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Helpful Books
Embark on a journey to self-awareness and empowerment with our handpicked selection of insightful reads.
Empower Your Mind
Welcome to Our Helpful Books Collection
At Turn The Corner Counseling, we believe in the power of knowledge to transform lives. Our Helpful Books section is designed to support your mental health journey by offering a curated list of literature that addresses various challenges you may be facing. Whether you’re seeking personal growth, relationship advice, or strategies to manage specific conditions, our collection provides valuable insights and practical guidance to help you thrive.
General Help
Our general healp section features books that offer profound insiughts or simple tools to assist with personal development and resilience. These resources are applicable to improving your overall well-being.
The Big Life Journal
A journal that encurages self-reflection and goal setting, perfect chouice for fostering a positive, (growth versus fixed) mindest. Filled with fun fill-ins and provoking exercises. There are versions of this journal for all ages: adults, teens, and kids.
Polyvagal Card Deck
I have frequently recommended the Polyvagal Card Deck by Deb Dana to many people I have worked with. This set of 58 cards helps build skills on how to regulate the nervous system. Knowing what to do when you experience fight, flight, or freeze is a game changer. There is a section that can also allow you to hold on to the enjoyable/pleasant moments in your life, making them accessible when your mood is low or when you forget the daily beauty that surrounds us.
On Becoming A Person
Carl Rogers: This book was one of the first books that drew me to the field of psychology; motivating me to help others. The book is celebrated for its ground-breaking perspective on human development, emphasizing that understanding oneself and others can lead to richer, more fulfilling lives. Rogers emphasizes that growth is a continuous process with meaningful connections made through empathy, authenticity, and acceptance of self and others
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris, the author, has been a pioneer of Acceptance and Commitment therapy. This book is a seminal work on learning how to break free from negative thinking patterns and embrace mindfulness, acceptance, and value-based living.
Man's Search for Meaning
Discover the power of finding purpose in thr most challenging circumstances thought the insights and work of Viktor E. Frankyl‘s logotherapy. Taking what he learned from surviving the darkness and pain of living in a concentration camp during the Holocaust provides powerful guidance on one’s ultimate purpose. It laid the foundation for ACT, a more structured way of committing to value-based living.
Couples & Families
Every family carries a living story—some families grow through birth, some through choice, some through partnership or the blending of histories. Each holds its own mix of joy, tenderness, and the inevitable challenges that come with loving and growing alongside one another.
Today’s families also face significant pressures: the push and pull between being warm and responsive with the need for clear, consistent expectations. There is a cultural push to provide a “perfect” childhood. Also, there is lingering bias toward same‑sex couples, financial strain that can crowd out connection, and the complexities of raising children in an online world.
These books are selected to give a variety of guidance and insight to help support you in the challenges that go along with modern day family life. Just a warm reminder that you do not have to be the perfect parent or spouse to create strong family bonds and treasured memories.
For Couples
Getting The Love That You Want
Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen Lakelly Hunt, PhD – This workbook is based on Imago therapy, and helps the process of self-discovery, identifying patterns developed throughout the developmental years. Through a step-by-step process exercises and guidance are provided to help couples understand and improve their relationship dynamics, fostering deeper intimacy and communication. You will develop a much deeper understanding of why you chose the person that you did and ways to give and receive the love that you deserve.
This selection of books are chosen to enhance and nurture your relationship. These resources offer practical advice and insights to help couples build stronger connections. I frequently utilize the guidance and tools in these books in my direct work with couples:
- After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis A. Spring – A compassionate guide offering strategies for healing and rebuilding trust after infidelity, helping couples navigate the complex emotions and challenges that arise.
High-Conflict Couple
A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy & Validation by Fruzzetti, PhD – This book is packed with methods for disrupting destructive communication styles, enabling effective communication and connection again. It draws from DBT concepts, helping couples to keep cool when tempers are hot, rebuild a connection with your partner, and successfully trust them with your thoughts and feelings once again.
After The Affair
Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis A. Spring – A compassionate guide offering strategies for healing and rebuilding trust after infidelity, helping couples navigate the complex emotions and challenges that arise.
Parenting
Much of my early experience as a psychologist focused on helping children and teens in a variety of settings. As I grew as a parent on a personal level, it deepend my empathy and understanding of the challenges to putting parenting concepts into practice. Along with providing guidance and understanding to help empower parents, these are books I frequently use to pick myself up, brush myself off, and forge ahead into the joys and struggles of raising kids.
Parenting A Child Who Has Intense Emotions
Harvey, LCSW-C and Penzo, LICSW published a work that is written with a deep understanding of children who feel things deeply and parents who crave a peaceful family life, these authors use many skills derived from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). The book provides a great balance of understanding and being able to empathize with your child despite the challenges, helping your child work through distress and anger, changing the overall household environment, and establishing clear expectations and structure.
Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce The Sandcastles Way
Gary Neuman, LMHC – A comprehensive guide on helping children to adjust to parental divorce; from co-parenting, custody/visitation, and helping kids cope with a new step-family. A major strength of this book is that it divides the guidance by the child’s age level.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Understanding OCD
Delve into the complexities of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with these insightful books. They provide valuable perspectives and coping strategies for managing OCD symptoms.
- Brain Lock, Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz – This book introduces a four-step method to help individuals break free from the grip of OCD, promoting a healthier mindset and behavior.
- Pure O OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughts with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy by Chad LeJeune, PhD – A practical guide that combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to help individuals manage intrusive thoughts and reduce anxiety.
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At Turn The Corner Counseling, we believe in empowering individuals and couples with the right tools for personal growth and healing. These carefully selected books are just a click away. Visit Amazon to purchase and begin your journey towards a more fulfilling life.
