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Books & Periodicals

The Chico Chapter of CAMFT does not specifically endorse any of the literature listed below.  We have provided links to each book and to the authors so you may make your own informed decision before spending your time and money.  We sincereley hope you find these book suggestions helpful in expanding your practice.


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Click the EBSCO Host button to the left to use your CAMFT free subscription when you log in with your CAMFT member username & password.

From here, you can access entire journals, or just specific topics or articles.


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Online course to learn Trauma Focused CBT.  It is also the prerequisite for Certification as a TF-CBT clinician.

Click the University icon to the left to access the course.  





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DSM-5 (Paperback) - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
by American Psychiatric Association

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On the Road to Becoming a Successful Marriage & Family Therapist
by Cris Walker Roskelley, MFT

A handbook for pre-licensed interns for navigating the process of interning, testing, and becoming a successful therapist.

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Theory-Based Treatment Planning for Marriage and Family Therapists: Integrating Theory and Practice
by Diane R. Gehart

Clinical supervisors and pre-licensed interns have found this book helpful for preparing for BBS exams in relation to theory and treatment planning.

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Intentional Joy: How to Turn Stress, Fear & Addiction into Freedom
by Lynn Telford-Sahl

This book claims its intention to help the reader extinguish sabotaging coping strategies.  It might be helpful to your client to supplement with these interventions between sessions.

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Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
 by Marsha M. Linehan

Marsha Linehan's groundbreaking work for helping clients who may be diagnosed with BPD.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
by Alec L. Miller, PsyD, Jill H Rathus,& Marsha M. Linehan 



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Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
by Kimberlee Roth

A helpful book for clients who are trying to heal painful childhood wounds inflicted by a Borderline Parent.  Contains interventions useful during the therapy session as well as for the client to work on their own between appointments.

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The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection
 (Basic Principles Into Practice Series) 
by Sue Johnson

The premier primer for learning EFT to enhance your couples therapy skills.

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Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook
by Sue Johnson

The follow-up workbook to use in conjunction with the book listed above.

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Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
by Sue Johnson


A helpful Emotionally Focused Therapy book written by Sue Johnson with the client as the audience, so the psychotherapeutic jargon is easier to comprehend.  A handy book for clients of the EFT provider.





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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
by John Gottman, PhD & Nan Silver

An interactive guide for clients engaged in couples therapy.

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Second Edition: Basics and Beyond
by Judith Beck  (forward by Aaron T. Beck)

The fundamentals of CBT written as a guide for new practitioners to learn the basics of the CBT modality.

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The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person
by Judith S. Beck


A CBT approach to adopting a healthier relationship to oneself in relation to eating habits.

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
by Evelyn Tribole

Signe Darpinian, MFT reports that she regularly recommends this very straightforward book to men.
 

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Breaking Free from Emotional Eating
by Geneen Roth

It is reported that Signe Darpinian, MFT recommends this books to mothers who are looking to change their eating patterns, or looking to change the eating patterns of their children.

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Engaging Men in Couples Therapy 
(The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men)
by David Shepard

Chapters include specific techniques in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy, and more.  The author states this are sensitive to the needs specific to males and ambivalence.

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Rekindling Desire: A Step-by-Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages
by Barry McCarthy & Emily McCarthy

A useful guide for relationships experiencing a low-sex or no-sex phase.



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Coping with Erectile Dysfunction: How to Regain Confidence and Enjoy Great Sex
by Barry McCarthy, PhD & Michael E. Metz, PhD


When ED is present during couples therapy, this could be a good tool for helping the members of the relationship build sexual intimacy.

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Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals
by Stephen B. Levine  (Routledge)




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Demystifying Love: Plain Talk for the Mental Health Professional
by Stephen B. Levine

Infidelity, psychological intimacy, and sexual desire are discussed through use of case studies in the author's own practical experience as a therapist and psychiatrist.  

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Tell Me No Lies
by Ellyn Bader, Phd, Peter T. Pearson, PhD, & Judith D. Schwartz

Not only useful for teaching your clients to develop intimacy, but for the clinician to learn to develop intimacy with clients.

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The Wounded Healer: Counter-Transference from a Jungian Perspective
by David Sedgwich

Book suggested by Melinda Neilsen, PhD to her graduate students earning their MA in Counseling Psychology.


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