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Self-Help Resources

Adjusting to College Life

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Anxiety & Stress

Bipolar Disorder

Coping with Anger

  • Recommended Reading:
    • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

Depression and Suicide

Eating Disorders

Family Concerns

  • Recommended Reading:
    • Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up’s Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents by Nina W. Brown
    • Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
    • The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent’s Love Rules Your Life by Patricia Love, Ph.D. and Jo Robinson
    • Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward and Craig Buck

For International Students

Healthy Relations

  • Recipe for a Healthy Relationship
  • Resolving Conflict One on One
  • Barriers to Listening
  • Recommended Reading:
    • After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis A. Spring and Michael Spring
    • Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
    • If the Buddha Dated by Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D.
    • Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love by John Welwood
    • Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver
    • Couples Companion: Meditations and Exercises for Getting the Love You Want, A Workbook for Couples by Harville Hendrix
    • The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
    • The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
    • The Friend Who Got Away, edited by Jenny Offil and Elissa Schappell

Introversion

  • Recommended Reading:
    • The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney (PsyD)

Loss and Grief

  • Information on Loss and Grief
  • Recommended Reading:
    • How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove
    • The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief By Judy Tatelbaum
    • When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner

Mindfulness

  • Recommended Reading:
    • Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
    • "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat
    • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms

  • Recommended Reading:
    • Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts: How to Gain Control of Your OCD by C. Purdon Ph.D. and David A. Clark
    • Stop Obsessing: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Edna Foa, Ph.D. and Reid Wilson, Ph.D.

Perfection

  • Recommended Reading:
    • Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More by Alice D. Domar Ph.D. and Alice Lesch Kelly
    • When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough: Strategies for Coping With Perfectionism by Martin M. Antony and Richard P. Swinson

Self Esteem

  • Recommended Reading:
    • Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning
    • When I Say No, I Feel Guilty by Manuel J. Smith

Sexual Assault

Sexual Harassment

Sleeping Difficulties

Study Habits