Resources

Books I Recommend

Boundaries. Henry Cloud, Ph.D and John Townsend, Ph.D
Disarming The Past. Jerry Lewis, M.D. and John Gossett, Ph.D
The Courage to Heal. Laura Davis.
The Bridge to I Am. Ellie Izzo, Ph.D.
Destructive Relationships. by Jill Murray, Ph.D.
Healing The Shame That Binds You. John Bradshaw, M.A.
Divorce Busting. –Making marriage loving again. Michele Weiner-Davis, M.S.W
Surviving Infidelity. Rona Subotnik, LMFT and Gloria Harris, Ph.D
Sexual Detours. Holly Hein, Ph.D.
We Love Each Other But… Ellen Wachtel, Ph.D
Surviving The Breakup. Judith Wallerstein, Ph.D
Sex and Love. Robert Firestone, Ph.D
Fear of Intimacy. Robert Firestone, Ph.D
I Can’t Get Over It. – A Handbook for Trauma Survivors. Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D. Specialist in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Who do you think it was, that needed to be loved in the first place?
Realize and recognize the goodness and beauty that is already within you just by the very nature of being a human being.
Remember to breath, to stay centered and to be balanced.
All states of consciousness are available right now.
You can decide to let go right now, without knowing how right now.
We don’t pick our parents but we do pick our friends.
When you forgive, it is always for your benefit first. It is your choice to let go.
What you give yourself, dies with you. What you do and give for others, lives forever.
The past was in the past. It just was. Without judgment on it, what will I decide to learn from it? That is the choice I have today.
The best argument is no argument.
Symptoms are to be utilized and learned from, not numbed.
The therapeutic alliance/relationship is often the therapy.
Your wonderful ability to love another does not come from them. It comes from inside of you.
Attitude and perception allow experience to be negotiable. It is the art of mental reframing