DR LEIFER'S RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST:
Many of these books, Dr. Leifer keeps available for patients. Please inquire if interested.
Substance Use Disorder:
Addictive Thinking by Abraham J Twerski
Suboxone by James Schaller
Get your Loved Ones Sober by Robert J. Meyers
Love First by Jeff Jay
A Million Little Pieces by James Fray
Swallowing a Bitter Pill by Cindy R. Mogil
It's so Good, Don't Even Try It Once by David Elvin
Terry by George McGovern
Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment by Jane Ellen Smith
High Bottom Drunk by PhD Charles N. Roper
Tweak by Nic Scheff
Beautiful Boy by David Scheff
Mood Disorders:
Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield-Jamison
Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield-Jamison
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide by David J. Miklowitz
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield-Jamison
Listening to Prozac by David D. Burns
No Time to Say Goodbye by Carla Fine
The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
Moodswing by Ronald Fieve
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
General Mental Health:
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Think Like a Psychiatrist by Leslie Lundt
General Healthcare:
Sinus Survival by Robert S. Ivker
Crossing the Quality Chasm by Committee on Quality
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
Relationship Building:
Are You the One for Me? by Barbara De Angelis
Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch PhD
Resurrecting Sex by David Schnarch PhD
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
Our Father's War by Tom Matthews
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Think Like a Psychiatrist by Leslie Lundt
General Healthcare:
Sinus Survival by Robert S. Ivker
Crossing the Quality Chasm by Committee on Quality
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
Relationship Building:
Are You the One for Me? by Barbara De Angelis
Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch PhD
Resurrecting Sex by David Schnarch PhD
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
Our Father's War by Tom Matthews
Parenting:
Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks, Sam
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by PhD. John Gottman
ScreamFree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel
Practical Parenting for the 21st Century by Julie A. Ross
Homecoming by John Bradshaw
The Making of the Modern Family by Edward Shorter
Traits of a Healthy Family by Dolores Curran
The Second Twelve Months of Life by Frank Caplan
Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci PhD
Custody Revolution by Richard A. Warsh
Children of Divorce by Mitchell A. Barish
Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? by Anthony E. Wolf
Joint Custody with a Jerk by Julie A. Ross
Inspirational:
Illusions by Richard Bach
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Therapy:
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis by Charles Brenner
Cognitive Therapy Techniques by Robert L. Leahy
Psychoanalyze Yourself by E. Pickworth Farrow
The Fifty-Minute Hour by Robert Lindner
Basic Principles of Psychoanalysis by A.A. Brill
Stress and Pain Management:
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabet-Zinn
Managing Pain Before it Manages You by Margaret A. Caudill
PTSD / Trauma:
Lucky by Alice Sebold
The Courage to Heal, Third Edition by Ellen Bass
Home Coming by John Bradshaw
Reclaiming the Inner Child by Jeremiah Abrams
Personality:
Fatal Flaws by Stuart C. Yudofsky
Adaption to Life by George E. Vaillant
Anxiety Disorders:
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne
Grief and Loss:
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
Cognitive Decline / Dementia:
The 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's by Joanne Koenig Coste
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Elder Care:
Caring for Your Parents by Kugh Delehanty
Eldercare 911 by Susan Beeman M.S.
The Emotion Survival Guide for Caregivers by Barry J. Jacobs
The Parent Care Conversation by Dan Taylor
Inside Assisted Living by J. Kevin Eckert
Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks, Sam
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by PhD. John Gottman
ScreamFree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel
Practical Parenting for the 21st Century by Julie A. Ross
Homecoming by John Bradshaw
The Making of the Modern Family by Edward Shorter
Traits of a Healthy Family by Dolores Curran
The Second Twelve Months of Life by Frank Caplan
Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci PhD
Custody Revolution by Richard A. Warsh
Children of Divorce by Mitchell A. Barish
Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? by Anthony E. Wolf
Joint Custody with a Jerk by Julie A. Ross
Inspirational:
Illusions by Richard Bach
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Therapy:
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis by Charles Brenner
Cognitive Therapy Techniques by Robert L. Leahy
Psychoanalyze Yourself by E. Pickworth Farrow
The Fifty-Minute Hour by Robert Lindner
Basic Principles of Psychoanalysis by A.A. Brill
Stress and Pain Management:
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabet-Zinn
Managing Pain Before it Manages You by Margaret A. Caudill
PTSD / Trauma:
Lucky by Alice Sebold
The Courage to Heal, Third Edition by Ellen Bass
Home Coming by John Bradshaw
Reclaiming the Inner Child by Jeremiah Abrams
Personality:
Fatal Flaws by Stuart C. Yudofsky
Adaption to Life by George E. Vaillant
Anxiety Disorders:
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne
Grief and Loss:
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
Cognitive Decline / Dementia:
The 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's by Joanne Koenig Coste
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Elder Care:
Caring for Your Parents by Kugh Delehanty
Eldercare 911 by Susan Beeman M.S.
The Emotion Survival Guide for Caregivers by Barry J. Jacobs
The Parent Care Conversation by Dan Taylor
Inside Assisted Living by J. Kevin Eckert