Recommended Reading
Here is a list of books that Dr. Whiten recommends for various issues you may be dealing with, and to the left you can see my office bookcase pictured! All are Amazon affiliate links.
Couples issues
52 Emails To Transform Your Marriage (my book, guiding you through DIY couples counseling via email!)
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition by Harville Hendrix, PhD
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson (very good for couples who want exercises and concrete conversations to build closeness and connection)
Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (classic to help you understand why you and your partner don't show love the same way)
The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov
Not "Just Friends" by Shirley Glass (recovering from an emotional affair)
Sex
Wanting Sex Again by Laurie Watson (very good explanation of why women have low libido in marriages)
She Comes First by Ian Kerner (for men who want to improve their sexual technique)
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
The Sex Starved Marriage by Michele Weiner Davis
The Sex Diaries: Why Women Go Off Sex And Other Bedroom Battles by Bettina Arndt
Divorce
How to Talk to Your Kids About Your Divorce- my book that takes you through all stages of helping kids of all ages acclimate to divorce
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, and Sandra Blakeslee
Memoirs
Smashed by Koren Zailckas (a college student who binge drinks)
Model Citizen by Joshua Mohr (a man who is an alcoholic)
Girl in Need of a Tourniquet by Merri Lisa Johnson (Borderline Personality Disorder)
House Rules by Rachel Sontag (living with a very rigid and verbally abusive father)
Nice Children Stolen from Car by Barbara Allen (a self published memoir of the child of a hoarder)
Highly Sensitive People
The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Dr. Elaine Aron
The Highly Sensitive Child by Dr. Elaine Aron
Dealing with a very difficult partner or other person in your life
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me by Kreisman and Straus (classic about Borderline PD)
Stop Walking on Eggshells by Mason Kreger
Emotional Blackmail by Susan Forward
Emotional Vampires by Albert J. Bernstein
Disarming the Narcissist by Wendy T. Behary
Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
Children of the Self Absorbed by Nina W. Brown
Surviving a Borderline Parent by Kimberlee Roth and Freda B. Friedman
Mean Mothers by Peg Streep
Cutting Loose by Howard M. Halpern, PhD
Understanding the Borderline Mother by Christine Ann Lawson
Running on Empty by Jonice Webb (great book about emotional neglect by parents)
The First Day Of Spring by Nancy Tucker (a novel about childhood neglect and abuse narrated by the child; very emotional to read if you experienced anything similar)
Parenting
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel MD and Mary Hartzell
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron (if you have a very sensitive child this is quite interesting)
Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy (very interesting if you're looking to become a less anxious parent)
The Ghost In The House by Tracy Thompson (maternal depression)
Feeling That You're Failing as a Mother
The Monster Within by Barbara Almond
The Good Mother Myth edited by Avital Norman Nathman
All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior
Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte
Only Children
The Only Child: How to Survive Being One by Jill Pitkeathley and David Emerson
Only-Child Experience and Adulthood by Bernice Sorenson (get this at the library because for some reason it's $300 on amazon)
Healthy Lifestyle
Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
Year of No Sugar by Eve O. Schaub
Potatoes Not Prozac: Are You Sugar Sensitive? by Kathleen DesMaisons (read if you can't control yourself around carbs and tend toward depression)
Time and Money
Stuffocation by James Wallman
All the Money in the World by Laura Vanderkam
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam
Living Well, Spending Less by Ruth Soukup
Feel free to suggest others!