Osika & Scarano Psychological Services, P.C.
Recommended Self Help Books
Teens
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: by Tuck Canfield, Mark Victor- Hanson, and Kimberly Kinberger
Have a Nice Life: Start Here: by Scarlette MacDougal
Adults
Girls Like Us: by Rachel Lloyd (autobiography of escaping sex trafficking)
I do, Now What?: by Giuliana and Bill Rancic. (comedy book on relationships)
What Color is Your Parachute: by Richard N. Bolles (a manual for people who don’t know which route to go regarding their career)
The Scarred Soul: by Tracy Alderman (self-help for self-harming behavior)
When Good People Have Affairs: by Mira Kirshenbaum
Sometimes Therapy is Awkward: A Collection of Life-Changing Insights for the Modern Clinician
by by Nichole Arzt
Personality Disorders
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
Co-Dependent No More: by Drs. H. Cloud and J. Townsend
Will I Ever Be Free of You: by Karly McBride, Ph.D.
Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Healing the Shame that Binds You: by John Bradshaw.
The Four Agreements: by Don Miquel Ruiz (freeing yourself of negativity)
The Power of Positive Thinking: by Norman Vincent Peale
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook: by Edmund Bourne, Ph.D.
Eating Disorders
Body Image Workbook: by Thomas Cach, MD
Life Without ED: by Jenni Schaefer
The Body Image Workbook by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D.
Pornography Addiction
Thank you for Sharing (a movie about how a spouse can recover from a porn addiction)
DBT Therapy
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Wood, Psy.D.
Behavioral Detectives by Bobby Newman and Dana Reinecke.
Overcoming Trauma and PTSD by Sheela Raja, Ph.D.
The PTSD Workbook by Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D. and Soili Poijula, Ph.D.
90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Dindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L and Nancy Peske
Boundaries in Dating by Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Struggling for Intimacy by Janet Geringer Woititz, Ed.D.
Beautiful Women by Nancy Bruno
Assertiveness: How to Stand Up for Yourself & Still Win The Respect of Others by Judy Murphy
The Rape Recover Handbook: Step-by-Step by Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D
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Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D.