Reading List
Cialdini, R. (2007) Influence:  The Psychology of Persuasion.  

Begley, S. (2007).  
Train your mind:  Change your brain.  New
York:
 Ballantine Books.

Bragdon, A. and Gamon, D. (2000).  
Brains that work a little bit
differently: Recent discoveries about common brain diversities.
 
New York:  Barnes and Noble.

Ellenberger, H. (1970).  
The discovery of the unconscious:  The
history and evolution of dynamic psychiatry.
 New York:  Basic
Books.

Haley, J. (1986).  
Uncommon therapy:  The psychiatric techniques
of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.
  New York:  W.W. Norton &
Company.

Hamilton, A. J. (2008).  
The scalpel and the soul:  Encounters with
surgery, the supernatural, and the healing power of hope.
New
York:  Penguin Books.

Hamilton, A.J. (2011).  
Zen mind zen horse:  The science and
spirituality of working with horses.
North Adams, MA: Storey
Publishing.

Hanh, T.N. (2003).  
Creating true peace:  Ending violence in
yourself, your family, your community, and the world.
   New
York:  Free Press.

Kabat_Zinn, J. (1990).  
Full catastrophe living:  Using the wisdom
of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness.
New York:  
Random House.

McKay, M., Davis, M., and Fanning, P. (1995).  How to
communicate:  The ultimate guide to improving your personal and
professional relationships.
 New York:  MJF Books.

Ramachandran, V.S. & Blakeslee, S.  (1998).  
Phantoms in the
brain:  Probing the mysteries of the human mind.
 New York:  
Morrow.

Ratey, J.J. (2001).  
A user's guide top the brain:  Perception,
attention, and the four theaters of the brain.
 New York:  Vintage
Books.

Sacks, O. (1995).  
An anthropologist on Mars.  New York:  
Vintage Books.

Schwartz, J.F. (1996).  
Brain lock:  Free yourself from
obsessive-compulsive behavior.
New York:  ReganBooks.

Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G., and Teasdale, J.D. (2002).  
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression:  A new
approach to preventing relapse
. New York:  The Guilford Press.

Siegel, R.K. (1992).  
Fire in the brain:  Clinical tales of
hallucination.
 New York:  Penguin Books.

Steinberg, M. (2001).  
The stranger in the mirror. New York:  
Quill Books.

Tannen, D. (1990).  
You just don't understand:  Women and men
in conversation.
 Yew York:  Ballantine Books.  

Thomas, L., Amini, F, and Lannon, R. (2001).
A General Theory
of Love.
 New York:  Vintage Books.

Verhaeghe, P. (2004).  
On being normal and other disorders:  A
manual for clinical psychodiagnostics.
New York:  Other Press.

Yalom, I.D. (2002).  
The gift of therapy:  An open letter to a new
generation of therapists and their patients.
 New York:  Harper
Collins.


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