Addictions
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Addiction: A Family Affair, Scott Teitelbaum
Cocaine in the Brain, Nora Volkow
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Janet Woititz
Addict in the Family, Beverly Conyers
Rewired: A bold new approach to addiction and recovery, Erica Spiegelman
Drug Addiction and Families, Marina Barnard
Bipolar Disorder
An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, Francis Mondimore
Borderline Personality Disorder
Understanding and Treating BPD: A Guide for Professionals and Families, John Gunderson, M.D.
I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me, Kreisman & Strauss
The Buddha & the Borderline, Kiera Van Gelder
The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide, Chapman & Gratz
New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells, Randi Kreger
Stop walking on eggshells – Taking your life back when someone you care about has borderline personality disorder, Paul T. Mason, MS. & Randi Kreger
Eating Disorders
My kid is back: Empowering parents to beat anorexia nervosa, June Alexander & Daniel Le Grange
Eating Disorders: A parent’s guide, Rachel Bryant-Waugh & Bryan Lask
The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self Esteem, Healthy Eating and Positive Body Image at Home, Marcia Herrin
Family
Choice Making, S. Wegscheider-Cruse
The second family, Dr. Ron Taffel
Of Course You Are Angry, Rossellini & Worden
Growing Up Again, Clarke & Dawson
Why am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?, John Powell
Making peace with your parents, Bloomfield & Felder
Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst
Boundaries: Where you end and I begin, Anne Katherine
Bradshaw On: The Family, John Bradshaw
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The OCD Workbook, Hyman & Pedrick
Stop Obsessing, Edna Foa
Psychosis
Mental Illness and the Family: Unlocking the Doors to Triumph, Herbert Gravitz
Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients and Providers, E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
I am not Sick I Don’t Need Help!- How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment, Xavier Amador
Trauma
Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse, Lisa Najavitz
Strong at the Broken Places, Richard Cohen
The Courage to Heal, Bass & Davis
The body keeps score – Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Further Information and Suggested Family Program Readings
For more information about the family support program and family weekend program at Lifeskills South Florida, please call us today at 866-321-9430. Additionally, if you want more information about substance use disorder or mental health treatment, our Lifeskills South Florida staff members are ready to assist you.