Resources
The following is not a comprehensive list. These are books I have read and used in my recovery. Some of the titles do not fit into one category specifically, but cover numerous topics. I have listed them in an applicable area. Cruise your local bookstores and 12 Step meetings. If you find a good book, let me know.
Dyfunctional Families & Inner Child
- Healing the Child Within – Charles Whitfield
- Healing the Shame That Bind You – John Bradshaw
- Homecoming – John Bradshaw
- Letting Go of Shame – Ronald and Patricia Potter - Efron
- Never Good Enough: Freeing Yourself from the Chains of Perfectionism - Monica Basco, PhD
- I Deserve Respect (Confronting and Challenging Shame) – Compilation edited by Lewis Andrews
- For Your Own Good – Alice Miller
- Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children – Jean Clarke and Connie Dawson
- Self Esteem – Matthew McKay & Patrick Fanning
- Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund Bourne
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David Burns, MD
Codependency
- Learning to Love Yourself – Sharon Wegscheider-Cruise
- Codependent No More – Melody Beattie
- Beyond Codependency – Melodie Beattie
- Understanding Codependency – Sharon Wegscheider-Cruise
- Leaving the Enchanted Forest – Stephanie Covington and Liana Beckett
- Awakening In Time – Jacquelyn Small
Women and Codependency
- The Dance of Intimacy – Harriet Lerner
- The Dance of Deception – Harriet Learner
- The Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner
- Women Who Love Too Much - -Robin Norwood
*The above books have much to offer men as well.