Lcsw: 197 books
Coping with OCD
Practical Strategies for Living Well with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
When you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can feel like your own mind is at war with itself. Instead of having productive and positive thoughts, you rehash the same worries and fears over and over again until they become unbearable. Did you really remember to lock the front door? What...
Good Night James Wood-the Story of a Serial Killer and His Wife
Inspired By Actual Events
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Do you ever really know a person? I mean know down to the core and back, through the heart and deepest layers of hidden secrets. Some say it's impossible. Human nature is a lunar landscape full of mysteries and unknown spaces that never see the light of day, or truth. We hide intentions and manipulate...
Yoga Mind, Peaceful Mind
Simple Meditations for Overcoming Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
What is a “yoga mind?” And how can it help calm anxiety, heal painful thoughts, soothe stress, and bring a lasting sense of well-being?
If you’ve heard of the many health benefits of practicing yoga, but are unsure of the physical demands commonly associated with postures, this book is...
Modern Brides & Modern Grooms
A Guide to Planning Straight, Gay, and Other Nontraditional Twenty-First-Century Weddings
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book is for any couple-same or opposite sex-seeking a personalized wedding that dignifies the relationship and the individual self. No new normal” here-this guide emboldens you to harness your unique, brazen, queer truth; to be creative; and to plan your wedding your way.
Every fiancé...
The Courage to Trust
A Guide to Building Deep and Lasting Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2005
You’re probably familiar with the old saying, once bitten, twice shy. It describes a painful uncertainty many of us feel every day as we try to engage with other people. Acts of betrayal from our pasts can lead us into long cycles of wariness and mistrust. An inability to trust wisely can lead us...
Splitting
Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Protect Yourself from Manipulation, False Accusations, and Abuse
Divorce is difficult under the best of circumstances. When your spouse has borderline personality disorder (BPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or is manipulative, divorcing can be especially complicated. While people...
Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex
What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Protect your child from alienation and loyalty conflicts.
During and after a difficult divorce, it’s easy for your relationship with your kids to become strained—especially if you are dealing with a toxic ex who bad-mouths you in front of your children, accuses you of being a bad parent,...
by Dr. Robert G. Blundo, PhD, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Solution-focused practice is a paradigm that stresses client abilities, strengths, and individual goals rather than disability. Written by a team of educator/practitioners noted for their expertise in solution-focused therapy, this “how-to” text for social work, counseling, and psychology students...
Sex Addiction 101
A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex, Porn, and Love Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The number of affordable, easy links to pleasurable sexual online content is on the rise. Activity increases with the accessibility of technology. So, too, has sex addiction. People struggling with sex, porn, and love addiction typically have little understanding of this incredibly complicated disease....
Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive B
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2009
Temper tantrums in the supermarket. Tears that seem to come out of nowhere. Battles over homework that are more like wars. When your child has problems regulating his or her emotions, there's no hiding it. Children with intense emotions go from 0 to 100 in seconds and are prone to frequent emotional...
by Jennifer Amlen, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
“How To Win In The Game Of Love” is a self-help book that is entertaining and enjoyable to read. It describes the concept of a "push and pull" interaction that exists in all our relationships. The book gives in depth case examples in every chapter. Some of the case examples are descriptive and some...
It's All Your Fault!
12 Tips for Managing People Who Blame Others for Everything
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
This is Bill Eddy's book filled with lots of practical methods for handling High Conflict People (HCPs) in any setting, including neighbor disputes, workplace conflicts, family battles, with strangers, etc. HCPs target those close to them and people in positions of authority, so in this book Bill focuses...
So, What's Your Proposal?
Shifting High-Conflict People from Blaming to Problem-Solving in 30 Seconds
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Blame abounds! People confront us at work, the store, and online. Nerves get on edge. We get stuck blaming others for anything that goes wrong. With high-conflict people increasing in society, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, and social media, we hear constantly about the worst behavior. The temptation...
It's All Your Fault at Work!
Managing Narcissists and Other High-Conflict People
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
No, it’s not just your imagination—more and more people in the workplace today have high-conflict personalities. Co-workers, clients, even bosses are behaving in narcissistic or bullying ways, choosing targets and then placing blame on them, treating them with disdain, or otherwise acting in aggressive,...