Wendy Wahlquist, LCMFT

Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (MD, VA, and NC)

wendy.boyer@gmail.com

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Self Help Books

 

Favorite Parenting Books

  • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen So Kids Will Talk -By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (any age)
  • The Think Space -By Calvin and Carolyn Richert (early childhood)
  • Try and Make Me! -By Ray Levy, Bill O'Hanlon, & Tyler Norris Goode (2-12)

Favorite Books on Marriage/Relationships

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work -By John Gottman
  • Anything else by John Gottman
  • Love Busters- Willard Harley
  • Fighting for Your Marriage- Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, and Susan Blumberg
  • Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart- Dr William Doherty
  • The Great Marriage Tune-Up Book: A Proven Program for Evaluating and Renewing Your Relationship- Jeffrey H. Larson

 Books on Mental Health Issues

  • The Power of Focusing: A practical guide to emotional self healting- by Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
  • The Last Self Help Book You'll Ever Need- by Paul Pearsal
  • The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom: Why the Meaningful Life is Closer Than You Think-by Jonathan Haidt

 

Books on Trauma

  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma- by Peter Levine with Ann Frederick