Here is a list of material I would suggest you take the time to check out.
Marital/Divorce
- The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Falls Part – Constance Ahrons, PhD
- Collaborative Divorce – Tesler and Thompson
- Collaborative Way to Divorce – Webb and Ousky
- Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
- Getting The Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most – Douglas Stone
- Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In – Fisher and Ury
Divorce and Children
- How To Survive Your Parent’s Divorce – Nancy O’Keefe Bolick
- Growing up Divorced – Linda Bird Franks
- The Parents’ Book About Divorce – Dr. Richard Gardner
- The Best Parent is Both Parents – David Levy
- Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce the Sandcastle Way – Gary Neuman
- Mom’s House, Dad’s House –Isolina Ricci
- What Children Learn From Their Parents’ Marriage – Judith Siegal
- The Truth about Children and Divorce – Robert Emory
- The Divorce Book for Parents – Vicki Lansky
- What About the Kids? Raising Your Child Before, During and After the Divorce – Judith Wallerstein
- Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce – Anthony Wolf
Childrens’ Booklist about Divorce
- Grover’s Bad, Awful Day – A. Dickson
- When Emily Woke Up Angry – R. Duncan
- Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Chatterbox – R. Hargreaves
- Mr Worry, Mr Noisy – R. Hargreaves
- I Was So Mad – Mayer
- Feelings – J.B Murphy
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – J Viorst
- Dinosaurs Divorce – L. Brown and Marc Brown
- My Family’s Changing – Pat Thomas
- When Mom and Dad Divorce – Emily Menendez-Aponte
- It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear – Vicki Lansky
Psychology/Internal Work
- Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat Zinn
- Thoughts Without a Thinker – Mark Epstein, M.D.
- Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart – Mark Epstein, M.D.
- Taking the War Out of Our Words – Sharon Strand Ellison
- Beyond Reason – Daniel Shapiro
- The Power of Focusing – Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
- Falling Awake – Albert Ellis
- The Poetry of Mary Oliver
- Off To Sea: A Romance – Richard Stine
- The Family Contract – Howard Leftin, M.D.
- The Parents Tao Te Ching – William Martin
- Refrigerator Rights: Why we need to let people in our lives, our homes (and our Refrigerators) – Dr Will Miller
- When Things Fall Apart; Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
- The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self – Alice Miller
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse – Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
- EMDR: The Breakthrough “Eye Movement” Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma – Francine Shapiro
- The Mindful Way Through Depression – Zindel Segel
- The Four Agreements- Don Miguel Ruiz
