Oceanside Family Counseling Center  "Real Solutions for Real Problems"

Recommended Book List

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For the Interested Reader: 

 Books can be an excellent resource for helping us further our understanding and identifying stratagies to apply to problematic issues we encounter in our lives. 

 The following books are only suggestions.  I have read numerous books in many subject areas.  The following books are in my opinion, the most informative and practical I have read in these areas.  My intention is only to share and pass along what I have found insightful and helpful in my practice. 

I do not suggest that any of these books be used for self diagnosis and/or treatment.  Consider them as a place to start. 

Parenting Books: 

  • The Explosive Child (Ross Greene, Ph.D)
  • Setting Limits with Your Strong Willed Child (Robert J. Mackenzie, Ed.D)
  • How to Raise a Child with High E.Q. (Lawrence E. Sharpiro, Ph.D)
  • Raising Your Spirited Child; A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic (Mary Sheedy Kurcinka)

Womens Hormonal Health:

  • Screaming to Be Heard; Hormone Connections Women Suspect but Doctors Still Ignore (Dr. Elizabeth Vliet)

General Health & Wellness:

  • The Omega-3  Connection: The Groundbreaking Antidepressant Diet & Brain Program (Andrew Stoll M.D.) 
  • Path to Perfect Health ( Deborah Devar)

Spiritual Growth/ Self Empowerment

  • I Can Tap Dance ( Sara Ulmer) 
  • Conversations With God volume I (Neil Donald Walsh)
  • Biology of Belief (Bruce Lipton)
  • How Would Love Respond? (Kurek Ashley) 
  • The Soul of Money (Lynne Twist)

Relationship Enhancement for Couples

  • 5 Languages of Love (Gary Chapman)
  • Reconcilable Differences (Andrew Christensen & Neil Jacobson)
  • The Love Dare (Alex & Stephen Kendrick)

Communication Skills

  • Crucial Conversations; Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High ( Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny Ron McMillan and Al Switzer)
  • Blink- The Power to Think Without Thinking (Malcom Gladwell)

Grief and Loss

  • Healing Grief ( James Van Praagh)

Children and Educational Tips

  • The Organized Student (Donna Goldbrg and Jennifer Zwiebel)
  • Helping Your Child with School Refusal or Seperation Anxiety (Anrew Eisen & Joshua Sparrow)

Adult Survivors of  Childhood Sexual Abuse

  • Courage to Heal (Laura Davis)