web site is www.howtobehave.com.
Psychotherapy
- Escape From Babel: Toward a Unifying Language
for Psychotherapy Practice should be mandatory
reading for all counselors, psychologists,
psychiatrists, social workers (you get the picture)
and their clients. This easily read book helps
people better understand just what psychotherapy is,
how it can be helpful, and what over 40 years of
research says about what the "common factors" of
different methodologies are above and beyond the
mainstream psycho-babel. Clients who read it
will better know what to ask for and to expect from
their therapists and clinicians will be humbled and
better grounded in their work. By Scott D. Miller,
Barry L. Duncan, and Mark A. Hubble. Their excellent
website is www.talkingcure.com.
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