http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books.php Our clients asked for it, so Complete Counseling Solutions has now gotten our Book Club up and running! We list books that we've found uplifting and helpful, as well as books that our clients have recommended as having helped change their lives. In addition, we offer online audio/video counseling as well as work with children, individuals, couples, geriatric patients, depression, bipolar, anxiety and substance abuse. Please contact us via email info@completecounselingsolutions.com or visit our website http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com for any further information. en-us 2008 Complete Counseling Solutions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:32 MST 5 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/booksrss.php http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/71/Depression/Overcoming-Depression-One-Step-at-a-Time%3A-The-New-Behavioral-Activation-Approach-to-Getting-Your-Life-Back- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/71/Depression/Overcoming-Depression-One-Step-at-a-Time%3A-The-New-Behavioral-Activation-Approach-to-Getting-Your-Life-Back- Learn breakthrough self-activation techniques to: ·Become more engaged with your life ·Enjoy daily activities ·Feel able to face challenges ·Stop avoiding social situations ·Feel strong and competent again ·Conquer the obstacles that keep depression going ·Stop making decisions based on your moods ·Get back on track with your life goals ·Recognize the habits and patterns that fuel your depression Achieve medication-free recovery Behavioral activation therapy offers effective, fast relief from depression. This powerful and progressive therapy steers away from the idea that depression symptoms represent an illness or weakness. Instead, depression is merely a signpost pointing directly at the things that need to change in one's life. Its engaging exercises make it easy for you to focus on activities that will inspire you with feelings of pleasure, mastery, and engagement. Learn to develop a list of enjoyable activities, or activities you need to engage in as a part of a normal and satisfying life. Begin with the easiest (or sometimes, the most indispensable) activities on your the list, and learn how to tackle them one by one. This simple, profound process will connect you with naturally occurring rewards, which are powerful antidotes to feelings of depression. With this foundation, go on to change how you approach your day-to-day life-your daily activities, the choices you make, and the way you cope with life's ups and downs. You'll find this proven-effective approach to coping with depression easy to master. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:59:05 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=71 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/70/Substance-Abuse/Rethinking-Substance-Abuse%3A-What-the-Science-Shows%2C-and-What-We-Should-Do-about-It- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/70/Substance-Abuse/Rethinking-Substance-Abuse%3A-What-the-Science-Shows%2C-and-What-We-Should-Do-about-It- "This book is an important contribution to our understanding of how to apply substance use research to treatment, prevention, and policy. Preeminent researchers have written chapters that focus on their respective areas of expertise. Each chapter provides a concise picture of the research activities currently underway in the area at hand and summarizes current findings. All of the important domains of research on substance use problems are covered. McLellan provides a compelling critique of the current treatment system, arguing that it is not capable of incorporating evidence-based practices. Miller and Carroll propose a radical restructuring of the now largely segregated substance abuse prevention and treatment system so that it becomes integrated into the health and mental health systems. All those interested in substance use policy should read this book."--Daniel Yalisove, PhD, Department of Psychology and Addiction Studies Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice "Two thought leaders in substance abuse have done a remarkable service for clinicians and researchers: they have put together a distillation of what research has taught about the nature of addiction and its treatment. This volume is well focused, comprehensive, and quite readable."--Marc Galanter, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, New York University School of Medicine "If you teach about substance use and abuse, as I do, you and your students will greatly value this book. Like other exemplary volumes that review what we know about substance abuse, it offers state-of-the-art overviews of biological, psychological, and social factors in and treatments for substance abuse. But it also does a good deal more. Above all, the book anticipates important future developments and weighs them for their impact on prevention and treatment. Since the editors and contributors are leading authorities on these matters, this is a book that can be taken seriously."--Peter E. Nathan, PhD, Department of Psychology and Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa "This is a rare book in the addictions field. It assembles the most up-to-date scientific knowledge in the social and biological sciences to advance the field with regard to the etiology, prevention, and treatment of substance use problems. The book provides a new understanding of how scientific principles can be utilized in addressing common human issues associated with addictions. The themes that emerge will be of interest to practitioners in pursuit of transdisciplinary research for purposes of improving interventions and services for alcohol and drug problems."--Allen Zweben, DSW, Columbia University School of Social Work "An important contribution to the field….its wide-ranging information is accessible to a broad audience….Each chapter exhibits fluidity and comprehensiveness….Both experts and novices alike will find this book to be interesting and informative….A contemporary and inclusive resource for understanding substance use from a variety of perspectives and serves an important contribution to the field of addiction."--Addiction "Notable for its structure and noteworthy for its fresh application of recent science to the treatment and prevention of addictions....All the chapters are written by recognized experts in the field....This text provides an excellent foundation for clinicians, program administrators, policy makers, and students who want to orient themselves to the field of addiction studies. The summary of research may challenge current prevention and treatment practices by providing a fresh perspective on the field. The interdisciplinary nature of the book is one of its greatest strengths. It introduces the reader to the most salient points of research across the wide spectrum of addiction studies."--APA PsycCRITIQUES "Representing a diverse array of neurobiological, genetic, psychological, and social-environmental perspectives, the chapter authors prepared summaries in their areas of expertise of empirically supported knowledge, concluding with robust principles....[A] superb volume."--Research on Social Work Practice "The book does a great job of explaining the science in easy-to-understand language....The book is multiauthored, each chapter written by a researcher with expertise in a particular area of substance abuse, spanning the range from genetics of substance abuse disorders, to religion and spirituality, to systems issues in delivery of substance abuse treatment. Technical jargon is kept to a minimum, and each chapter ends with a list of general principles that summarize the key points. The gap between what is known and what is practiced is disheartening. This brave little book points out that there are effective treatments, and this is definitely not the time to give up."--Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:26:01 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=70 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/69/Spirituality/The-Four-Agreements%3A-A-Practical-Guide-to-Personal-Freedom%2C-A-Toltec-Wisdom-Book- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/69/Spirituality/The-Four-Agreements%3A-A-Practical-Guide-to-Personal-Freedom%2C-A-Toltec-Wisdom-Book- Sit at the foot of a native elder and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed down. In The Four Agreements shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and simple truth, this handsomely designed book makes a lovely gift for anyone making an elementary change in life, and it reads in a voice that you would expect from an indigenous shaman. The four agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally. Don't make assumptions. Always do your best. It's the how and why one should do these things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering. --P. Randall Cohan Ruiz's explanations of Toltec-based cosmography got a major boost recently when publishing pooh-bah Oprah Winfrey mentioned his work on her TV show. Ruiz, whose workshop teachings are distilled here, was born into a Mexican family of traditional healers, became a surgeon in adulthood, then underwent a near-death experience that made him reexamine his life, his beliefs. Like the popular works of the late Carlos Castaneda, Ruiz's teachings focus on dreams and visions. "Dreaming," Ruiz argues, "is the main function of the mind." A series of four "agreements" are detailed, which make up a larger picture of unconditional human faith. Despite the New Age- sounding language, Ruiz is refreshingly clear in the presentation of his ideas. Reading aloud, actor Coyote sounds every bit the enthusiastic old hippie, genuinely excited by the concepts he is spinning. Based on the 1997 Amber-Allen edition. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:14:54 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=69 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/68/Self-Esteem/Lying-and-Deception-in-Everyday-Life- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/68/Self-Esteem/Lying-and-Deception-in-Everyday-Life- "This is a valuable book that can be read with benefit by anyone. It is recommended unreservedly." --Issues in Child Abuse Accusations "This well-written and thought-provoking book presents something for everyone." --Readings "This book contains perhaps everything you want to know about lying and cheating, their origins and perpetuation, and even the pro-social and adaptive uses of deception. The authors, highly reputed professors (honestly), use the literature of pediatrics, psychiatry, and child development, as well as case illustrations, to illuminate deceptive behavior and help the reader move away from the position that all distortions of the truth are necessarily evil." --The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter "Thou shalt not lie, we are all taught. Yet we all do. Lying is necessary to daily life. Saarni and Lewis' book examines why I lie to you, why you deceive me, why advertisers encourage illusion, and why we all manage daily survival only with big chunks of self-deception. After reading this book, you will know, from philosophers and social scientists, how from early childhood we learn to accomplish and rationalize deception and lying. You will know how to distinguish between ungrateful children telling grandma they love the ugly sweater she has knitted and an unfaithful spouse who insists there is no other in his or her life. You will know why we scream the accusation, 'You lied to me,' without apparently caring that the lie covered an affair. This is a book we all need." --Annette Lawson, Ph.D. "I immediately began perusing this volume the evening I brought it home from the office. Although I am not yet finished reading it, I can state unequivocally that it is a joy to read. The writing style of the chapters by DePaulo, Epstein, and Wyer, Lewis, Solomon, and Saarni is truly delightful, and their scholarship is not compromised by their accessible prose. These pages are chock full of insights by some of the most respected researchers in the social psychology of deception. The reader is taken on a journey across continents, decdes, and disciplines, examining deceptive practices of all sorts, by all sorts of individuals (including children, spouses, non-Westerners, non-human primates, and philosophers!). Engagingly written and insightful, I plan to use this book in my advanced undergraduate course." --Stephen J. Ceci, Ph.D., Cornell University "This is a valuable book that can be read with benefit by anyone. It is recommended unreservedly." --Issues in Child Abuse Accusations "This well-written and thought-provoking book presents something for everyone." --Readings "This book contains perhaps everything you want to know about lying and cheating, their origins and perpetuation, and even the pro-social and adaptive uses of deception. The authors, highly reputed professors (honestly), use the literature of pediatrics, psychiatry, and child development, as well as case illustrations, to illuminate deceptive behavior and help the reader move away from the position that all distortions of the truth are necessarily evil." --The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:13 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=68 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/67/Anxiety/The-10-Best-Ever-Anxiety-Management-Techniques%3A-Understanding-How-Your-Brain-Makes-You-Anxious-and-What-You-Can-Do-to-Change-It http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/67/Anxiety/The-10-Best-Ever-Anxiety-Management-Techniques%3A-Understanding-How-Your-Brain-Makes-You-Anxious-and-What-You-Can-Do-to-Change-It This book offers the key to unlocking the complex biochemistry of your brain, and reversing your anxiety-inducing habits. Dr. Wehrenberg has done the work to create the right learning environment and organize the needed tools. Follow her lead and your body and mind will thank you with the peace and quiet you deserve. (Reid Wilson, PhD, author of Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks ) This excellent book brings Dr. Wehrenberg’s expert knowledge and clinical wisdom to anxiety sufferers with clarity and compassion. Comprehensive and easy to read, she emphasizes the role the brain plays in anxiety, and more importantly, how one can then ‘use the brain to change the brain.’ This practical, mind-body focus will be immensely helpful to those who are tormented by anxiety. I recommend it with enthusiasm! (Aureen Wagner, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine ) [A] thoroughly ‘user friendly’ instructional guide….is a ‘must-read’ for anyone suffering from a condition of chronic anxiety whether it is a low-level condition or a traumatically crippling one. (The Midwest Book Review ) [O]ffers thorough explanations of the many facets of anxiety conditions and ways to cope with them….Presenting anxiety as a manageable prevalent, and treatable in a variety of ways offers a true sense of comfort to those afflicted. (EABP Newsletter ) Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:03:56 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=67 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/66/Self-Esteem/The-Self-esteem-Companion%3A-Simple-Exercises-to-Help-You-Challenge-Your-Inner-Critic-%26-Celebrate-Your-Personal-Strengths- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/66/Self-Esteem/The-Self-esteem-Companion%3A-Simple-Exercises-to-Help-You-Challenge-Your-Inner-Critic-%26-Celebrate-Your-Personal-Strengths- This is a step-by-step guide with straightforward and effective techniques to help you dramatically improve the way you think and feel about yourself. You’ll be able to customize a personal self-esteem-building program using any combination of the original book, the sixty exercises in this companion, and the fast and effective ten-week writing project in the guided journal. The end result: lasting improvement in the way they view themselves, as well as greater happiness, success, and peace of mind. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:47:36 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=66 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/65/Careers/Get-The-Job-You-Want%2C-Even-When-No-One%27s-Hiring%3A-Take-Charge-of-Your-Career%2C-Find-a-Job-You-Love%2C-and-Earn-What-You-Deserve- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/65/Careers/Get-The-Job-You-Want%2C-Even-When-No-One%27s-Hiring%3A-Take-Charge-of-Your-Career%2C-Find-a-Job-You-Love%2C-and-Earn-What-You-Deserve- New Rules for a New Reality Today’s job market is the toughest in recent history, and the challenges are here to stay. Even so, you CAN get the job you want – IF you discard conventional approaches to the search. Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring is the ONLY career book that: Explains the special strategies necessary to land a job during an economic crisis Integrates comprehensive, practical guidance on both job search and career management Provides an extensive online “Job Search Survival Toolkit” to augment the book Addresses the realities of this job market with real-world, actionable steps Positions this downturn in the economy as a positive opportunity to develop a much better career In Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring, career expert Ford R. Myers maps the new world of job search and reveals essential strategies for your success. You’ll learn how to seize opportunities that aren’t posted yet … how to make yourself an instant asset to potential employers … how to clearly stand-out as the best candidate ... and how to leverage social media, blogs, and other Web tools. Best of all, you’ll learn how to “recession-proof” your career for the long term. Can YOU Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring? With this powerful new book – YES, you can! Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:53:29 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=65 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/64/Female%27s-Issues/Women%27s-Bodies%2C-Women%27s-Wisdom%3A-Creating-Physical-and-Emotional-Health-and-Healing- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/64/Female%27s-Issues/Women%27s-Bodies%2C-Women%27s-Wisdom%3A-Creating-Physical-and-Emotional-Health-and-Healing- Quite possibly every female over the age of 12 will find this huge book enlightening, pain saving, and perhaps even lifesaving. Think of it as a much more empowering and holistic Our Bodies, Ourselves. Northrup is a gynecologist who acknowledges the power of natural therapies and herbs, but also maintains that allopathic treatments, including surgery, are sometimes best. In Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, she covers the treatment of many physical concerns--among them PMS, menstrual cramps, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, depression, childbirth, abortion, cystitis, and menopause--explaining how many of these physical problems have roots in emotional upsets. For example, a woman who is unhappy with her marriage may be infertile because deep down, she knows that her husband is not the right man to have children with; a teenager who has cramps may be having problems accepting society's expectations of her as a woman. Some readers may be put off at first by Northrup's obviously unconventional ways of thinking. Her medical approach is decidedly feminist, blaming our "addictive" and patriarchal society for many of the health problems plaguing women. She clearly illustrates her ideas, however, by drawing upon two decades of experience from her medical practice and citing dozens of her patients' remarkable personal stories. Northrup also delineates the best way to go about tuning in to one's body and mind in order to start the healing process, a self-induced therapy of sorts. She also includes in the book a copy of the eye-opening health inventory she gives her clients. It includes unusual questions such as "Are you bored with your life?" and "Do you have enough friends or neighbors?" This book will be of special benefit to women who are pregnant or entering menopause. Northrup is an unequivocal believer in natural births and her dialogue on the birthing process will remove the fears of even the most petrified mother-to-be. She criticizes episiotomies (she should know; she's given birth without one) and supports midwifery. She also warns against the harmfulness of cesarean births and includes illustrations of acupressure points that help turn around a breech baby. For women in perimenopause or menopause, Northrup will help turn this life phase into one of peace and personal growth instead of one of suffering. She was one of the first doctors to use natural progesterone to treat menopausal symptoms, and this revised edition includes a clear primer on the latest in hormone replacement therapy and how to determine if it's right for you. Northrup also expounds upon the benefits of acupuncture and herbalism--as well as emotional self-analysis--for alleviating hot flashes and mood swings. --Erica Jorgensen --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:52:50 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=64 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/63/Depression/-When-Someone-You-Love-is-Depressed%3A-How-to-Help-Your-Loved-One-Without-Losing-Yourself- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/63/Depression/-When-Someone-You-Love-is-Depressed%3A-How-to-Help-Your-Loved-One-Without-Losing-Yourself- Feeling overburdened by your elderly depressed mother? Or maybe you're a parent worried about your withdrawn son. In either instance, this latest title from Rosen, director of family therapy at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, can help. Rosen's work is not as much about the causes and symptoms of depression as about how depression affects relationships. The author's ultimate goal is to help readers learn strategies to counter interaction problems, and she succeeds in this attempt. This empowering title will help readers and their loved one to speed their recovery and to safeguard the relationship against the weight of depression. Every chapter provides step-by-step guidelines for countering the negative effects of depression; special circumstances such as substance abuse or suicidal inclinations are also addressed. This is a solid purchase for all psychology collections.?Marty Dean Evensvold, Magnolia P.L., Tex. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Those unfortunate souls who suffer from clinical depression experience extended periods of bleakness so intense it can render them unable to function. But other victims of this disease include the spouses, families, and friends of the depressed, and it is for them that psychologists Rosen and Amador have written this hopeful and empowering guide. When a loved one is afflicted with depression, it is not uncommon for those around them to feel anger, frustration, and despair. Physical ailments are common, too. After showing how to recognize depression in someone else, the authors discuss ways for friends and family to safeguard their own mental and physical health while aiding the depressed person. One key is to appreciate the inevitable communication problems between depressed people and others and to then work through this difficulty. Throughout, the message is that self-education leads to positive change. Brian McCombie Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:28:16 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=63 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/62/Substance-Abuse/I-Am-Your-Disease%3A-The-Many-Faces-of-Addiction- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/62/Substance-Abuse/I-Am-Your-Disease%3A-The-Many-Faces-of-Addiction- Compelling, provocative stories of Addiction and Loss "Mom, nobody wakes up one day and decides to be an addict." The stories contained in this book are about people from every walk of life, socioeconomic levels, religious and ethnic backgrounds whose lives were intertwined with people who didn't "decide to be an addict." They all share one common bond - living with, and loving an addicted person. Contained within the pages of this book are stories by bereaved parents who have suffered the ultimate loss: The loss of their precious child. Read how addiction, whether it be drugs, alcohol or gambling, destroys not only the addicted person, but their entire circle of friends and family. No one escapes the tentacles of addiction. Like an octopus it reaches its deadly arms around us and squeezes the very life out of all of us. Our society is affected in ways we never imagined. Read excerpts from middle school students on the peer pressures they face today. Read the stories of parents who have gone through hell, sacrificing their very sanity trying to save their child. The profiles of these children will change your mind about what kind of people do drugs. GOOD KIDS DO DRUGS TOO! From the Author I Am Your Disease (The Many Faces of Addiction) is a must-read for any young person even thinking about experimenting with drugs. The book details the devastating effects that drug use has on the lives of people who have lost a child to the disease of addiction. It shows you how ugly drugs are and how they cut your life short. Drugs are not cool. They take over your life and have absolute control over you. You are powerless to do anything other than what the drug demands! Read the book. The life you save may be your own! Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:30:34 MST http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=62