Diane McCarthy, ACSW

Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples

Recommended Books

The following are books some of my clients find helpful.  To obtain these books, I encourage you to contact these locally owned book stores:

Nicola's Books
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room

Or they can be found through Borders, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.


Relationships


Getting The Love You Want, A Guide For Couples, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

Getting The Love You Want Workbook, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

The High Conflict Couple:  A Dialectical Behavior Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy & Validation, by Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.  and Marsha M. Linehan.

Keeping The Love You Find: A Guide for Singles, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. 

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert, by John Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver.

The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

The Dance of Intimacy:  A Woman's Guide To Courageous Acts of Change In Key Relationships, by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.


Sex Matters For Women, by Sallie Foley, MSW, Sally A. Kope, MSW and Dennis P. Sugue, PhD. 

Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Depression


Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe : Working Through Social Anxiety, by Signe A. Dayhoff, Ph.D.

Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia, by Barbara Markway.

Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life, by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. with Spencer Smith.  ACT Workbook.

The Mindful Way Through Depression:  Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Includes guided meditation CD.

The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, by Jon P. Forsyth Ph.D. and Georg H. Eifert, Ph.D.  Includes CD with guided meditations.

The Worry Trap:  How to Free Yourself from Worry & Anxiety Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, by Chad Lejeune, Ph.D. 

Life Transitions

Going To Pieces Without Falling Apart, A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness, Lessons from Meditation and Psychotherapy, by Mark Epstein, M.D.

Healing Through the Dark Emotions, The wisdom of grief, fear, and despair, by Miriam Greenspan.

Uncoupling, Turning Points in Intimate Relationships, by Diane Vaughan.

When Things Fall Apart, Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron.