“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
– Dr. Howard Thurman
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
– Anais Nin
Lewis County Crisis line 360-748-6696
Tacoma Crisis line 253-272-9882
Thurston & Mason County Crisis Line: 360-586-2800
Thurston & Mason County Youth Help Line 360-586-2777
Online Directory for Support Groups
Many of these books can be purchased from Amazon.
Addiction
•“Willpower’s Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind” by Arnold M Washton
•”Pocket Sponsor, 24/7 Back to the Basics Support for Addiction Recovery” by Shelly Marshall
•“Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget” by Sarah Hepola
•“Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism” by Robert
Milam and Katherine Ketcham
Affairs
•“After the Affair, Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful” by Janis Abrahms – Spring,
•”Surviving Infidelity: Making Decisions, Recovering from the Pain” by Rona B. Subotnik and Gloria Harris
Anger
•“The Dance of Anger” by Harriet Goldhor Lerner
•“Anger the Misunderstood Emotion” By Carol Tavris
Anxiety / Stress
•“The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition” by Edmund J. Bourne
Career / Life Purpose
•“Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were meant to Live” by Martha Beck
•“The Passion Test The Effortless Path to Discovering Your life Purpose” by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood
Change
•“Changing for Good” by James O. Prochaska, John C. Norcross, Carol C. Diclemente
Co-Dependency
•“Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself” by Melody Beattie
•“A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps” by Stephanie S. Covington PhD
•“The Road Back to Me” by Lisa Romano
Depression
•“The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression” by William J. Knaus
•“Talking to Depression: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life is
Depressed” by Claudia J. Strauss
Parenting
•“How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
•“How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
•“Parenting from the Inside Out” by Daniel J Siegel, Mary Hartzell
•“Parenting with Love & Logic” by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
•“Parenting Teens with Love and Logic” by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Relationships
•“The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work” by John Gottman and Nan Silver
•“Intimacy & Desire, Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship” by Dr. David Schnarch
•“The Path to Love” by Deepak Chopra
•“Hold Me Tight, Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love” by Dr. Sue Johnson
•“Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships” by Sue Johnson
Self-Acceptance and Self Development
•“Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach
•“Daring Greatly” by Brene Brown
•“Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown
•“Being: A Manual for Life” by Bennet Wong
•“Embrace, the Documentary” directed by Taryn Brumfitt
•“The Secret of Letting Go” by Guy Finley
•“You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an
Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero
Sexuality
•“Intimacy & Desire, Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship” by Dr. David Schnarch
•“The Heart of Tantric Sex: A unique Guide to Love and Sexual Fulfillment” by Diana Richardson
•“Mating in Captivity” by Esther Perel
Spirituality
•“The Power of Intention” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
•“The Three Minute Meditator, 30 simple ways to unwind your mind while enhancing your emotional intelligence” by David Harp
•“Awakening to the Sacred, Creating a spiritual Life from Scratch” by Lama Surya Das
•“Essential Spirituality, 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind” by Roger Walsh Trauma
•“The Places that Scare You” by Pema Chodron
•“The Untethered Soul: The Journey beyond Yourself” by Michael A. Singer
Trauma
•“The Courage to Heal, A guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse” by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
•“Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma” by Peter Levine
Twelve Step Groups
www.oa.org Overeaters Anonymous
www.aa.org Alcoholics Anonymous
www.adultchildren.org Adult Children of Alcoholics