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Reading List

Books are a helpful resource depending on where you are starting your journey from.  We each start from our own place.  Some of these books deal with specific situations that may be keeping you stuck or help you identify what is keeping you stuck if you are not sure why you keep getting the results in love you do not want.  Feel free to browse the titles and explore what you are drawn to naturally.  With each book, keep what resonates with you and leave the rest.

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The Friendship Factor:  How To Get Closer To The People You Care For - Alan Loy McGinniss

The Road Less Traveled:  A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth - M. Scott Peck

How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Smart Love:  A Codependence Recovery Program Based on Relationship Addiction Support Groups - Jody Hayes

Women Who Love Too Much:  When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change - Robin Norwood

Getting Love Right:  Learning the Choices of Healthy Intimacy - Terence T. Gorski

Obsessive Love:  When It Hurts Too Much To Let Go - Dr. Susan Forward

Codependent No More  - Melodie Beattie

Emotional Blackmail:  When People In Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt To Manipulate You - Dr. Susan Forward

How To Break Your Addiction To A Person:  When- and Why- Love Doesn't Work - Dr. Howard Halpern

Finally Getting It Right:  From Addictive Love to The Real Thing - Dr. Howard Halpern

Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love - Pia Mellody

Dr. Seth's Love Prescription:  Overcome Relationship Repetition Syndrome and Find the Love You Deserve -  Seth Myers, PsyD

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples - Dr. Harville Hendricks 

Adult Children of Emotinally Immature Parents - Linday Gibson, PsyD

Stop Walking On Eggshells - Randy Kreger and Paul T. Mason

The Complete ACOA Sourcebook (Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love) - Janet Woititz, Ed. D.

Adult Children:  The Secrets of Dysfunctinal Families - Dr. John Friel &  Linda Friel

If You Had Controlling Parents: How To Make Peace With Your Past and Take Your Place In The World - Dr. Dan Neuharth

The Mastery of Love - Don Miguel Ruiz

When Your Lover Is A Liar - Dr. Susan Forward

Money Demons:  Keep Them From Sabatoging Your Relationships and Your Life - Dr. Susan Forward and Craig Buck

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