Resources

In counseling, I often use books with my clients because I believe in education. I will also recommend podcasts, and blogs in addition to books because I believe that there is power in knowledge, there is power in information, and there is power in wisdom. I also know that I do not know everything, I am not an expert, so providing other resources is important to my practice.

  • 1. Drinking: A Love Story

    By Caroline Knapp

    Amazon

    2. From Dope to Hope

    By Tim Ryan

    Amazon

    3. Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction and Recovery

    By Erica Spiegelman

    Amazon

    4. Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Meth Addiction

    By David Sheff

    Amazon

    5. Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

    Amazon

    6. Dying for a Drink: What You and Your Family Should Know About Alcoholism

    By Anderson Spickard Jr

    7. Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety

    By Sacha Z. Scoblic

    8. Christians & Alcohol: A Scriptural Case for Abstinence

    By Randy Jaeggli

    9. Should Christians Drink Wine and Alcohol?

    By Ben David Sinclair

    10. Sober Saints: Should Christians Drink Alcohol?

    By Keith Malcomson

    11. Understanding and Loving a Person with Alcohol or Drug Addiction

    By Stephen Arterburn & David Stoop

    12. Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table

    By Louie Giglio

    13. American Fix

    By Ryan Hampton

    14. Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis

    By Ryan Hampton

    15. Dopesick

    By Beth Macy

    16. Satisfied: A 90-Day Spiritual Journey Toward Food Freedom

    By Dr. Rhona Epstein

    17. Weight Loss Surgery Does NOT Treat Food Addiction

    By Connie Stapleton

    18. Breaking the Stronghold of Food

    By Michael L. Brown & Nancy Brown

    19. Easy Does It Dating Guide: For People in Recovery

    By Mary Faulkner

    20. Save Me From Myself

    By Brian “Head” Welch

    21. Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects, Steps Six & Seven

    By Multiple Authors

    22. Little Girl Lost

    By Drew Barrymore

    23. Terry: My Daughter’s Life and Death Struggle with Alcoholism

    By George McGovern

    24. A Million Little Pieces

    By James Frey

    25. High on Arrival: A Memoir

    By Mackenzie Phillips

    26. Unsweetined

    By Jodie Sweetin

  • Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

    I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown

    Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

    Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw

    Family Shame by Merel Fossum and Marilyn Mason

    Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

    Codependents Guide to the Twelve Steps by Melody Beattie

    Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody and Andrea Wells Mille

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain,  Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk MD

    Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro

    In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine 

    It Didn’t Start With You – How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are & How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

    Walking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

    What Happened To You – Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, & Healing by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Oprah Winfrey

    Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners can Cope and Heal by Barbara Steffens and Marsha Means

    A House Interrupted, A Wife's Story of Recovering from Her Husband's Sex Addiction by Maurita Corcoran

    Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets by Claudia Black, PhD

    Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts by Stefanie Carnes, PhD

    Facing Heartbreak by Stefanie Carnes and Mari A. Lee

    Moving Beyond Betrayal: The 5-Step Boundary Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts by Vicki Tidwell Palmer, LCSW, CSAT, LCSW, CSAT, CCPS-C, PCC and Christine Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW, LCAS

    Unleashing Your Power – Moving Through the Trauma of Partner Betrayal by Carol Juergensen Sheets, ACSW, LCSW, CSAT, CCPS-C, PCC

    Surviving Disclosure by Jennifer Schneider & Deborah Corley

    Sexual Anorexia by Patrick Carnes

    Highly Sensitive Person, By Elaine Aron

    Boundaries, By Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

    How to Get a Date Worth Keeping, by Henry Cloud

    Marriage: From Surviving to Thriving, by Charles R. Swindoll

    The Emotionally Destructive Marriage, by Leslie Vernick

    After the Affair, by Janis A. Spring, Ph.D.

    The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John Gottman & Nan Silver

    The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps, by Melissa Orlov

    Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, by Lindsay Gibson

    Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, by Sherry Cambell

    No Bad Parts, by Richard Schwartz

    the Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD, by Lidia Zylowska

    Help for High-Conflict Couples, by Jennine Estes Powell & Jacqueline Wielick

    You, Happier, by Daniel Amen

    Attachments: Why You Love, Feel, and Act the Way You Do, by Dr. Tim Clinton & Dr. Gary Sibcy

    Your Brain is Always Listening, by Daniel Amen

    The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery, by Brianna Wiest

  • Uninvited, By Lysa TerKeurst

    Emotionally Healthy Spiritually, By Peter Scazzero

    Changes That Heal, By Dr. Henry Cloud

    The Reason for God, By Timothy Keller

    Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, By Lysa TerKeurst

    To Be Told, By Dan Allender

    Just Do Something, By Kevin DeYoung

    Mere Christianity, By C.S. Lewis

    The Search for Significance, By Robert McGee

    Spiritual Adoption, By R.P & L.S Ascano

    Hope Sings, Susanna Foth Aughtmon

    Present Over Perfect, By Shauna Niequist

    Your Beautiful Purpose, By Susie Larson

    Screw Tape Letters, By C.S. Lewis

    More Jesus, Less Religion, By Stephen Arterburn & Jack Felton

    Blessed are the Misfits, By Brant Hansen

    Fully Alive, By Susie Larson

    Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, By David Johnson & Jeff VanVonderen

    Toxic Faith, By Stephen Arterburn & Jack Felton

    Get Out of Your Head, By Jennie Allen

    Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table, By Louie Giglio

    Winning the War in Your Mind, By Craig Groeschel

    Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, by Dane Ortland

    With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn, by Brian "Head" Welch