Recommended Self Help Books

Recommended Self Help Books
Banyan Group Self-Help books

Self-Help Book Resources

For adults, kids and families

There are often so many options it’s hard to find a starting point. We’ve collected this list of quality self-help books, recommended by Banyan Group Counseling, to help you get started.

Books for Adults

Addiction / Alcohlism

  • Understanding Alcohol, by Jean Kinney, M.S.W.
  • The 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, by Alcoholics Anonymous

Anger Management

  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson
  • Dr. Weisinger’s, Anger Workout Book, by Hendrie Weisinger, Ph.D.
  • You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay

Anxiety / Panic Attacks

  • The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, by Edmund Bourne, Ph.D.
  • The Worry Wart’s Companion, by Beverly Potter
  • Emotional Freedom, by Judith Orloff, M.D.
  • Who moved my Cheese?, by Kenneth Blachard

Couples / Marriage

  • The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D.
  • Fighting for Your Marriage, by Markman, Stanley & Blumberg
  • Men are from Mars, Women arre from Venus, by John Gray, Ph.D.
  • Crazy Time Surviving Divorce, by Abigail Trafford
  • The 4 Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz

Depression

  • The Depression Workbook, by Matthew McKay, Ph.D.

Divorce

  • Divorce Poison, by Richard A. Warshak
  • Mom’s House, Dad’s House, by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
  • The Divorcing Father’s Manual, by Barry Frieman, Ed.D.
  • Joint Custody with a Jerk, by Julie Ross & Judy Corcoran
  • Putting Children First, by JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, Ph.D.

Loss & Grief

  • On Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • On Life after Death, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • On Grief and Grieving, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  • The OCD Workbook, by Bruce Hyman, Ph.D & Cherry Pedrick, R.N.
  • Helping your child with OCD, by Lee Fitzgibbons, Ph.D. & Cherry Pedrick, RN

Parenting

  • STEP Parenting Teenagers, by Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary McKay, Joyce McKay & Don Dinkmeyer, Jr.
  • Parenting Young Children, by Donald Dinkmeyer, Sr., Gary McKay & James Dinkmeyer
  • 1 2 3 Magic, by Dr. Thomas Phelan
  • The Present, by Spencer Johnson

Books for Kids & Families

Addiction / Alcoholism (Child)

  • An Elephant in The Room, by Jill Hastings & Marion Typpo, Ph.D.

Addiction / Alcoholism (Family)

  • Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie
  • Children of Alcoholics, by Robert Ackerman

Anger Management (Child)

  • We can Get Along, by Murphy Payne, MSW
  • The very Angry Day that Amy Didn’t Have, by Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.
  • Sometimes I Like to Fight, by Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.
  • The Way I Feel, by Janan Cain
  • Danny the Angry Lion, by Dorothy Lachner
  • Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson
  • A Volcano in My Tummy, by Eliane Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney

Anxiety (Child)

  • A Teaspoon of Courage, by Bradley Trevor Greive
  • What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner

Divorce (Child)

  • Dinosaurs Divorce, by Laurene Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
  • Two Homes, by Claire Masurel
  • Good-Bye, Daddy!, by Bridgitte Weninger & Alan Marks

Loss & Grief (Child)

  • Angel Catcher for Kids, by Amy Eldon
  • Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope, by Donna O’Toole
  • Lifetimes, by Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen

Mental Illness (Child)

  • Wishing Wellness: A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness, by Lisa Anne Clarke

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Child)

  • Kids Like Me, by Constance H. Foster