Books

Meditation
The Mindful Way through Depression – Williams, Siegal, Teasdale and Kabat Zinn
Calming your Anxious Mind – Jeffrey Brantley
Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat Zinn

Relationships
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships – Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships– Harriet Lerner
Relationship Abuse
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men – Lundy Bancroft
Should I Go or Should I Stay? A Guide to Knowing if Your Relationship Can – or Should – be Saved – Lundy Bancroft

Parenting
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls – Mary Pipher
Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers - Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting – Myra and Jon Kabat Zinn
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive – Daniel Siegel
Get Out of My Life But First Could You Take Me and Cheryl to the Mall? – Anthony E. Wolf
Real Boys: Rescuing our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood – William Pollack

Trauma Recovery
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine and Anne Fredrickson
Healing from Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide – Jasmin Lee Cori
The Courage to Heal – Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Trauma and Recovery – Judith Herman

General Interest
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames – Thich Nhat Hanh
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress – Gabor Mate
When Food is Love – Geneen Roth
Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl
 

Local Resources

Citizen’s Counselling www.citizenscounselling.com 250-384-9934
Affordable, accessible counselling for adults in Victoria
Victoria Single Parents Resource Centre www.singleparentvictoria.ca 250-385-1114
Support, education and counselling for one-parent families
Victoria Transition House www.transitionhouse.net 250-385-6611 (24hour crisis line)
Support for women experiencing intimate relationship abuse
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre www.vwsac.com 250-383-3232 (crisis and info line)
Services for those affected by sexual assault and abuse
Mary Manning Centre www.marymanning.com 250-385-6111
Child abuse prevention and counselling
Vancouver Island Crisis Line 1-888-494-3888
24-hour crisis line support and suicide intervention
 

Websites

How to find a Therapist www.goodtherapy.org
Al-Anon   www.al-anon.alateen.org
Alcoholics Anonymous www.aa.org
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors www.bc-counsellors.org
Centre of Emotionally Focussed Couples Therapy www.eft.ca
Mindfulness and Relaxation http://students.sfu.ca/health/media/mbsr.html