Resources

Podcast. Listen to a podcast of me being interviewed about cognitive-behavioral therapy. This hour-long program originally aired on KOPN 89.5 fm in May 2009. Topics discussed include how CBT works, automatic thoughts, mindfulness, medication vs. talk therapy, and similarities and differences between various types of mental health professionals (licensed clinical social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists).

Education and Advocacy Organizations

Recommended Reading

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic by David H. Barlow and Michelle G. Craske

Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression by William J. Knaus

The Anger Management Sourcebook by Glenn R. Schiraldi and Melissa Hallmark Kerr

The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns

The Self-Esteem Workbook by Glenn R. Schiraldi.

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Hidden Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

The Anger Control Workbook by Matthew McKay and Peter Rogers

Free from OCD: A Workbook for Teens with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Timothy A. Sisemore

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents by Tamar E. Chansky

Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic by Jeffrey Brantley