{"id":5544,"date":"2011-11-18T06:41:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T11:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2011-07-11T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T19:20:14","slug":"33-favorite-self-help-books-of-psychologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2011\/11\/33-favorite-self-help-books-of-psychologists.html","title":{"rendered":"33 Favorite Self-Help Books of Psychologists"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is your favorite self-help book? A group of psychologists I connect with via LinkedIn, The Psychology Network,<\/a> published their recommendations.<\/p>\n

Since most of them are mental health professionals (unlike me, who just pretends she is), their list lends credibility and might be a good one to review every now and then either for yourself or in your work with patients.<\/p>\n

1. Freedom From the Ties That Bind: The Secret of Self Liberation<\/a> by Guy Finley<\/p>\n

2. I Ain’t Much Baby, But I’m All I’ve Got<\/a> by Jess Lair, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

3. The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition<\/a> by Edmund J. Bourne <\/p>\n

4. Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life<\/a> by Sari Solden<\/p>\n

5. If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents (Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)<\/a> by Edna B. Foa and Linda Wasmer Andrews<\/p>\n

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6. Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety<\/a> by Thomas Marra <\/p>\n

7. Circle of Stones: Woman’s Journey to Herself<\/a> by Judith Duerk <\/p>\n

8. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… And It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life<\/a> by Richard Carlson <\/p>\n

9. The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program To Safeguard Children From Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience<\/a> by Martin Seligman <\/p>\n

10. The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon<\/a> by David Elkind<\/p>\n

11. The Woman Who Thought Too Much<\/a> by Joanne Limburg<\/p>\n

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12. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life<\/a> by Steven C. Hayes, PhD and Spencer Smith<\/p>\n

13. The Steps of Essence: How to Live Life Well and Authentically<\/a> by Hanns-Oskar Porr<\/p>\n

14. Mindfulness and The Art of Choice: Transform Your Life<\/a> by Karen Sherman <\/p>\n

15. Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life<\/a> by Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson <\/p>\n

16. Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You–At Work and In Life<\/a> by Spencer Johnson<\/p>\n

17. The Road Less Traveled<\/a> by M. Scott Peck<\/p>\n

18. The Power of Now<\/a> by Eckhart Tolle <\/p>\n

19. Don’t Bring It to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success<\/a> by Sylvia Lafair, PhD <\/p>\n

20. Your Erroneous Zones<\/a> by Wayne Dyer, Ph.D. <\/p>\n

21. Embracing Your Potential<\/a> by Terry Orlick, Ph.D. <\/p>\n

22. Man’s Search for Meaning<\/a> by Viktor Frankl, M.D. <\/p>\n

23. The Last Lecture<\/a> by Randy Pausch, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

24. Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”<\/a> by Marianne Williamson <\/p>\n

25. The Dance of Intimacy<\/a> by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. <\/p>\n

26. How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/a> by Dale Carnegie<\/p>\n

27. Change Your Brain Change Your Life<\/a> by Daniel Amen <\/p>\n

28. Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life<\/a> by Byron Katie <\/p>\n

29. The Language of Letting Go<\/a> by Melody Beattie <\/p>\n

30. 7 Things He’ll Never Tell You: … But You Need to Know<\/a> by Kevin Leman<\/p>\n

31. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey<\/a> by Jill Bolte Taylor <\/p>\n

32. The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts<\/a> by Gary Chapman<\/p>\n

33. The Prophet<\/a> by Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\n

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