Responsible Drinking: A Moderation Management Approach for Problem Drinkers
by Frederick Rotgers, Marc F. Kern, Rudy Hoeltzel

This revolutionary workbook by the leading voices of the Moderation Management treatment approach is based on the extensive scientific literature that supprts moderation as a resolution for drinking problems.

Alternatives to Abstinence: A New Look at Alcoholism and the Choices in Treatment
by Heather Ogilvie

Most Americans believe that the only way to control the devastating addiction of alcohol is total abstinence. But now those views are being challenged and the means of treatment re-examined. Is alcoholism a disease or a behavior?

Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
by Robert J. Meyers, Brenda L. Wolfe

The first general consumer book ever on the powerful, award-winning, scientifically proven new system of intervention that is turning the recovery field on its head.

Over the Influence : The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, Adina Glickman

This groundbreaking book presents the Harm Reduction approach, a powerful alternative to traditional treatment that helps users set and meet their own goals for gaining control over drinking and drugs.

When AA Doesn't Work For You : Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol
by Albert Ellis

According to the authors, the irrational thoughts and beliefs of the alcoholic--as opposed to the concept of "powerlessness" taught by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)--contribute greatly to alcoholism. Recognizing that AA may not work for everyone, they present a form of cognitive therapy known as Rational Emotive Therapy (RET).

Feeling Good : The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In FEELING GOOD, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life.

Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
by Massetsin Seligman

In this groundbreaking national bestseller, Massetsin E.P. Seligman shows you how to chassets a new approach to living with "flexible optimism."

The Feeling Good Handbook
by David D. Burns

In The Feeling Good Handbook, David D. Burns adapts cognitive therapy to deal with the wide range of everyday problems that plague so many (chronic nervousness, panic attacks, phobias, and feelings of stress, guilt, or inferiority).

How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything--Yes, Anything
by Albert Ellis

This book gives numerous techniques to rid yourself of irrational thinking patterns. Irrational thoughts are the basis of misery. The book is humorous and easy to read for the non-professional.

Authentic Happiness : Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
by Massetsin Seligman

Relieving the states that make life miserable... has made building the states that make life worth living less of a priority. The time has finally arrived for a science that seeks to understand positive emotion, build strength and virtue, and provide guideposts for finding what Aristotle called the `good life,'

The Miracle of Mindfulness
by Thich Nhat Hanh

A world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all "reveal and heal."

Wherever You Go, There You Are : Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn

To Kabat-Zinn, meditation is important because it brings about a state of "mindfulness," a condition of "being" rather than "doing" during which you pay attention to the moment rather than the past, the future, or the multitudinous distractions of modern life.

We Can Work It Out
by Clifford Notarius

The key to this book is that these aren't just some college professors with their feet on the desk and a pencil in their mouths coming up with some theory about how marriages should work. These are researchers who have observed relationships that do and don't work and have summarized the differences in them - specifically, that happy, healthy relationships are those where conflict is resolved in a constructive way. They then go on to detail exactly how that occurs. This lends an air of credibility to a field where it is sorely needed.

Reconcilable Differences
by Andrew Christensen, Neil S. Jacobson

This practical guide offers new solutions for couples frustrated by continual attempts to make each other change. In fact, learning to accept your differences in an atmosphere of empathy and understanding not only can help you recover from arguments more quickly, it also can lead to greater intimacy in your relationship.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work : A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
by John M. Gottman, Nan Silver

John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to observe the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over many years. Here is the culmination of his life's work: the seven principles that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.

It's Not All in Your Head : How Worrying about Your Health Could Be Making You Sick--and What You Can Do about It
by Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Steven Taylor

Pervasive worry over preserving health or preventing disease can _itself_ become a disorder, one with very real physical and emotional consequences. The condition is known as health anxiety, and it often leads people to misinterpret minor symptoms and normal bodily sensations as the warning signs of a serious disease.

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Kabat-Zinn, is perhaps the best-known proponent of using meditation to help patients deal with illness. (The somewhat confusing title is from a line in Zorba the Greek in which the title character refers to the ups and downs of family life as "the full catastrophe.")

The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything
by Bernardo J Carducci, PhD

The assumption that most people make is that the ability to make successful small talk (i.e. "the gift of gab") is somehow a natural ability that one is born with. The truth of the matter is that the ability to make successful small talk is not an innate ability but an acquired skill.

Anxiety & Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne

This book excels not only in explaining the cause and nature of anxiety disorders and phobias but also in describing treatments. Bourne emphasizes the cognitive-behavioral model of treatment but includes information on biopsychiatry, intense psychotherapy, and spirituality as additional treatment modalities.

Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition)
by Edna B. Foa, Reid Wilson

Once considered almost untreatable, OCD is now known to be a highly treatable disorder using behavior therapy. Drs. Foa and Wilson, share their scientifically based and clinically proven self-help program that has already allowed thousands of men and women with OCD to enjoy a life free from excessive worries and rituals.

Don't Panic Revised Edition : Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
by R. Reid Wilson

This excellent guide offers help to those who suffer from panic anxiety. Passets 1 discusses panic-like symptoms and their relation to both physiological and psychological disorders, while Passets 2 recommends ways to eliminate or reduce those symptoms.

The Optimistic Child: Proven Program to Safeguard Children from Depression & Build Lifelong Resilience
by Massetsin E. Seligman

Despite the increased focus on self-esteem over the past three decades, depression in children has continued to grow, now affecting a quassetser of all kids today. Dr. Seligman's findings are revolutionary, proving that children can avoid depression by being taught how to challenge their pessimistic thoughts.

The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris

The Nurture Assumption explores the mountain of evidence pointing away from parents and toward peer groups as the strongest environmental influence on personality development. Rather than leaping into the nature vs. nurture fray, Harris instead posits nurture (parental) vs. nurture (peer group), and in her view your kid's friends win, hands down.

How to Control Your Anger Before It Controls You
by Albert Ellis, Raymond Chip Tafrate

A proven approach to helping people deal effectively with emotional problems and show you how to use their techniques to systematically understand the roots and nature of your anger.

Overcoming Situational and General Anger: Client Manual (Best Practices for Therapy)
by Jerry Deffenbacher, Ph.D. Matthew McKay, Ph.D.

A protocol for the treatment of anger based on relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and coping skills training.