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Most of these books have audio versions if you are too busy to read. I have made it through many self help books with the audio CD’s, which is a great way to pass the time when driving. The books are not in any general order at this time, think of it as a messy bookshelf. If you have a favorite book send me the title and I will add it to the list

Troubled Teen Blog reader suggestion:
Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent

Troubled Teen Blog most requested:
Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager

Troubled Teen Blog reader suggestion:
Treating the Tough Adolescent: A Family-Based, Step-by-Step Guide (The Guilford Family Therapy Series) (Paperback)

A must for all parents with teens and one of my personal favorites

Newly Published! The Parents We Mean To Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development (Hardcover)

Recommended reading at almost all the Wilderness and RTC programs

Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12

The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character

Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

The Feeling Good Handbook

When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder)

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child

Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence

I Can’t Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors

The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families to Enrich Our Lives

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self

Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self


Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injurers

Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence

Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind

A Young Person’s Guide To The Twelve Steps

A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps

A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps Workbook

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Survival Strategiers for Parenting your ADD Child: Dealing with Obsessions, Compulsions, Depression, Explosive Behavior, and Rage

Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder: Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Children with Bipolar Disorder and the Conditions that May Occur with It

Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents

Core Communication: Skills and Processes