This is a list of Books and Videos that
have been mentioned in class, or that have to do with therapy in general.
Some are for pleasure, some aren't.
Black text = links
Social Work Goes to the Movies (paper)
Social Workers in Movies (doc)
Hollywood Social Workers (doc)
79 Pages of Books Listed!
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BiblioTherapy (Books) |
| Eric Burn - "I'm Okay, You're Okay" | |
| Authors: Prochaska and DeClemente as they talk about Alcohol, Tobacco, etc. | |
| Click here for some interesting subject topics to learn about... | |
| Pete Hammil "Forever" Hard-drinkin', hard-livin' journalist and Gothamite Pete Hamill has a new book out, called Forever. It's the story of an 18th century Irish immigrant who's granted the gift of immortality -- so long as he never leaves Manhattan. The novel then doubles as a 200+ year city history of New York. Hamil was on Imus this morning and, interestingly, explained that he'd finished the book on September 10, 2001, and was set to run off copies for his editor the next day. We all know what happened the following morning. | |
| "Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy" by J. William Worden who worked with Elizabeth Kubler Ross and her Grief theory. How-To; Applications of; Geared towards the professional. | |
| Norman Cousins "An Anatomy of an Illness" - went to a hotel, lived for laughter, outlived some of his physicians that said he wasn't going to live. His way was not always to accept the negative. | |
| Sandra Jacoby Klein is an author that helps gay/lesbian couples with grief because it's not dealth with enough. | |
| "The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce and Other Losses" by John W. James and Russell Friedman- Guided imagery, pulling kleenex out of boxes; etc. | |
| "Blaming the Victim" by William Ryan - "An impassioned, often brilliant exposé of middle-class ideology."--Herbert Gans. | |
| "The Culture of Fear" by Barry Glassner - How news stories have been exaggerated. Review Here. | |
| "Stiffed" by Susan Faludi - Betrayal of the American Man. About domestic violence and the sense of betrayal felt by men. | |
| "The Bracelet" by Elizabeth Ballard; Illustrated by Miriam de Rosier - made me cry - very good story. (Has gone around as an email.) | |
| "Feminism is for Everybody" by Bell Hooks (I don't know about the quality of this book - the last book I read of hers had a lot of inconsistencies, but was a good story of her experience. | |
| "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West" by Dee Brown. Review Here. | |
| "Destructive Emotions:How Can We Overcome Them" by Daniel Goleman | |
| "Oh the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss. Review Here. | |
| "Less Stress in 30 Days" - Peggy Roggenbuck Gillespie & Lynn Bechtel | |
| "Understanding the 12 Steps. A Guide For..." By Terence T. Gorski. Based on CENAPS model of tx. | |
| "Reality Therapy" by William Glasser, MD | |
| Book: “I Hate You Don't Leave Me.” | |
| Book – Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement with Giving In. | |
| “Future Shock” | |
| “Brave New World” | |
| “Freud's Primer on Psychology” | |
| “The Dance of Anger” by Harriet Goldhor Lerner; | |
| “When Kids Drive Kids Crazy: How to Get Along with Your Friends and Enemies” by LeShan, Eda | |
| “The Ape Inside Me” by Kin Platt | |
| The Social Work Interview by Alfred Kadushin, Goldie Kadushin |
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| “Creative Counseling Techniques.” An Illustrated Guide. By Ed Jacobs. | |
| "Your Perfect Right" by Robert E. Alberti and Michael L. Emmons | |
| "Creative Aggression" by George Back and Herb Goldberg | |
| "The New Assertive Woman" by Lynn Z. Bloom, Karen Coburn, and Joan Pearlman | |
| "Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No" by Herbert Fensterheim and Jean Baer | |
| "Assertive Training for Women" by Susan Osborn and Gloria Harris | |
| "The Assertive Woman" by Stanlee Phelps and Nancy Austin | |
| "When I Say No, I Feel Guilty" by manuel J. Smith | |
| "Passages" by Louis M. Savary | |
| "Pairing" by George R. Bach and Ronald M. Deutsch | |
| "A Guide to Rational Living" by Albert Ellis and Robert A. Harper | |
| "Body Language" by Julius Fast | |
| "You Are Not the Target" by Laura A. Huxley | |
| "Give and Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics" by Chester L. Karrass | |
| "Handbook to Higher Consciousness" by Kent Keyes, Jr. | |
| "Psycho-Cybernetics" by Maxwell Maltz | |
| "How to Read a Person Like a Book" by Gerald I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero | |
| "Body Language and the Social Order: Comunications as Behavioral Control" by Albert Shceflen, with Alice Scheflen. | |
| "Helplessness: On Development, Depression, and Death" by martin E. P. Seligman | |
| "Learn to Relax" by C. Eugene Walker | |
| "How to Talk with Practically Anybody About Practically Anything" by Barbara Walters | |
| "The First Four Minutes" by Leanard Zunin, with Natalie Zunin | |
| "The Action Approach" by George Weinberg | |
| "Sister Outsider" | |
| "SMASHED: Story of a Drunken Girlhood" by KOREN ZAILCKAS | |
| The Fetal Matrix (The gambling fetus) | |
| "Running with Scissors" - Burr, Augustine - allergic to alcohol, but an alcoholic | |
| "Road Less Traveled" - Right to pursue happiness and by God we better all be happy. 8( | |
| "Bad Things Do Happen to Good People." | |
| Books by and about Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir: Her Life & Circle of Influence by Melvin M. Suhd, Laura Dodson, and Maria Gomori Changing with Families: Further Education for Being Human, Bandler, Grinder, and Satir Conjoint Family Therapy, Virginia Satir The New Peoplemaking, Virginia Satir The Satir Approach to Communication: a Workshop Manual, Johanna Schwab, Michele Baldwin, Jane Gerber, Maria Gomori, and Virginia Satir The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families Michele Baldwin The Doormat Syndrome, Lynne Namka |
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Quirky Alone – Dr. Burman mentioned. |
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VideoTherapy (Videos) |
| "Outsiders" (Roles we play; Outsider vs. Insider; etc) | |
| "Twelve Angry Men." Old movie, b&w. You can see how attribution theory plays out so well. A jury jumping to conclusions about the defendant, etc. | |
| "Hot Chick" - how would you feel if you woke up different? Seriously. | |
| "Mona Lisa Smiles" - with Julia Roberts - focuses on roles for women. | |
| "Citizen Kane" - by Orson Wells - Powerful newspaper owner Charles Foster Kane was many things to many people, both in life and, as seen in retrospective here, in death. | |
| "Tuesdays With Morrie" - About Death and Dying... and Living. | |
| Les Miserables - Social Injustice. | |
| "Nuts" movie - example of closed boundaries. | |
| “The Hours” - Movie about Virginia Wolf – client recommended | |
| “Equus” - movie w/Richard Burton as a Psychiatrist. | |
| “Barber Shop” - movie with Ice Cube – filmed in “Terror Town” in Chicago (where a group member is from). | |
| "Anger Management" | |
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Mona Lisa Smiles |
Grief Biblio-Video Therapy Document