Self-Help Books
A NEW GUIDE TO RATIONAL LIVING
Albert Ellis, PhD., & Robert A Harper, PhD.
1975. Published by Prentice-Hall Inc., NJ.
(233 pages)
An old book, but one of the best on which a great deal of today's counselling is based.
Includes: you feel the way you think, controlling your own destiny, conquering anxiety,
eradicating dire fears of failure, and refusing to feel desperately unhappy.
FAMILIES AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM
Robin Skynner/John Cleese.
1989. Published by Cox & Wyman Ltd.
(304 pages, AU$14.95)
Explains in a humorous way how relationships work, and is ideal for understanding how
to improve family and marriage relationships.
HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND
M Newman, B Berkowitz, J Owen.
1989. Published by Cedar Books/William Heinemann Ltd.
(59 pages, AU$9.95)
Covers how to be happy and how to talk and reassure yourself. A good source of
inspirational reading.
SLEEP BETTER WITHOUT DRUGS
Dr David Morawetz (clinical and counselling psychologist).
1994. Published by New Litho, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.
(3 tapes + 80 page book AU$69.95)
A four to six week scientific based self-help program with a proven 80% success rate.
Includes three great tapes and a book which really work, all without drugs. You can order
your copy on a seven-day trial with full money back guarantee. Telephone 1-800-066-044
(Australia) to order. Or request it through your library to try it out first.
YOU AND STRESS
Dr. Bob Montgomery and Lynette Evans.
1984. Published by Australian Print Group, Victoria/Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Victoria.
(247 pages, AU$16.95)
Covers well the subjects of mental and physical relation, improving communication and
relationships, insomnia, depression, and loneliness. A really good book. Shows you how to
develop new coping skills, improve relationships, and overcome depression.
PEOPLE SKILLS
Robert Bolton
1987. Published by Simon & Schuster Australia.
(300 pages, AU$16.95)
A book that really teaches you how to improve your relationships. It describes the
twelve most common communication barriers and shows how these roadblocks damage
relationships. In their place, the author presents effective skills for listening,
assertiveness, resolving conflicts and working out problems with others.
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