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The following list of books are those written by current members. If you are an author and wish to have your book listed, please send your information and a two-sentence description to library@sdpsych.org
| Title: |
Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan To Defeat Distraction And Overload |
| Author: |
Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: Free Press (Simon & Schuster) |
| Date Published: |
2007 |
| ISBN: |
1-4165-3200-5 |
| Description: |
Techniques to improve concentration and resist distraction in this age of endless distraction. Written for everyone, these evidence based tools and tips teach readers how to control their attention. Published in seven languages. |
| Title: |
We’re Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents’ Divorce |
| Author: |
Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: HarperCollins |
| Date Published: |
2004 |
| ISBN: |
0-06-019305-0 |
| Description: |
Challenging the myth that children of divorce have a negative legacy, this book explores evidence regarding positive outcomes often result. In-depth interviews with 173 grown children of divorce reveal strength, wisdom, and relationship improvements can exist. |
| Title: |
Making Divorce Work: A Clinical Approach to the Binuclear Family (videotape) |
| Author: |
Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: Guilford Publications |
| Date Published: |
1995 |
| ISBN: |
1-57230-289-5 |
| Description: |
In a case situation based on actual clinical material, viewers observe a series of productive and poignant therapy sessions with an entire binuclear family--the divorced mother and father, their two sons, and the new wife of the father. Dr. Ahrons aptly demonstrates how over time she gradually brings these reluctant family members together to begin forging a more agreeable, cooperative approach to parenting. |
| Title: |
Divorced Families: Meeting the Challenge of Divorce and Remarriage |
| Author: |
Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D. and Roy H. Rodgers, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date Published: |
1989 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-30622-4 |
| Description: |
Integrating developmental and family systems frameworks, Divorced Families presents a model of divorce and remarriage as a normative process rather than evidence of pathology or deviance. The transitions and accompanying stresses of divorce and remarriage are identified with particular emphasis on life course differences. |
| Title: |
The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart |
| Author: |
Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: HarperCollins |
| Date Published: |
1998 2nd edition |
| ISBN: |
0-06-092634-1 |
| Description: |
Based on two decades of groundbreaking research, The Good Divorce presents the surprising finding that in more than 50 percent of divorces, couples end their marriage yet preserve their families. It dispels the myth that divorce inevitably leaves emotionally troubled children in its wake. |
| Title: |
Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice |
| Author: |
David J. Cain and Jules Seeman |
| Publisher: |
Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
1-55798-787-4 |
| Description: |
Humanistic Psychotherapies summarizes the research on all major approaches to humanistic psychotherapy including Client-Centered, Gestalt, Existential, Experiential and Process-Experiential. It draws implications for practice from the research and provides concrete examples about how all major modalities of therapy can be practiced optimally. |
| Title: |
Guided Imagery and Relaxation Techniques for Parents |
| Author: |
Barbara Cox, PhD |
| Publisher: |
San Diego: Barbara Cox, PhD with Mike Wall Music, Inc. |
| Date Published: |
2005 |
| ISBN: |
853330000215 |
| Description: |
This CD is an innovative program of guided imagery and relaxation techniques for parents. It uses the power of your imagination to change self-limiting beliefs and to help you become a more effective and relaxed parent, with soothing background music. |
| Title: |
Holistic Psychology: The Art and Science of Personal Transformation and Healing |
| Author: |
Gita Elgin, Ph.D. and Bart Body, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Cardiff CA: Holos Publishing |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
09714967-0-6 |
| Description: |
Holistic Renewal is a transformational process that integrates body, mind, and spirit...it gives you the key to a state of being that is ever-creative and joyous. |
| Title: |
The Quest for Love and Money |
| Author: |
Virginia Foster, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Costa Mesa, CA: HDL |
| Date Published: |
1980 |
| ISBN: |
0-937359-02-5 |
| Description: |
This is a practical, no-nonsense guide to help you achieve your potential in career and relationships, as well as mental and physical health. Here is a way to set and follow specific lifetime, ten-year, five-year, and immediate goals that will help you control your own destiny, starting right now. |
| Title: |
PMS, Perimenopause, and You |
| Author: |
Lori Futterman, R.N.,PH.D., and John E. Jones, PH.D. |
| Publisher: |
Los Angeles: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group -Lowell House |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
0-7373-0511-8 |
| Description: |
Guide to the physical, mental, and emotional patterns of life for a woman. |
| Title: |
Saying Good-bye to the Pet You Love |
| Author: |
Lorri A. Greene, Ph.D. * Jacquelyn Landis |
| Publisher: |
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications 2004 |
| Date Published: |
2002 |
| ISBN: |
1-57224-307-4 |
| Description: |
"This is one of the best books on pet loss and bereavement that I have ever read. Greene and Landis tenderly and respectfully offer effective tools to help those in mourning heal their hurts caused by the devastating rupture of the human-animal companion bond. Highly recommended!" Larry Lachman, Ph.D. author of Dogs on the Couch and Cats on the Counter, and columnist for Cat Fancy magazine. |
| Title: |
If These Walls Could Talk: A Therapist Reveals 25 Stories of Change & How They Can Work For You |
| Author: |
Thomas A. Habib, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Conifer Publishing |
| Date Published: |
April 2004 |
| ISBN: |
0-9727672-6-6 |
| Description: |
Dr. Habib takes us inside his consultation to hear the real life stories of people as they disclose their most intimate feelings, struggles with marriage, parenting, and learn valuable life lessons. |
| Title: |
Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions |
| Author: |
A. Thomas Horvath, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
San Luis Obispo, CA Impact |
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| ISBN: |
1-886230-15-3 |
| Description: |
There is an alternative to 12-step! Eliminate or reduce any type of addictive behavior. The practical and rational approach is based on scientifically validated methods and emphasizes taking responsibility for your actions. |
| Title: |
Creative Energies: Integrative Energy Psychotherapy for Self-Expression and Healing |
| Author: |
Dorothea Hover-Kramer, Ed.D., C.N.S. et al |
| Publisher: |
New York: W.W. Norton |
| Date Published: |
2002 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-70384-3 |
| Description: |
Creative Energies is about discovering paths to personal creativity whether one is an interested seeker or a skilled counselor. It is a valuable resource for all who wish to synthesize the vast domain of human potential and the gifts of a comprehensive energy psychology. |
| Title: |
Essentials of Private Practice: Streamlining Costs, Procedures, and Policies for Less Stress |
| Author: |
Holly A. Hunt, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: W. W. Norton |
| Date Published: |
2005 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-70448-3 |
| Description: |
A practically oriented guide for achieving a successful practice by increasing efficiency while reducing costs and stress. Offers highly useful information not typically provided in graduate programs or continuing education courses. |
| Title: |
Emotional Exocism: Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide |
| Author: |
Holly A. Hunt, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO |
| Date Published: |
2009 |
| ISBN: |
0-313-36021-9 |
| Description: |
A powerful, research-grounded model and tools to help us to overcome our problems without beating up on ourselves for backsliding to negative habits. For anyone unable to pull themselves out of sadness, anxiety, anger or addictive behaviors, Emotional Exorcism offer potent, practical, user-friendly stratagies to expel our psychological demons and stop the feeling of failure. |
| Title: |
Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility |
| Author: |
Janet Jaffe, Ph.D., Martha Ourieff Diamond, Ph.D., and David Diamond, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: St. Martin's Press |
| Date Published: |
2005 |
| ISBN: |
0-312-31389-6 |
| Description: |
For poeple experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike any other and matched only by the complex emotional maze they must navigate. This self-help book gives couples the tools to: reduce their sense of helplessness and isolation, identify their mates' coping styles to erase unfair expectations, and listen to their "unsung lullabies" -- to mourn the losses of infertility and move on. |
| Title: |
Relationship School: Path of Conscious Loving |
| Author: |
Richard Jordan, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Fayetteville, NC: Old Mountain Press, Inc. |
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| ISBN: |
1-884778-63-1 |
| Description: |
This book is talks spiritually about relationships and is both practical and inspiring. It includes information on a powerful way to stop arguments in seconds. |
| Title: |
A Developmental Model of Borderline Personality Disorder |
| Author: |
Patricia Hoffman Judd Ph.D. and Thomas H. McGlashan M.D. |
| Publisher: |
Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. |
| Date Published: |
2003 |
| ISBN: |
0-88048-515-9 |
| Description: |
There is hope for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. This book combines rich clinical case descriptions and a practical approach to treatment within an integrated theoretical model. |
| Title: |
Transforming the Inner and Outer Family: Humanistic and Spiritual Approaches to MInd-Body Systems Therapy |
| Author: |
Sheldon Z. Kramer |
| Publisher: |
New York: Haworth Press, Inc. |
| Date Published: |
1995 |
| ISBN: |
1-56024-968-4 |
| Description: |
This book integrates individual and family systems psychotherapy with object relations, humanistic, existential, and transpersonal paradigms. It is both a theoretical and practical guide to coordinating the mind-body-spirit holistic perspective that was done in collaboration with the late family therapy pioneer, Virginia Satir. |
| Title: |
Hidden Faces Of The Soul: Ten Secrets For Mind/Body Healing >From Kabbalah's Lost Tree Of Life |
| Author: |
Sheldon Z. Kramer |
| Publisher: |
Massachusetts: Adams Media Corporation |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
1-58062-335-2 |
| Description: |
Hidden Faces Of The Soul is a self-help trade book written for both professionals and the general public that integrates the wisdom of the Kabbalah (ancient perennial teachings based on the mystical interpretation of the creation story in the Old Testament) with modern psychology. Utilizing the archetype of the Tree of Life teachings, readers learn lessons on how to balance mind and body, mystical and pragmatic, ancient and modern, contemplative and active that will lead to deeper healing that promotes the joy of healthier relationships, successful career, financial success, and more! |
| Title: |
Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions |
| Author: |
Peter Lambrou, Ph.D. and George Pratt, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: Broadway Books |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
0-7679-0392-7 |
| Description: |
This illustrated 292-page book describes an innovative method for resolving common emotional distress using an integration of structured breathing, cognitive reorganization, and self-applied acupressure. The book outlines the theoretical underpinnings and detailed instruction on this method. |
| Title: |
Self-Hypnosis: The complete manual for health and self-change |
| Author: |
Peter L. Lambrou, Ph.D. and Brian Altman, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel-Tayor and Francis |
| Date Published: |
1992 |
| ISBN: |
0-67630-650-4 |
| Description: |
This self-help book is both a manual to help individuals learn to experience and apply self-hypnosis for a wide range of stress-related and behavioral conditions including: weight loss, smoking, pain control, self-confidence, stress management, anxiety control, and other topics. The book is written in easy-to-understand language with ample examples to illustrate the application and methods and numerous scripts for creating self-directed suggestion strategies. |
| Title: |
Adolescent Substance Abuse: Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention |
| Author: |
Gary W. Lawson & Ann W. Lawson |
| Publisher: |
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed |
| Date Published: |
1992 |
| ISBN: |
0-8342-0254-9 |
| Description: |
This book covers all aspects of adolescent substance abuse. It discusses treatment of the adolescent population as well as causes, issues and related problems. Special groups are discussed. |
| Title: |
Clinical Psychopharmacology: A Practical Reference for Nonmedical Psychotherapists |
| Author: |
Gary W. Lawson & Craig A. Cooperrider |
| Publisher: |
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed |
| Date Published: |
1988 |
| ISBN: |
0-87189751-2 |
| Description: |
Provides the nonmedical practitioners with information on psychopharmacology, thus maximizing their effectiveness as psychotherapists and enhancing their relationships with physicians and psychiatrists. |
| Title: |
Essentials of Chemical Dependency Counseling (3rd ed) |
| Author: |
Gary W. Lawson, Ann W. Lawson & P. Clayton Rivers |
| Publisher: |
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
0-944480-34-9 |
| Description: |
An evidence based text for chemical dependency counselors and other mental health professionals who work with patients who have addictive disorders. |
| Title: |
Alcoholism and the Family: A Guide to Treatment and Prevention |
| Author: |
Ann Lawson & Gary Lawson |
| Publisher: |
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed |
| Date Published: |
1998 |
| ISBN: |
0-8342-1058-4 |
| Description: |
A text designed for family therapists who work in addictions and addictions counselors who work with families. |
| Title: |
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in Special Populations |
| Author: |
Gary W. Lawson & Ann W. Lawson |
| Publisher: |
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed |
| Date Published: |
1989 |
| ISBN: |
0-8342-0007-4 |
| Description: |
This book examines the causes, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and substance abuse among specific at-risk populations. |
| Title: |
Infidelity on the Internet: Virtual Relationships and Real Betrayal |
| Author: |
Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D. and Rona Subotnik |
| Publisher: |
Naperville, Il: Sourcebooks |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
1-57071-722-2 |
| Description: |
This down-to-earth treatment book is written for the average consumer. It provides a general overview of issues involved, as well as a 12 point self-help treatment program for those who find themselves involved in cyber-infidelity. |
| Title: |
E-health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine: A Guide to Start-up and Success |
| Author: |
Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D. Pamela Whitten, Ph.D. and Ace Allen, M.D. |
| Publisher: |
San Francisco, CA:Jossey-Bass Inc. |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
0-78794-420-3 |
| Description: |
This book is a resource for health care professionals to use with their organizations. Communication tools are given regarding e-health, telehealth, and telemedicine including technical information for program development. |
| Title: |
The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies: A Handbook for Practice Today |
| Author: |
Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D., Myron L. Pulier, M.D., Frank H. Wilhelm, Ph.D., Joseph P. McMenamin, M.D., J.D., and Nancy E. Brown-Connolly, R.N., M.S.N. |
| Publisher: |
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates |
| Date Published: |
August 2004 |
| ISBN: |
0805839887 |
| Description: |
This book will enormously help the mental health professional look at new technologies and to make clinical, ethical, and legally prudent decisions. It includes an extensive overview of legal and regulatory issues, such as HIPAA, and presents a seven-step Online Consultation Risk Management model, and includes resource lists and sample documents. |
| Title: |
Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School |
| Author: |
Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: Ballantine Books |
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| ISBN: |
0-345-40573-0 |
| Description: |
Winner of the Best Self-Help Book in San Diego, Journalism Award by the San Diego Press Club, and Best Non-Fiction by the Southern California Writers Conference. This popular paperback has been featured in national media, acknowledged by professionals, and described by Publishers Weekly as compelling reading for parents and educators alike. |
| Title: |
Transcending Anxiety... Axhieving Inner Peace: Firsthand accounts of success by men and women over fearful feelings |
| Author: |
John R. Pullen, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
San Diego: CHAANGe |
| Date Published: |
2002 |
| ISBN: |
0-974936-0-3 |
| Description: |
In total there are eight deeply personal stories from men and women who turned their lives around and regained their freedom by achieving overcoming anxiety, including the author Dr. Pullen, who himself suffered for 37 years with severe anxiety before finding help. In addition to these inspiring stories, "Transcending Anxiety" also focuses on informing the reader about Severe Anxiety, how it develops, and what they can do if they or someone they know is needlessly suffering from this condition. |
| Title: |
Tarot And Psychology: Spectrums Of Possibility |
| Author: |
Arthur Rosengarten, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
St. Paul: Paragon House |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
1-55778-784-0 |
| Description: |
A serious exploration of the Tarot from a philosophical and psychological perspective. Tarot is shown for its philosophical infrastructure, its practical versatility and sophistication, its curious mechanism of operation in synchronicity, and its potential incorporation into multiple systems of contemporary psychotherapy. |
| Title: |
Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality |
| Author: |
Linda Savage, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Carlsbad: Hayhouse |
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| ISBN: |
1-56170-607-8 |
| Description: |
A powerful blend of ancient wisdom and current clinical knowledge, this book provides a step-by step guide to building intimacy while enhancing unique sexual expression for a woman. |
| Title: |
Paradoxical Strategies in Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Overview |
| Author: |
Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York:John Wiley & Sons |
| Date Published: |
1986 |
| ISBN: |
0-471-82661-8 |
| Description: |
Paradoxical therapeutic interventions, ostensibly encouraging a client's negative or maladaptive behavior, have been used with great success in working with difficult individuals, couples, and families. Examining the history, sources, principles, and research behind this clinically unorthodox approach, this book discusses the paradoxical tactics with psychodynamic, behavioral, gestalt, and systems treatments. Large bibliography. |
| Title: |
The Way We Love: A Developmental Approach to Treating Couples |
| Author: |
Sheila A. Sharpe. Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: Guilford Publications |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
1-57230-530-4 |
| Description: |
Ths book delineates a developmental theory of love relationships that provides a comprehensive approach to treating couples. The author sets forth clear guidelines for assessing a couple's particular areas of difficult and strength in order to focus specific treatment interventions. |
| Title: |
Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents |
| Author: |
Steven N. Sparta, Ph.D. and Gerald P. Koocher, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: |
March 2006 |
| ISBN: |
0-19-514584-4 |
| Description: |
This book gives essential knowledge and practical suggestions regarding the forensic assessment of minors in a broad range of legal applications. Topics include child abuse and child custody, threat assessment, bullying, firesetting, special education and domestic violence. |
| Title: |
Surviving Infidelity: Making Decisions, Recovering from the Pain |
| Author: |
Rona Subotnik and Gloria G. Harris |
| Publisher: |
Holbrook, Massachusetts: Adams Media Corporation |
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| ISBN: |
1-58062-137-6 |
| Description: |
The authors offer a nonjudgmental and compassionate look at infidelity from the point of view of a spouse, emphasizing practical approaches to recovery. |
| Title: |
Rorschach Coding Solutions: A Reference Guide for the Comprehensive System |
| Author: |
Donald J. Viglione, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
San Diego: Donald J. Viglione, Ph.D |
| Date Published: |
2002 |
| ISBN: |
0-9724451-0-2 |
| Description: |
This Reference Guide's primary goal is to supply Rorschach examiners with an easy to use and definitive resource to resolve coding questions which arise with applying the Comprehensive System. Using it will reduce examiner error and coding time and will increase confidence in clinical, forensic, or research applications. |
| Title: |
Stress & A Healthy Ticker, 2nd Edition |
| Author: |
Diana K. Weiss, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
Nebraska: Universe, Inc. |
| Date Published: |
2001 |
| ISBN: |
0-595-20414-7 |
| Description: |
This second edition incorporates traditional western and eastern medical perspectives, behavior medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, as well as practical strategies for handling daily stressors. This book is intended for the individual wanting to prevent heart disease, the person recovering from a cardiac incident, or for a caring friend or family member wanting to support a recovering heart patient. |
| Title: |
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2000: An Integrated Skills Program for Men |
| Author: |
David B. Wexler, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date Published: |
2000 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-70314-2 |
| Description: |
This treatment manual for domestic violence perpetrators was developed and researched for over thirteen years among thousands of U.S. Navy spouse abusers. Using client-centered guidelines from the field of self psychology, this manual seamlessly integrates a lively package of cognitive behavioral skills and education about the politics of abuse with this primary emphasis on respect for the abuser himself. |
| Title: |
The Advanced PRISM Workbook |
| Author: |
David B. Wexler, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date Published: |
1993 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-70153-0 |
| Description: |
An additional 23 advanced group sessions creatively integrating self psychology, cognitive-behavior therapy, and neo-Ericksonian principles for adolescents. |
| Title: |
The PRISM Workbook |
| Author: |
David B. Wexler, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: |
New York: W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date Published: |
1991 |
| ISBN: |
0-393-70119-0 |
| Description: |
A structured series of 16 group sessions creatively integrating self psychology, cognitive-behavior therapy, and neo-Ericksonian principles for adolescents. |
| Title: |
THE ADOLESCENT SELF: Strategies for Self-management, Self-soothing, and Self-esteem in Adolescents |
| Author: |
David B. Wexler, Ph.D. |
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