Wellness Reading List

Self- Help Resources

The following books support self-help for a variety of wellness topics and communities.  Please note that none are a substitute for a relationship with a professional counselor, and that none are associated with Cal State East Bay Counseling Services.  

  • Driven to Distraction by Edward M Hallowell and John Ratey

  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

  • Your Perfect Right:  Assertiveness and Equality in Your LIfe and Relationships by Robert Alberti & Michael Emmons

  • It's Called a Breakup Beacuase It' Broken by Greg Behrendt and Amira Ruotola-Behrendt

    How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove & Harold Bloomfield

  • The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

  • The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

  • Difficult Conversations:  How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen and Roger Fisher.

  • The Depression Book:  Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Practice by Cheri Huber & June Shriver

    The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

  • When Food is Love by Geneen Roth

    Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth

  • How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando

    Good Grief by Granger Westberg

    On Grief and Grieving by Elizabeth Keubler-Ross

  • When I Knew by Robert Teachtenberg

    Gets Better:  Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Lie Worth Living

    Trans Bodies, Trans Selves:  A resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schoth

  • Wherever You go, There You are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

    Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

  • Stop Obsessing!  How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Edna Foa & Reid Wilson

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 

    Siblings Without Rivalry:  How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 

    Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel

  • Unstoppable: 45 Stories of Perseverence and Triumph from People Just Like You by Cynthia Kersey

  • Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It Now by Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen

  • Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You?  by Margaret Paul

    Forgive For Good by Fred Luskin

    Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud & John Townsend

    Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better As Your Family Grows by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill, Julia Stone and Rosario Camacho-Koppel

    Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman

    Not "Just Friends": Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity by Shirley Glass

    The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties by Wiliam Doherty

    Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships by Sue Johnson

    After the Fight: Using Your Disagreements to Build a Stronger Relationship by Dan Wile

    Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

  • Learning to Love Yourself: A Guide to Becoming Centered by Gay Hendricks

    The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown

  • Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

  • The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

    Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro

    Trauma, Veterans

    Courage After Fire by Keith Armstrong