Resources

Codependency

The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love by Angelyn Miller

(Re)building Connections

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships by Dr. Sue Johnson
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Marriage & Family

Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student by Miriam Grossman
Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence by Alex Berenson
The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones by Clare Morell

Parenting

Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope by Dr. Robert D. Enright
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

Forgiveness

Relational Trauma

The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst by Michelle Mays, LPC CSAT-S
(on the topic of infidelity)
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves - and How to Find Our Way Back by Dr. Ingrid Clayton
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents by Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson

Abusive Relationships

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
To Be an Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women by Susan Brewster
Crazy Love: A Memoir by Leslie Morgan Steiner (on the topic of physical abuse)

Abusive Relationships

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Soul Also Keeps the Score: A Trauma-Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius by Robert Michesney, SJ
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Dr. Peter A. Levine

Healing From Trauma

Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation by Dan B. Allender

Healing From Sexual Abuse

Personality Disorders

Borderline Personality Disorder

Get Me out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life by Margalis Fjelstad

Existential Questions

Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Building Habits

Catholic Focused Resources

Missing Pieces: Female Perspectives on Sex for Catholic Women by Mary Bruno
The Mindful Catholic: Finding God One Moment at a Time by Dr. Greg Bottaro
The Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching by Christopher West