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Book Recommendations

Anxiety:

• The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
  
• The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Matthew McKay, Ph.D., Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman & Martha Davis
  

• When Panic Attacks:  The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David Burns

Depression:

• The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression:  Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Move       
  ​Through Depression and Create a Life Worth Living by Kirk Strosahl

Relationships: 

• Hold Me Tight:  Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
  
• Intimacy & Desire:  Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship by David Schnarch
  

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

Managing Emotions:

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook:  Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal  
  Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation & Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay Ph.D. and Jeffrey C. Wood 

• Mind and Emotions:  A Universal Treatment for Emotional Disorders by Matthew McKay Ph.D.
  

Gay and Lesbian:

• Beyond Acceptance:  Parents of Lesbians & Gays Talk About Their Experiences by Carolyn W. Griffin,  Marian J. Wirth
  
• Mom, Dad, I'm Gay:   How Families Negotiate Coming Out by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
  

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