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Jim Etzkorn, Ph.D.

Psychologist
333 Maynard Street, Suite 402
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
(734) 913-9761 phone
(734) 929-4913 fax

 

Bibliotherapy is an important part of the process of feeling better for most people. As an adjunct to therapy, or even before you make a call to a therapist, take a look at one or more of the following books.  (Click on the links below to see availability at local libraries and online bookstores.)

 

Assertiveness, Boundaries and Abuse

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse by Mic Hunter

Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

When I Say "No" I Feel Guilty by Manuel J. Smith

 

Career and Creativity

Art and Fear by Ted Orland

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte

Do What You Are by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger

Expect the Unexpected (or You Won't Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus by Roger von Oech

How to Find the Work You Love by Laurence G. Boldt

 

Compulsive Behaviors

Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth

Don't Call it Love by Patrick Carnes

When Food Is Love by Geneen Roth

 

Depression, Anxiety and Loss

Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns

How to Heal Depression by Harold H. Bloomfield and Peter McWilliams

How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams

On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 

Gestalt

Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy by Joseph Zinker

Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality by Frederick Perls, Ralph Hefferline, and Paul Goodman

Gestalt Therapy: Perspectives and Applications edited by Edwin C. Nevis

 

Identity

Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates

Understanding the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum 

 

Relationships

After the Affair by Janis Abrahms Spring

Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix

Making Peace with Your Parents by Harold Blumfield and Leonard Felder

The New Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld

Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch

People Skills by Robert Bolton

The Relationship Cure by John Gottman

The Seven Principles of Successful Marriage by John Gottman

 

Spirituality

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm

The Plague by Albert Camus

What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality by Daniel Helminiak

 

Transgender/Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay Interest

Being Homosexual by Richard A. Isay

Growing up Gay in a Dysfunctional Family by Rik Isensee

Outing Yourself by Michelangelo Signorile

Trans Forming Families by Mary Boenke, Delores Dudley and Lori Bowden

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