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Suggested Family Program Readings

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  • 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

  • An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
  • Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, Francis Mondimore

  • 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

  • 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
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  • 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

  • The OCD Workbook, Hyman & Pedrick
  • Stop Obsessing, Edna Foa

  • 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

  • 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 754-212-8299. 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.

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