RECOMMENDED READING IN PSYCHOLOGY Collected by Ms. Ada Koho and Dr. Doris Ivie

Adler, A. (1958). What life should mean to you. New York: Capricorn. Adler, A. (1969). The practice and theory of individual psychology. Paterson, NJ: Littlefield. Alberti, A., & Emmons, M. (1995). Your perfect right: A guide to assertive living. San Luis Obispo, CA: Impact Publishers. Bateson, M.C. (1990). Composing a life. New York: Plume. Bellah, R.N., Madsen. R., Sullivan. W. M., Swidler, A., & Tipton. S. M. (1985). Habits of the heart: Individualism and commmitment in American life. New York: Harper & Row. Belton, Neil. (1998). The Good Listener: Helen Bamber, A Life Against Cruelty. New York: Pantheon Books. Part biography, part history, part moral meditation on the resurrection of torture as an instrument of political power. Looks at the psychological impact on victim, speaks to psychological dynamics of those who torture and those who stand by and do not take action, and the character and make-up of a woman who takes positive action and dedicates her life to helping. The clarity of writing and strength of information is commendable. Highly recommended for students of history, sociology, psychology, and political science. Benson, Herbert. [The most RECENT book on the "Relaxation Response" -- rather than the 1976 book. I can't remember its name, but it's come out in the last 3-5 years, I think.] Block, D. (1991). Listening to your inner voice: Discover the truth within you and let it guide your way. Center City, MN: Hazelden. Bloomfield, H. H., with Felder, L. (1985). Making peace with yourself: Transforming your weaknesses into strengths. New York: Ballantine. Burke, M.T., & Miranti, J.G. (1992). Ethical and spiritual values in counseling. Alexandria, VA: The American Counseling Association. Burns, D. D. (1985). Intimate connections. New York: New American Library. Buscaglia, L. (1982). Personhood: the art of being fully human. New York: Fawcett. Canfield, J., & Hansen, M.V. (1993). Chicken soup for the soul. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. Corey, G. (1996). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (5th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Corey, G., Corey, C., & Corey, H. (1997). Living and learning. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Corey, M., and Corey, G. (1993). Becoming a helper (2nd ed.) Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Davis, L. (1990). The courage to heal workbook: For women and men survivors of child sexual abuse. New York: Harper & Row. De Becker, Gavin. (1999). Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane). New York: Dial Press. Keen insights into behavior and strategies of predators. Practical steps to enhance children's safety at every age level: specific questions parents can ask to screen effectively and evaluate baby-sitters, day-care services, schools, and doctors; a "Test of Twelve" safety skills children need before being alone in public; warning signs to help parents protect children from sexual abuse; and how to keep teenager girls and boys from unsafe situations with peers and adults. Also, DeBecker shatters some common myths. DeSpelder, L. & Strickland, A. (1983). The last dance: Encountering death and dying. Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield. Dickenson, D., & Johnson, M. (Eds.) (1993). Death, dying, and bereavement. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Donatelle, R., Snow-Harter, C., & Wilcox, A. (1995). Wellness: Choices for health and fitness. Redwood City, CA: Benjamin/Cummings. Douglas, John and Mark Olshaker. The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals. Offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the crminal mind. Takes the reader into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial and spree killers and mass murders. Dworkin, S. H., & Gutierrez, F.J. (Eds.). (1992). Counseling gay men and lesbians: Journey to the end of the rainbow. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. Ellis, A. (1988). How to stubbornly refuse to make yourself miserable about anything -- Yes, anything! Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart. Erikson, E. (1963). Childhod and society. (2nd ed.). New York: Norton. Erikson, E. (1982) The life cycle completed. New York: Norton. Forward, S., & Buck, C.S. (1988). Betrayal of innocence: Incest and its devastation. New York: Penguin. Frankl, V. (1963). Man's Search for Meaning. New York: Washington Square Press. Frankl, V. (1969). The will to meaning: Foundation and applications of logotherapy. New York: New American Library. Freud, S. (1965). The interpretation of dreams. New York: Avon. (Original work published 1900). Friedman, M., & Ulmer, D. (1985). Treating Type A behavior and your heart. New York: Ballantine. Fromm, E. (1956). The art of loving. New York: Harper. Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books. Glasser, W. (1985). Control theory: A new explanation of how we control our lives. New York: Harper & Row. Goldberg, H. (1987). The inner male: Overcoming roadblocks to intimacy. New York: New American library. Golden, M. (Ed.). (1993). Wild women don't wear no blues: Black women writers on love, men and sex. New York: Doubleday. Gould, R.L. (1978). Transformations: Growth and change in adult life. New York: Simon & Schuster. Goulding, M., & Goulding, R. (1979). Changing lives through redecision therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel. Hay, L.L. (1987). You can heal your life. Carson, CA: Hay House. Hallowell, Edward M. and John J. Ratey(1995). Driven to distraction: recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood. New York: Simon & Schuster. Hughes, L. (1996). Beginnings and beyond: A guide for personal growth and adjustment. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Jampolsky, G.G. (1981). Love is letting go of fear. New York: Bantam Books. Jourard, S. (1971). The transparent self: Self-disclosure and well-being. (rev. ed.). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Joy, W.B. (1979). Joy's way: A map for the transformational journey. Los Angeles, CA: jeremy P. Tarcher. Jung, C. G. (1961). Memories, dreams, reflections. New York: Vintage Books. Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full catastrophe living. New York: Delacorte Press. Keen, S. (1991). Fire in the belly: On being a man. New York: Bantam. Kubler-Ross, E. (1968). On death and dying. New York: Macmillan. Kubler-Ross, E. (1981). Living with death and dying. New York: Macmillan. Laidlaw, T.A., Malmo,C., & Associates. (1990). Healing voices: Feminist approaches to therapy with women. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Lamb, Wally. I Know This Much Is True. Story about identical twins and their relationship. Lerner, H.G. (1985). The dance of anger: A woman's guide to changing the patterns of intimate relationsihps. New York: Harper & Row. Lerner, H.G. (1989). The dance of intimacy: A woman's guide to courgeous acts of change in key relationships. New York: Harper & Row. LeShan, Lawrence. (1974) . How to Meditate: The Acclaimed Guide to Self-Discovery. Bantam Book/Little Brown & Co. Levant. R.L., & Pollack, W. S. (Eds.). (1995). Foundations for a new psychology of men. New York: Basic Books. Levenkron, Steven. (1998) Cutting: Understanding & Overcoming Self-Mutilation. New York: W.W. Norton, Co. "Written for the self-mutilator, parents, friends, and therapists, Levenkron unravels step-by-step the mindset of the self-mutilator, explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviors, and most of all, describes how the self-mutilator can be helped." Levinson, D. J. (1978). The seasons of man's life. New York: Knopf. Lewis, Dorothy Otnow, M.D. (1998) Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Excellent study of violent and criminal behavior of adolescents and adults. Focus on criminal acts and death penalty. Looks at psychological and neurological data of this population. Uses case studies and descriptive accounts of childhood abuse. Lindbergh, A. (1975). Gift from the sea. New York: Pantheon. Long, V. (1996). Facilitating personal growth in self and others. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Maslow, A. (1968). Toward a psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Maslow, A. (1971). The farther reaches of human nature. New York: Viking. May, R. (1973). Man's Search for himself. New York: Dell.\ Millman,D. (1984). Way of the peaceful warrior: A book that changes lives. Tiburon, CA: H.J. Kramer, Inc. Moore, T. (1994). Care of the soul: A guide for cultiavting depth and sacredness in everyday life. New York: Harper Perennial. Moustakas, C. (1977). Turning points. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Naisbitt, J. & Aburdene, P. (1991). Megatrends 2000. New York: Avon. Napier, A. Y. (1990). The fragile bond: In search of an equal, intimate and enduring marriage. New York: Harper & Row. Parham, T. A. (1993) Psychological storms: The African American struggle for identity. Chicago, Il: African American Images. Rabinowitz, F.E., & Cochran, S.V. (1994). Man alive: A primer of men's issues. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Reel, Terrence.  (1998).  I Don't Want to Talk About it  (Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression) New York:  Fireside Publishers. Segal, Nancy L., Ph.D. (1999). Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior (Entwined Lives). New York: Penguin Group. Bringing together the latest, cutting-edge research, with illustrative case histories of twins and their families, preeminent twin researcher Dr. Nancy L. Segal explores ways in which twins enhance our knowledge of human behavioral and physical development. West, Cameron, Ph.D. (1999). First Person Plural. New York: Hyperion. Wurtzel, Elizabeth.  Prozac Nation: A Memoir. Portrait of one girl's journey through depression and back. SPECIFIC BOOKS: Speaking with the Devil (A Dialogue with Evil) Carl Goldberg Penguin Books USA Inc. Copyright 1996 No Time to Say Goodbye (Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One) Carla Fine Unspeakable Acts (Why Men Sexually Abuse Children) Douglas Pryor A Mood Apart Peter Whybrow Welcome to My Country Lauren Slater Publisher: Random House, Inc. New York Copyright 1996 Learned Optimism Martin Seligman, Ph.d Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York Copyright 1990 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goldman Copyright 1997 Anna Freud (biography) Elisabeth Youhng-Bruehl Copyright 1988 Summit Books, Simon & Schuster Building The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison (about discrimination) Dreams and Healing John Sanford, Ph.d Necessary Losses Judith Viorst The Drama of the Gifted Child Alice Miller (this book is a must have) Shadow Syndromes John Ratey & Catherine Johnson (quirky behaviors as mild mental illness) Making Us Crazy Herb Kutchins & Stuart Kirk (social scientists) (how the psychiatric bible - DSM-IV - has been making us crazy) The Great Psychologists fourth edition Robert I. Watson Copyright 1978 Meeting the Shadow (The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature) Copyright 1998 Astonishing Hypothesis by Francis Crick Copyright 1994 (A range of observations from different diciplines into a single, clear focus. Focus on the science of the mind-brain. An argument that consciousness and what has long been called the soul are not accessiable to scientific investigation, that all our interior states--our feelings, perceptions, volition, and self-awareness are properties of networks of neurons in our brains. The Third Force (The Psychology of Abraham Maslow by Frank Goble Copyright 1970 Walden Two by B.F. Skinner Copyright 1948 The Life of Martin Buber - no other information In A Different Voice Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan Making Connections (The Relational Worlds of Adolescent Girls at Emma Willard School) by Carol Gilligan, Nona P. Lyons, & Trudy J. Hammer Beyond Psychology Otto Rank Copyright 194l Principles of Psychology William James The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud An Unquiet Mind Kay R. Jamison (about bipolar - woman has bipolar and is expert in the field) Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C. J. Jung Vintage books, 1989 On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers 1961 Love and Will by Rollo May The Medicalization of Deviance Thomas Szasz Possessing the Secret of Joy Alice Walker The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Oliver Sachs The Divided Self R.D. Laing Pantheon Books Copyright 1960 The Denial of Death Ernest Becker Secrets of Sleep by A. A. Borberly Basic Books: New York The Seasons of A Woman's Life by D. J.l Levinson New York: Knopf Copyright 1996 Cognitive therapy: Basics and Beyond by J. S. Beck New York: Fuilford Copyright 1995 Introduction to Physiological Psychology Third Edition Charles F. Levinthal Hofstra University Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Copyright 1990 The Undiscovered Self C. G. Jung Copyright 1958 The Human Blueprint (The Race To Unlock the Secrets of Our Genetic Code) Robert Shapiro - on the Genome Project The Witch Must Die:  How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives. Sheldon Cashdan. Basic Books. 1999. How fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories.  How fairy tales speak to basic human concerns, highlighting the roles played by iconic images like glass slippers, gingerbread houses, evil stepmothers, and sorcery. The Bipolar Child (The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder) by Demitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos Published by Broadway Books - New York - Copyright 1999 Discusses the prevalence of bipolar in early childhood; how bipolar manifests itself differently in children; how it is misdiagnosed or overlooked in children; the overlap of symptoms in childhood psychiatric disorders (such as ADHD); diagnosis and how to find good treatment and medications; advise to parents about ways to advocate effectively for children in school ... and more Succeeding In College with ADD by Jennifer Bramer Speciality Press, Planation, Fla. 1995 Recommened by Pellissippi's own Disability Counselor. Case studies and techniques to help students navigate the dangerous waters in college. Ten Thousand Sorrows By Elizabeth Kim (The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan) Published by Doubleday, New York Copyright 1992 This is wonderful biography of a girl born into the Korean culture, put into an adoption agency in her country, then adopted by a family in the United States. She discusses the impact of her culture on her emotional and psychological well being, along with her difficulties growing in the United States, and the long-range psychological problems she endured related to her cross-cultural experiences. My Head and My Heart (Sex, Love, Life, and the Unconscious) by Jorge De Gregorio, M.D. Published by Random House, New York Copyright 2000 The author looks at how the human unconscious can help us evaluate and change our own behavior, and also gain insight into the behavior of others. He reveals the way that dramas in our inner worlds, the important episodes of love and loss, become imprinted in us and are reenacted by us in our daily lives; and how, once we understand that this unconscious genetic code is written in our hearts and minds, we can go on to rediscover ourselves, and to create lives of greater originality and freedom. Under Deadmans Skin (Discovering the Meaning of Childrens Violent Play) by Jane Katch Published by Beacon Press, Boston Copyright 2001 This is a teachers odyssey and stories dealing with the violent play in children. The book is considered a blueprint for a teacher or parent wanting to understand childrens violent play. The Noonday Demon:  An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon Scribner, Copyright 2001 Excellent resource for an examination of depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.  Looks at personal and cultural stories, descriptions of depression, biological issues, and treatment strategies. When Children Grieve (For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses) by John W. James and Russell Friedman Harper Collins Publishers, 2001 A resource and guidelines for helping adults help children through changes and losses and the emotions that accompany them. Shattered:  Reclaiming A Life Torn Apart by Violence By Debra Puglisi Sharp and Marjorie Preston Atria Books, New York, Copyright 2003 This book is a true story about a woman and her family who were torn apart by violence and how they handled it in their lives.  The book shows how violence can lead to post-traumatic stress syndrome and what can be done to overcome trauma. The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness. By Jerome Groopman Jan. 2004. Random. As the book unfolds, he establishes the difference between false and true hope--to wit, "True hope has no room for delusion"--recounts cures that might be considered miraculous were it not for the role hope played in them, and consults such respected experts as Harvard Medical School's Bruce Cohen, who debunks the notion of separation of mind and body. Mind, Cohen says, is a manifestation of the brain, and what we perceive as products of the mind (e.g., consciousness, thoughts, and feelings) are the results of chemistry and electrical circuits. And there is more than that to ponder in this cogent, intriguing, hopeful volume. Nonviolent communication:A Language of Compassion by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D Copyright 1999 A PuddleDancer Press book published by arrangement with CNVC   The book provides everyday solutions to perplexing communication problems and offers a myriad of tools and techniques to improve the quality of personal and professional relationships.   Speaking Our Truth: Voices of Courage and Healing for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Neal King with a Foreword by Thomas Moore Published by HarperPerennial (A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers) Copyright 1995   A collection of first-person testimonies of child sexual abuse, in which men of all ages and circumstances share the largely hidden experiences of the male survivor of childhood sexual abuse.  A collection of personal stories including the author's own story.    Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse by Linda T Sanford, licensed social worker and psychotherapist Published by Randon House, New York Copyright 1990   Covers personal stories and good news about recovering from trauma, sexual abuse, and neglect.  A positive text on the recovery power and hope in life for those who experience trauma and abuse in childhood. The Soul's Code: In Search of Character Building and Calling by James Hillman   Discusses who we are, how we grow, fate, mediocrity, the parental fallacy, to be is to be perceived, growing down and so on.    A quote about the book by Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul   "James Hillman's new book cuts through the wrappings of modernist social science to restore passion, uniqueness, destiny, and childhood to every human life.  With Hillman's acute and powerful vision we can once again be persons instead of subjects, individuals instead of cases, and creative eccentrics instead of benumbed normals.  In a day when human life is defined in the shallowest terms, this book offers a renaissance of humane values." Ghosts from the Nursery:  Tracing the Roots of Violence by: Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley Copyright 1997 The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York   "case histories of 'children who kill,' along with the the latest in brain development research.  Discusses the importance of infancy for trust, empathy, conscience, life-long learning and thinking.  Shows the "poisonous effect that neglect, abuse, trauma, injury, and toxicity have in the first 36 months of life."  Some subjects covered are violence in children, problem children, infants, child psychopathology, juvenile delinquency, and violent crimes.  Divided Minds (Twins Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia) by Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn S. Sprio, M.D. St Martin's Press, New York, 2005   The book discusses the journey of twins, one with schizophrenia and one who becomes a doctor.  It gives a vivid understanding of the lives of both women and the relationship between them and their parents.  The book shows very different experiences of the world around them and the distinct identities of each.   Silver Rights by Constance Curry with an Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995, a Division of Workman Publishing   This book discusses racism in the 1060's of the Carter family.  It focuses on Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter's dream for their children, their struggle with poverty, their desire to vote and to be treated equal, the discrimination and prejudice they experienced, perseverance, people working with them, integrated education, and more.