Recommendations from Leta Herrington

Although I don't generally recommend books in the course of therapy, when requested I do offer the following suggestions:

Forgive for Good by Dr. Fred Luskin - Though its title is misleading, an excellent, perhaps life-changing book on "not taking things so personally" and on letting go.

Dealing with grief or loss
Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Communication/Relationships
Confidence in Communication by Ronald B. Adler
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
Co-Dependent No More by Melody Beattie
An End to Innocence by Sheldon Kopp
The Relationship Cure by John Gottman

Anxiety/depression
Stress Free for Good by Fred Luskin and Kenneth Pelletier
The Anxiety Book: Developing Strength in the Face of Fear by Jonathan Davidson
Wrestling With Depression by William and Lucy Hulme

Survivors of abuse
Secret Survivors by E. Sue Blume
The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
Secret Shame by Martha Janssen

Spiritual awareness
Addiction and Grace by Gerald May
Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Receiving the Day by Dorothy C. Bass