The Book

Thoughtful Holiday Gift Suggestions

	Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living Alberti, R. E., and M. L. Emmons	California: Impact, 1995. Paper, $11.65.
	How to Be an Assertive (Not Aggressive) Woman in Life, in Love, and on the Job Baer, Jean	New York: NAL-Dutton, 1991. Paper, $5.99.
	The Relaxation Response Benson, Herbert	Techniques from meditation applied to help relax in everyday life. $11.25
	Flow Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly	Psychological research of peak experiences; --how to access a creative state of mind--very readable, very helpful with depression.
	How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlich	Very good concrete advice about communicating with children. New York: Avon, 1982. Paper, $14.00
	The Now Habit: Overcoming Procrastination Through Quality Work and Guilt-Free Play Fiore, Neil A.	New York: J. P. Tarcher, 1989. Paper, $8.95.
	Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy Frankl, Victor, .	Frankl, an Auschwitz survivor, addresses the meaning of life in a very moving book. Boston: Beacon, 1992. Paper, $15.
	Prisoners of Childhood: The Drama of the Gifted Child Miller, Alice	Misleading title: it really concerns the creation of depression in the child. New York: Basic, 1981. Paper, $11.50.
	Care of the Soul Moore, Thomas	Coming to terms with the differing needs of parts of our selves, especially the spiritual side. New York: Harper Collins, 1992. $25.00.
	The Road Less Traveled Peck, M. Scott.	A wise, classic book, very helpful for the depressive in recovery. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978
	Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity Pittman, Frank S., M.D.	Highly recommended. New York: Putnam, 1993. $22.95.
	Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women Scarf, Maggie	Depression through a woman's life cycle. Well written and readable. New York: Ballantine, 1980. Paper, $4.95.
	Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage Scarf, Maggie	This is a very helpful and accessible book that popularizes much of what family therapy understands about love and marriage. New York: Ballantine, 1988. Paper, $5.95.
	Learned Optimism Seligman, Martin	An excellent resource, surprisingly interesting, personal, and readable. New York: Pocket Books, 1992. Paper, $10.
	What You Can Change and What You Can't Seligman, Martin	A thorough review of the state of current knowledge about self-modification, from alcoholism through sexual dysfunction. New York: Fawcett, 1994. Paper. $12.00.
	The Ten Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management Smith, Hyrum W.	New York: Warner, 1994.
	Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness Styron, William	Styron's account of his struggle with depression at the height of his fame. New York: Random House, 1990. Paper, $8.
	You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation Tannen, Deborah, Ph.D.	New York: Ballantine, 1991. Paper, $12.
	Getting Organized: the Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order Winston, Stephanie	Reducing chaos in your life. New York: Warner, 1991. Paper, $10.95.
	Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager Wolf, Anthony E., Ph.D.	New York: Noonday Press, 1991. Paper, $10.80.
	Shyness: What It Is, What to Do About It Zimbardo, Philip	A classic of self-modification. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1977. Paper, $12.00.
	The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain Sarno, John E., M.D.	Warner Books, $11.20.
	I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It Sher, Barbara
	The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Cameron, Julia	J P Tarcher, 1992, $12.96
	Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott	Anchor, 1995, $10.36
	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King	Scribner, 2000, $15.00