{"id":578,"date":"2012-08-30T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kari-joys.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2022-09-26T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T03:56:59","slug":"100-best-psychologyself-help-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kari-joys.com\/100-best-psychologyself-help-books\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Best Psychology\/Self-Help Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to read to support your Emotional Healing journey. Because of that, I’ve put together a list of 100 Best Psychology\/Self Help Books that will assist you in healing naturally.<\/p>\n

\"Kari<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Twelve Categories of the 100 Best Psychology\/Self-Help Books:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

1. Healing Anxiety and Depression
\n2. Adult Recovery from Dysfunctional Families
\n3. Healing Verbal and Emotional Abuse
\n4. Healing Sexual Abuse
\n5. Energy Healing
\n6. Antidepressants and Natural Alternatives
\n7. Healthy Relationships 8. Healthy Parenting
\n9. Finding Happiness
\n10. Affirmations and Visualization
\n11. Spirituality
\n12. Positive Prayer<\/p>\n

1. The Best Books for Healing Anxiety and Depression<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Healing Anxiety and Depression<\/a>\"\" By Daniel Amen<\/p>\n

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook <\/a>\"\" By Edmund J. Bourne<\/p>\n

From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, <\/a>Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Lucinda Bassett<\/p>\n

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy <\/a>By David Burns<\/p>\n

Beat the Blues Before They Beat You: How to Overcome Depression<\/a>\"\" By Robert Leahy, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You<\/a>\"\" By Robert Leahy, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Choosing Light-Heartedness, A 33 Day Journey to Overcome Anxiety, Depression and Dysfunctional Family Issues<\/a>\"\" By Kari Joys, M.S.<\/p>\n

Anxiety Rescue: Simple Strategies to Stop Fear from Ruling Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Kathryn Tristan<\/p>\n

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway<\/a>\"\" By Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Undoing Depression: What Therapy Doesn’t Teach You and Medication Can’t Give You<\/a>\"\" By Richard O’Conner<\/p>\n

Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety<\/a>\"\" by Thomas Marra<\/p>\n

10 Steps to Take Charge of Your Emotional Life: Overcoming Anxiety, Distress, and Depression Through Whole-Person Healing<\/a>\"\" By Eva Wood M.D.<\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Adult Recovery from Dysfunctional Families<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life<\/a>\"\" By Susan Anderson<\/p>\n

It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up With Addiction As Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults<\/a>\"\" By Claudia Black<\/p>\n

Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem<\/a>\"\" By John Bradshaw<\/p>\n

Healing the Shame that Binds You<\/a> By John Bradshaw<\/p>\n

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child<\/a>\"\" By John Bradshaw<\/p>\n

Adult Children of Abusive Parents: A Healing Program for <\/a>Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually, or Emotionally Abused<\/a>\"\" By Steven Farmer<\/p>\n

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Susan Forward<\/p>\n

Adult Children: The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families<\/a>\"\" By John Friel Ph.D. and Linda Friel<\/p>\n

An Adult Child’s Guide to What’s ‘Normal’<\/a>\"\" By John Friel Ph.D. and Linda Friel<\/p>\n

Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children<\/a>\"\" By Eliana Gil<\/p>\n

The Child Abuse Recovery Workbook: Your Life is what Your Parents Made It – How to Make it Yours<\/a>\"\" By Robert Hoc<\/p>\n

Broken Toys Broken Dreams: Understanding and Healing Codependency, Compulsive Behaviors and Family<\/a>\"\" By Terry Kellogg with M. Harrison<\/p>\n

Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body<\/a>\"\" By Peter Levine<\/p>\n

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self<\/a>\"\" By Alice Miller<\/p>\n

Journey Toward Complete Recovery : Reclaiming Your Emotional, Spiritual & Sexual Wholeness<\/a>\"\" By Michael Picucci<\/p>\n

Learning to Love Yourself: Finding Your Self-Worth<\/a> By Sharon Wegscheider-Cruise<\/p>\n

Lifeskills for Adult Children<\/a>\"\" By Janet Woititz, Ed.D and Alan Garner M.A.<\/p>\n

3. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Healing Verbal and Emotional Abuse<\/span><\/h3>\n

Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry<\/a>\"\" By Albert Bernstein, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and <\/a><\/p>\n

Overcome Your Shame<\/a>\"\" By Beverly Engel<\/p>\n

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond<\/a>\"\" By Patricia Evans<\/p>\n

Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You<\/a>\"\" By Susan Forward with Donna Frazier<\/p>\n

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse<\/a>\"\" By Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life<\/a>\"\" By Marshall Rosenburg<\/p>\n

Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World<\/a>\"\" By Marshall Rosenburg<\/p>\n

Emotionally Free : Letting Go of the Past to Live in the Moment<\/a>\"\" By David Viscott<\/p>\n

4. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Healing Sexual Abuse<\/span><\/h3>\n

Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse: Practical Self-help For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children<\/a>\"\" By Carolyn Ainscough and Kay Toon.<\/p>\n

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 20th Anniversary Edition<\/a>\"\" By Ellen Bass and Laura Davis<\/p>\n

Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused As Children<\/a>\"\" By Ellen Bass and Laura Davis<\/p>\n

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse <\/a>By Wendy Maltz<\/p>\n

Safe at Last: A Handbook for Recovery from Abuse<\/a>\"\" By David Schopick<\/p>\n

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse<\/a>\"\" By Mic Hunter<\/p>\n

5. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Antidepressants and Natural Alternatives<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox<\/a>\"\" By Rp.R. Breggin<\/p>\n

The Chemistry of Joy: A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom<\/a>\"\" By Henry Emmons<\/p>\n

The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and <\/a><\/p>\n

“Addiction”<\/a>\"\" By Joseph Glenmullan<\/p>\n

Depression-Free, Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Joan Mathews Larson<\/p>\n

America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics And How We’ve Been Deceived<\/a>\"\" By Timothy Scott<\/p>\n

Natural Prozac: Learning to Release Your Body’s Own Anti-Depressants<\/a>\"\" By Joel Robertson<\/p>\n

6. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Energy Healing<\/span><\/h3>\n

Five Simple Steps to Emotional Healing: The Last Self-Help Book You Will Ever Need<\/a>\"\" By Gloria Arenson<\/p>\n

Freedom at Your Fingertips: Get Rapid Physical and Emotional Relief with the Breakthrough System of Tapping<\/a>\"\" By Ron Ball with 20 EFT Experts<\/p>\n

7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release<\/a>\"\" By Daniel Benor M.D.<\/p>\n

The Secret of Instant Healing<\/a>\"\" By Frank Kinslow<\/p>\n

The Healing Code<\/a>\"\" By Alex Loyd and Ben Johnson<\/p>\n

Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions<\/a>\"\" By James Pratt Ph.D. and Peter Lambrough Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Instant Pain Elimination: How to Stop the Pain You Feel in 2 Minutes or Less<\/a>\"\" By Kam Yuen<\/p>\n

7. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Healthy Relationships<\/span><\/h3>\n

How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving<\/a>\"\" By David Richo<\/p>\n

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition<\/a>\"\" By Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved<\/a>\"\" By Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt<\/p>\n

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex<\/a>\"\" By John Grey<\/p>\n

The Gift of Betrayal: How to Heal Your Life When Your World Explodes <\/a>By Eva Wood, M.D.<\/p>\n

Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment<\/a>\"\" By Gay Hendricks<\/p>\n

Fighting for Your Marriage: A Deluxe Revised Edition of the Classic Best-seller for Enhancing Marriage and Preventing Divorce<\/a>\"\" By Howard Markman<\/p>\n

The New Intimacy: Discovering the Magic at the Heart of Your Differences<\/a>\"\" By Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family<\/a>\"\" By Dr. Phil McGraw<\/p>\n

8. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Healthy Parenting<\/span><\/h3>\n

Parenting With Love And Logic<\/a> By Foster Cline and Jim Fay<\/p>\n

Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child<\/a>\"\" By Katie Granju and Betsy Kennedy<\/p>\n

Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation<\/a>\"\" By Sura Hart and V. Hodson<\/p>\n

Tapping for Kids: A Children’s Guide to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) <\/a>By Angie Muccillo<\/p>\n

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience<\/a>\"\" By Peter Levine and Maggie Kline<\/p>\n

The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost <\/a>By Jean Liedloff<\/p>\n

Positive Discipline<\/a>\"\" By Jane Nelson<\/p>\n

9. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Finding Happiness<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenment<\/a>\"\" By Deepak Chopra<\/p>\n

The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living<\/a>\"\" By Dalai Lama<\/p>\n

Happiness Now: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good FAST<\/a>\"\" By Robert Holden<\/p>\n

ENJOY LIFE! Healing with Happiness<\/a>\"\" By Lynn d. Johnson<\/p>\n

Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Judith Orloff<\/p>\n

Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment<\/a>\"\" By Martin Seligman<\/p>\n

Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out<\/a>\"\" By Marci Shimnoff with Carol Kline<\/p>\n

10. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Affirmations and Visualization<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits<\/a>\"\" By Gregg Braden<\/p>\n

The Power<\/a>\"\" By Ronda Byrne<\/p>\n

Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life <\/a>By Shakti Gawain<\/p>\n

You Can Heal Your Life<\/a>\"\" By Louise Hay<\/p>\n

The Art of Conscious Creation: How You Can Transform the World<\/a>\"\" By Jackie Lapin<\/p>\n

Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the Life of Your Dreams<\/a>\"\" By Peggy McColl<\/p>\n

Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More<\/a>\"\" By Joe Vitale<\/p>\n

11. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Spirituality<\/span><\/h3>\n

Guilt is the Teacher, Love is the Lesson<\/a>\"\" By Joan Borysenko<\/p>\n

The Presence Process: A Journey into Present Moment Awareness<\/a>\"\" By Michael Brown<\/p>\n

Alchemy of the Heart<\/a>\"\" By Michael Brown<\/p>\n

The Ten Commitments: Translating Good Intentions into Great Choices<\/a>\"\" By David Simon, M.D.<\/p>\n

Free to Love, Free to Heal: Heal Your Body by Healing Your Emotions<\/a>\"\" By David Simon<\/p>\n

True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart<\/a>\"\" By Thich Nhat Hanh<\/p>\n

Love Is Letting Go of Fear<\/a>\"\" By Gerald Jampolsky<\/p>\n

Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon’s Experience with Exceptional Patients<\/a>\"\" By Bernie Siegel<\/p>\n

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment<\/a>\"\" By Eckhart Tolle<\/p>\n

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose <\/a>By Eckhart Tolle<\/p>\n

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”<\/a>\"\" By Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n

12. <\/strong>The Best Books for<\/strong> Positive Prayer<\/span><\/h3>\n

Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine<\/a>\"\" By Larry Dossey, M.D.<\/p>\n

Handbook of Positive Prayer<\/a>\"\" By Hypatia Hasbrouck<\/p>\n

Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World<\/a>\"\" By Maggie Oman<\/p>\n

Miracle Prayer: Nine Steps to Creating Prayers That Get Results<\/a>\"\" By Susan Shumsky<\/p>\n

Divine Guidance: How to Have a Dialogue with God and Your Guardian Angels<\/a>\"\" By Dorreen Virtue<\/p>\n

Illuminata: A Return to Prayer<\/a>\"\" By Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n

13. The Best Books for Healing Your Body Naturally<\/h3>\n

Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself<\/a>\"\"\u00a0By Dr. Lissa Rankin<\/p>\n

Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon’s Experience with Exceptional Patients<\/a>\"\"\u00a0 By Dr. Bernie Siegel<\/p>\n

Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips<\/a>\"\"\u00a0By Kris Carr<\/p>\n

Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It!<\/a>\"\"\u00a0By Kris Carr<\/p>\n

Leave a Comment or a Question<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019d love to hear your comments and questions.<\/p>\n

Do you have favorite books you’d like to share?<\/p>\n

More Information<\/h3>\n

For more information, you may also enjoy reading some of Kari\u2019s other Blog Posts like:<\/p>\n

10 Tips to Reduce Your Stress with Change<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Conquer Anxiety through Personal Power<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Overcome Depression Naturally<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Triumph Over Trauma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Replace Your Isolation or Loneliness with Healthy Connections<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Why does Emotional Healing Transform Your Life?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

50 Long-Term Benefits of Emotional Healing<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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