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, 17 May 2012 08:52:28 MDT 5 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/booksrss.php http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/77/Mental-Health/Broken-Glass%3A-A-Family%27s-Journey-Through-Mental-Illness- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/77/Mental-Health/Broken-Glass%3A-A-Family%27s-Journey-Through-Mental-Illness- When Robert Hine's daughter, Elene, first showed signs of unhappiness as a little girl, no one dreamed she would grow up to have a serious personality disorder. As an early "baby boomer," Elene reached adolescence and young womanhood in the midst of the counterculture years. Her father, a respected professor of American history at the University of California, shares the story of his family's struggle to keep Elene on track and functional, to see her through her troubles with delusions, medication, and eventually to help her raise her own children. Candid in its portrayal of the suffering Elene and her parents endured and the stumbling efforts of doctors and hospitals, Hine's story is also generous and inspiring. In spite of unimaginable difficulties, Elene and her father preserved their relationship and survived. "My daughter has given me permission to go ahead with the effort, [but] I know she would react quite differently to many of the events. Where I felt sadness and dejection, she very likely felt release and exultation. Where I felt helplessness, she very likely felt in happy control. Where I saw confusion and delusion, she may well have seen purpose and steadiness. This is not the story she would tell. It is solely mine, solely the viewpoint of one man, solely a father's feelings about his daughter."--from Robert Hine's Preface to Broken Glass Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:26:57 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=77 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/76/Parenting/Parenting-the-Strong-Willed-Child http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/76/Parenting/Parenting-the-Strong-Willed-Child Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds [Revised and Updated Edition] CompleteCounselingSolutions Recommendation by Jane Wall Product Description The bestselling five-week program to improving the disruptive child's behavior--now updated and revised. Based on more than 40 years of collective research, parents and longtime child behavior experts Dr. Rex Forehand and Dr. Nicholas Long have devised a program to help you find positive and manageable solutions to your child's difficult behavior. Now in a revised and updated edition, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is a self-guided program for managing disruptive young children based on a clinical treatment program. This hands-on guide provides you with a step-by-step, five-week program toward improving your child's behavior as well as the entire family's relationship. Providing you with the necessary tools for successfully managing the difficult child, the book covers specific factors that cause or contribute to a child's disruptive behavior; ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home; actual reports by parents of difficult children; strategies for managing specific behavior problems; how to tell if your child might have ADHD; and more. From the Back Cover The Bestselling Parenting Guide Now Revised and Updated Rex Forehand, Ph.D., and Nicholas Long, Ph.D., offer more than forty years of collective research in this informative yet easy-to-read manual, giving parents a step-by-step guide to improving their child's behavior as well as their entire family's relationship. Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is the first self-guided program for managing disruptive young children that is based on a clinical treatment program. In this book Drs. Forehand and Long provide you with the necessary tools for successfully managing your child's behavior. You will be able to: - Uncover the specific factors that cause or contribute to your child's disruptive behavior - Follow a clinically proven five-week program for dealing with behavior problems associated with being strong-willed - Develop a more positive atmosphere in the family and the home - Identify with real-life parent testimonials and discover strategies for managing specific behavior problems This updated and expanded edition includes sections on ADHD and peer issues, as well as an appendix listing helpful Internet sites. With Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, you will be able to fully understand your child's behavior and learn effective parenting skills that will help your child, your family, and yourself. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:34:58 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=76 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/75/Mental-Health/On-Death-and-Dying http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/75/Mental-Health/On-Death-and-Dying Review Medical Opinion & Review On Death and Dying can help us face, professionally and personally, the end of life. -- Review Product Description One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Through sample interviews and conversations, she gives the reader a better understanding of how imminent death affects the patient, the professionals who serve that patient, and the patient's family, bringing hope to all who are involved. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:26:31 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=75 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/74/Parenting/How-to-Talk-So-Kids-Will-Listen-%26-Listen-So-Kids-Will-Talk http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/74/Parenting/How-to-Talk-So-Kids-Will-Listen-%26-Listen-So-Kids-Will-Talk CompleteCounselingSolutions Review by Jane Wall It's an easy read, with some very practical information, presented with clear examples... it's been around for a while! Amazon.com Review How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review An exceptional work, not simply just another 'how to' bookAll parents can use these methods to improve the everyday quality of their relationships with their children. -- Fort Worth Star Telegram "Designed to bring adults to the level of children, and children to the level of adults, so that this happy meeting ground can truly make for harmony in the home." -- Los Angeles Times "Faber and Mazlish are doing for parenting today what Dr. Spock did for our generation." -- Parent Magazine "Practical, sensible, lucid the approaches Faber and Mazlish lay out are so logical you wonder why you read them with such a burst of discovery." -- Family Journal "The parenting bible." -- Boston Globe "Will bring about more cooperation from children than all the yelling and pleading in the world." -- Christian Science Monitor Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:24:00 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=74 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/73/Self-Esteem/Get-Out-of-Your-Own-Way%3A-Overcoming-Self-Defeating-Behavior- http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/73/Self-Esteem/Get-Out-of-Your-Own-Way%3A-Overcoming-Self-Defeating-Behavior- Procrastination...Envy...Anger...Self-pity...Compulsion....In any of its many forms, self-defeating behavior is the single most common reason that people seek psychotherapy. It is a poison that prevents people from achieving the love, success, and happiness they desire. Get Out of Your Own Way is an antidote, explaining the reasons for self-sabotage by going back to the childhood origins of various behaviors. With anecdotes and usable insights drawn from twenty years of psychiatric clinical practice, Dr. Mark Goulston shares ideas that have helped thousands of patients overcome pain, fear, and confusion-to approach life's challenges with dignity, wisdom, courage, and even humor. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:28:36 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=73 http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/72/Psychology/Coping-Better%2C-Anytime%2C-Anywhere%3A-The-New-Handbook-of-Rational-Self-Counseling http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/books/72/Psychology/Coping-Better%2C-Anytime%2C-Anywhere%3A-The-New-Handbook-of-Rational-Self-Counseling Product Description Are you as happy as you want to be? Do you manage your emotions to your satisfaction instead of letting the emotions to control you? If the latter, Dr. Maultsby's complete, emotional self-help guide will give you a step by step method for dealing with your emotional feelings to your satisfaction, at any time, in any situation. You also get a simple and very reliable personality self-check. That research proven, personality self-check reveals unsuspected beliefs, attitudes and emotional cues for distressing feelings which prevent emotional well being. BUT most important this book tells you exactly how to quickly replace such unsuspected beliefs, attitudes and emotional cues with the most desirable ones. What are they? They are the beliefs, attitudes and emotional cues that free you to be as successful plus emotionally and spiritually satisfied as you are willing to be. About the Author Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby Jr. is a most unusual psychiatrist; he is a normal people psychiatrist. That means he is a fully trained, board certified psychiatrist, but by choice he works mainly with normal but excessively unhappy or unsuccessful people. Yet, because they are normal, i.e. possess brains that are free of significant malfunctions, Dr. Maultsby's patients and readers of his books want and are mentally capable of achieving as much personal success, plus emotional and spiritual satisfaction, for which they are willing to work. Normal people's psychiatrists practice the Cognitive-Behavioral psychotherapy and counseling. Dr. Maultsby has had 30 plus years of clinical experience in professional training, research and clinical practice using this treatment method. He completed training in both child and adult psychiatry. He now is a Medical College Professor at Howard University and the author of the only comprehensive, short-term Cognitive-Behavioral psychotherapy and counseling method, called Rational Behavior Therapy, which produces long-term results. Rational Behavior Therapy, Dr. Maultsby's book by the same name, clearly demonstrates this now well established medical fact: "Much, if not most, anxiety and the other negative human emotions in normal people are unsuspectedly and therefore naively created by those entirely sane, intelligent people themselves". His well know research and effective training and treatment methods have made Dr. Maultsby an internationally recognized expert on scientific, yet practical concepts and techniques of healthy human conflict resolution. His self-help books are used by mental health professionals in every area of personal and inter personal conflict resolutions as well as for corporate management development and change management. Larry Wilson's popular best seller: Play to Win, is admittedly based in large part on Dr. Maultsby's work on the scientific principles and habits of normal people. Dr. Maultsby is truly the quintessential international expert on efficiently effective personal and organizational development and self-management. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:50:36 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=72 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 MDT 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 MDT 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 MDT 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 MDT http://www.completecounselingsolutions.com/book.php?s=68