Recommended Reading (please note that some of the older books, no longer in print can be found through Abe's books or your library)

Emotional Health and Relationships and

Building a Strong Marriage

Berger, Janice (In collaboration with Harry Hall). Emotional Fitness: discovering our natural healing power, Prentice Hall Canada, 2000

Gottman, John M., Ph.D, with Nan Silver. The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, Three Rivers Press, N.Y. 1999

Hendrix Harville, Ph.D. Getting the Love You Want – A Guide for Couples, Owl, 2007

Johnson Sue. Hold me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of
Love, Little Brown and Company, 2008

Lee, Robert G. The Secret Language of Intimacy – Releasing the Hidden Power in Couple Relationships, Gestalt Press, 2008

Levine, Amir, M.D. and Heller Rachel S.F.,M.A. Attached. THE NEW SCIENCE OF ADULT ATTACHMENT AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOU FIND--AND KEEP ---LOVE The Penguin Group, 2010

Heitler, Susan, Ph.D., The Power of Two - Secrets to a Srong and Loving Marriage, New Harbinger Publications Inc., 1997

Spring, Janis Abrahms, PhD. with Spring , Michael, After the Affair - Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, Harpers Cllins Publishers, 1996

ADD/ADHD

Hallowell Edward M., M.D. and Ratey John J. M.D. Delivered From Distraction, Ballantine Books, 2006

KohlBerg Judith & Nadeau, Kathleen, PH.D., ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, Brunner-Routledge, 2002

Mate, Gabor, M.D. Scattered Minds - A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, Vintage Canada 2000

Orlov, Melissa, The ADHD Effect on Marriage - Understand and Rebuild your Relationship in Six Steps, Specialty Press Inc. 2010

SEPARATION and DIVORCE

Brownstone, The Honourable Justice Harvey, Tug of War - A Judges's Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles, and the Bitter Realities of Family Court , ECW Press, 2009

Judith S. Wallerstein, and Sandra Blakeslee, Second Chances - Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004

Rambler, Jackie, CDFA,MBA, CEO Divorce Choices THE JOY OF an EX - THE DIVORCE PROCESS...preserving your family's dignity, privacy and financial resources. Divorce Choices Inc., Ontario Edition 2009

Stewart , Karen, CEO Fairway Divorce Solutions, Clean Break - How to Divorce with Dignity and Move on With Your Life, John Wiley and Sons Canada Ltd, 2008

Hepperle, Barbara M.Sc., An Article entitled: The Deadliest Parenting Mistakes People Make When Getting Divorced

ANXIETY

Kabat -Zinn , Jon, Ph.D. Full Catastrophe Living - Using the Wisdom of Your body and Mind to Face Stress , Pain and Illness, DeltaTrade Paperbacks 2005

Wilson, Reid R. Ph.D. , Don't Panic, Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks, Harper Perennial, 1996

Wilson, Reid R. Facing Panic: Self -Help for People with Panic Attacks , ADAA Anxiety Disorders Association of America, 2003

Weekes, Dr. Claire, Self Help for Your Nerves (30th printing) Fontana, 1992

Greenberger, Dennis PhD. and Padesky Christine, A. PhD., MIND OVER MOOD - Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think, The Guilford Press, 1995

Mate, Gabor, MD, When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress, Vintage Canada, 2004

PARENTING

Minden, Dr. Harold A. , Two Hugs for Survival - Strategies for Effective Parenting, McClelland and Stewart, 1982

Shapiro, Stanley, M.A. and Vickers Wilson, Janet, Parenting is Not Natural, Northwest Publishing Inc. Utah, 1994

Shapiro, Stanley, Parent Talk - 50 Quick Effective Solutions to the Most Common Parenting Challenges, Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd. 1997.

Faber, Adele and Mazlish, Elaine, How To Talk So Kids will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Avon Books N.Y. 1980

Walsh, David, PhD , No - Why Kids of All Ages - Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It, Free Press, Toronto, 2007

Dimerman, Sara, am i a normal parent? Expert Advice , Parenting Tips And The Reassurance You've Been Looking For, Hatherleigh Press, 2008

Lewis, Marc, PhD., Granic, Isabel, Ph.D., Bed Timing - the "when-to" guide helping your child to sleep, Harper collins Publishers Ltd. 2009

Taffel, Dr. Ron, with Israeloff, Roberta, Why Parents Disagree and What You Can do About It - How to Raise Great Kids While You Strenghten Your Marriage, Avon Books N.Y. 1994

Ginott,Dr. Haim, Between Parent and Child - New solutions to Old Problems, Avon Publishers, 1965

Severe, Sal Ph.D, How to Behave so your Preschooler Will, too!, Penguin Books, 2002

Canfield, Ken R., the 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers - Becoming the father you want to be, National Center for Fathering, Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 1992

McKinnon, John A., MD, An Unchanged Mind - The Problem of Immaturity in Adolescence, Lantern Books, NY, 2008

McKinnon, John A., MD, To Change a Mind - Parenting to Promote Maturity in Teenagers, Lantern Books NY, 2011

SELF ESTEEM - SELF WORTH

McBride, Karyl, Ph.D. Will I Ever Be Good Enough? - Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, `Free Press, 2008

Behary, Wendy T., LCSW, disarming the narcissist - Surviving and Thriving with the Self - Absorbed, New Harbinger Publications, 2008

Cope, Stephen, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, A Bantam Book, 1999

Berger, Janice, with Hall, Harry , Emotional Fitness - Discovering our Natural Healing Power, Prentice Hall Canada, 2000

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