Counseling Center Resource Library

Our library contains dozens of brochures on a variety of mental health and wellness related topics, and most are available in the Ebersole lobby. We also have several informational videos that can be viewed, and the books listed below.

How do I check out a book?

To check out a book, call or email the Counseling Center (319-895-4292, counseling@cornellcollege.edu) and staff will assist you in locating a particular book or in choosing from books in a subject area. A book may be borrowed for the remainder of the block in which it is checked out, and may be renewed for an additional block if there is no one waiting to use it. If a book is not returned, or is returned but damaged to the point it is no longer usable, a material replacement fee will be charged until the book is returned or replaced. Clients of the Counseling have priority in checking out books, but other students may borrow books that are not in use.

Please note that some books in the list below fit into more than one topic area, but are only listed in one, so if you don't find what you're looking for right away, try checking other related topics!

Academic Success | ADD | Alcohol/Drugs | Anger | Anxiety | Body Image | Boundaries | Borderline | Child Abuse | College | Communication | Counseling | Depression | Eating Disorders | Emotions | Exercise | Forgiveness | GLBT | Grief/Loss/Death | Cancer | Loneliness | Male Violence | Self-Hate | Personality Types | Procrastination | Relationships | Schizophrenia | Self-Esteem | Self-Injury | Sexual Abuse | Sexual Assault | Sexuality | Sleep | Stalking | Stress | Suicide | Transsexual | Trauma | Women's Health

Self-Help Resource Library Books 

Title Author(s) Date Topic Area
Reaching Your Full Potential
Brown
1999
Academic Success
Becoming a Master Student
Ellis
1997
Academic Success
Signs of Effectiveness II
Gardner, Green, & Marcus
-
Academic Success
Transferring Made Easy
Shishkoff
1991
Academic Success
Inclusion: 450 Strategies for Success (for educators)
Hammeken
1995
Academic/Teaching Success

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy? A Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Kelly & Ramundo
2006
ADD
Driven to Distraction
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Living with ADD
Hallowell & Ratey
Roberts & Jansen
1994
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1997
AD/HD
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ADD
The ADD in Adults Workbook
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From Scattered to Centered:  Understanding and Overcoming ADHD
Weiss
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Maher
1994
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2014
ADD
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ADHD
Performance Breakthroughs for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities or ADD (for teachers)
Markel & Greenbaum
1996
ADD/LD
The Dyslexic Scholar
Nosek
1995
LD
Accommodations in Higher Ed. Under the ADA Act
Gordon & Keiser
1998
Disabilities/ADD -Reference
AHEAD Int'l Membership Directory
-
1997
Disabilities -Reference

Young, Sober & Free
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Codependent No More
Marshall
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Beattie
1978
----
1992
Alcohol/A.A.
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AOD - Codependency
Almost Alcoholic:  Is My (or My Loved One's) Drinking a Problem?
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Let Them Live! How underage drinking affects family and friends, and solutions to the problem.
Doyle & Nowinski
-----
Kirk/M.A.D.D.
2012
-----
1992
Alcohol
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Alcohol
Drugs in Modern Society
Carroll
2000
Alcohol/Drugs (AOD)
Drugs & Society
Hanson & Venturelli
1998
AOD
Drugs, Society, & Human Behavior
Ray
1999
AOD
Loosening the Grip
Kinney
2000
AOD
Making Choices: A Look at Alcohol & Drug Use
Quinn & Scaffa
2000
AOD
Faculty Member's Handbook
U.S. Dept. of HHS
1991
AOD Prevention -Reference
Programming on a Univ. Campus
Hoelting
-
AOD - Reference
Alcohol Practices, Policies, & Potentials of Amer. Colleges & Universities
U.S. Dept. of Health
1991
AOD - Reference

The Dance of Anger
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Anger Management Jumpstart:  A 4-Session Mindfulness Path to Compassion and Change
Lerner
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Somov
1997
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2013
Anger (Women)
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Anger
The Anger Control Workbook
McKay & Rogers
2000
Anger
Letting Go of Anger
Potter-Efron
1995
Anger

Beyond Anxiety & Phobia
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Panic, Anxiety and Phobias
Bourne
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Babior & Goldman
2001
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1996
Anxiety
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Anxiety, Panic, Phobia
Feel the Fear & Do It Away
----
Worry
----
things might go terribly, horribly wrong:  a guide to life liberated from anxiety
Jeffers
----
Hallowell
----
Wilson & Dufrene
1987
----
1997
----
2010
Anxiety
----
Anxiety
----
Anxiety
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook (3rd ed.)
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The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook (4th ed.)
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The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook (5th ed.)
Bourne
----
Bourne
----
Bourne
2000
----
2005
----
2010
Anxiety
----
Anxiety
----
Anxiety
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Schwartz
1996
Anxiety - OCD
The OCD Workbook
Hyman & Pedrick
1999
Anxiety - OCD
Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (rev. ed.)
Foa & Wilson
2001
Anxiety - OCD
Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia
Markway, Carmin, Pollard, & Flynn
-
Anxiety - Social Anxiety
Beyond Shyness: How to Conquet Social Anxieties
Berent & Lemley
1993
Anxiety - Social Anxiety/ Shyness
The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook
-
----
Staring at the Sun:  Overcoming the Terror of Death
Antony & Swinson
----
Yalom
2000
-
----
2008
Anxiety - Social Anxiety/ Shyness
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Anxiety - Existential/ Death Anxiety

Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living (8th ed.)
-
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Preparing for Life:  The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
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Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome:  A Student Guide
Alberti & Emmons
----
Baker
-
----
Harpur, Lawlor, & Fitzgerald
2001
-
----
2005
-
----
2004
Assertiveness
-
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Asperger's/Autism Spectrum
-
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Asperger's/Autism Spectrum

The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession Pope, Phillips,&
Olivardia
2000 Body Image / Body Obsession -Men

Boundaries
Katherine
1991
Boundaries
Where to Draw the Line
Katherine
2000
Boundaries

I Hate You, Don't Leave Me
Kreisman & Straus
1989
Borderline Personality
Stop Walking on Eggshells
----
Stop Walking on Eggshells (2nd edition)
Mason & Kreger
----
Mason & Kreger
1998
----
2010
Borderline Personality
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Borderline Personality
The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook
Kreger & Shirley
2002
Borderline Personality

Outgrowing the Pain: A Book For and About Adults Abused as Children
Gil
1983
Child Abuse -Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Neglect

College is Only the Beginning: A Student Guide to Higher Education
Gardner & Jewler (Eds.)
1985
College/Success
I Never Knew I Had A Choice (3rd ed.)
Corey
1986
College/Personal Growth and Development

Messages
The Messages Workbook
McKay & Fanning
Davis, Paleg, & Fanning
1995
2004
Communication
Communication
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts
Bolton
1979
Communication/ Assertiveness

Make Every Session Count
Preston, Varzos, and Liebert
2000
Counseling /Brief Therapy
Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Yalom
1989
Counseling/Tales of

The Bi-Polar Disorder Survival Guide
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide (2nd ed.)
Miklowitz
----
Miklowitz
----
International Bipolar Foundation
2002
----
2011
----
2012
Depression - Bipolar (Manic Depression)
Depression - Bipolar
----
Depression - Bipolar
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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The Up and Down Life:  The Truth about Bipolar Disorder
- the Good, the Bad, and the Funny
Redfield Jamison
----
Jones
1995
----
2008
Depression - Bipolar
----
Depression - Bipolar
Feeling Good
Burns
1999
Depression
The Feeling Good Handbook
Burns
1999
Depression/Anxiety/ Relationships
The Depression Workbook
Copeland & McKay
1992
Depression
Beating the College Blues
----
How You Can Survive When They’re Depressed
Grayson & Meilman
Sheffield
1999
----
1998
Depression
----
Depression
Queer Blues
Hardin & Hall
2001
Depression - GLBT

Making Peace with Food
----
The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery
Kano
----
Kolodny
1989
----
2004
Eating/Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorders
The Secret Language of Eating Disorders
Claude-Pierre
1997
Eating Disorders
The Food Fix
Stoltz
1983
Eating Disorders
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Gottlieb
2000
Eating Disorders - Anorexia
The Monster Within: Overcoming Bulimia
Rowland
1984
Eating Disorders - Bulimia
Appetites
Roth
1996
Eating & Intimacy
When Food is Love
Roth
1991
Eating & Intimacy
The Rules of “Normal Eating”
----
Mindful Emotional Eating
----
Eating Awareness Training
Koenig
----
Somov
----
Groger
2005
----
2015
----
1983
Eating/Healthy Eating
----
Eating & Mindfulness
----
Eating/Nutrition
What to Eat When You Don't Feel Like Eating
Haller
1994
Eating/Nutrition
Nutrition, Weight Control, & Exercise
Katch
-
Eating/Nutrition
Food & Mood (2nd ed.)
Somer
1999
Eating/Nutrition/Wellness
Food & Body Connections
Christian
1996
Eating/Nutrition

Imperfect Control
Viorst
1998
Emotions/Control/
Power/Self
What You Can Change and What You Can’t Seligman 1993 Emotions/Control/
Power/Self
Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life
A Thoughts and Feelings Workbook
McKay,Davis, & Fanning
1997
Emotions/Moods/
Thoughts/Feelings

How You Feel is Up to You

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Mind Over Mood (2nd ed.):  Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

McKay & Dinkmeyer
-----

Greenberger & Padesky

2002

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2016

Emotions/Moods/
Thoughts/Feelings
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Emotions/Moods/
Thoughts/Feelings


Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood
Hays
2002
Exercise - Anxiety/
Conquering Depression and Anxiety through Exercise Johnsgard 2004 Depression/Stress/Body Enjoyment

When to Forgive
Affinito
1999
Forgiveness
The Self Forgiveness Handbook
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Forgiving Yourself: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Peace with Your Mistakes and Getting On with Your Life
Rutledge
----
Flanigan
1997
----
1996
Forgiveness - Self
----
Forgiveness - Self

Is It A Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays & Lesbians
Marcus
1993
GLBT
Coming Out Every Day
Johnson
1997
GLBT - Identity

How to Survive the Loss of a Love
Bloomfield, Colgrove, and McWilliams
2000
Grief/Loss/Death
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
-----
Living With Grief After Sudden Loss
Rando
-----
Doka
1988/1991
-----
1996
Grief/Loss/Death
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Grief/Loss/Death
The Last Goodbye II
Boulden
1994
Grief/Loss/Death
Moving Beyond Grief
Sissom
1994
Grief/Loss/Death
Good Grief
Westberg
1971
Grief/Loss/Death
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent
Alcher
1993
Grief/Loss/Death
When Parents Die
Myers
1986
Grief/Loss/Death
Motherless Daughters
Edelman
1994
Grief/Loss/Death
Father Loss: Daughters Discuss the Man That Got Away
Wakerman
1984
Grief/Loss/Death
The Loss that is Forever
(early death of parent)
Harris
1995
Grief/Loss/Death

Making A Good Brain Great
Amen
2005
Health - Brain
Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer
NIH
1990
Health - Cancer
Guide for Cancer Supporters Bloch 1992 Health - Cancer

No Balance Due:  Tired of Being in Debt Up to Your Eyeballs? Tumbarello 2006 Life Skills - Personal Finance
Money Matters for Newlyweds Citibank 1992 Life Skills - Finance, Relationships

The Loneliness Workbook

Copeland

2000

Loneliness

Men's Work: To Stop Male Violence
Kivel
1992
Male Violence

Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl
1959/1962/ 1984/1992/ 2006
Meaning - Logotherapy

101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience:  Cultivate Calm, Clarity, Optimism, & Happiness Each Day
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One-Minute Mindfulness:  50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out World

Toxic Parents
Altman


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Altman


Forward & Buck
2016

-----

2011


1989
Mindfulness/Resilience

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Mindfulness


Parents - Coping with Unhealthy/Harmful Ones

Compassion & Self-Hate
Rubin
1975
Personal Growth/Self-Hate

Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types
Kiersey & Bates
1984
Personality Type/MBTI (Myers-Briggs)

The Procrastination Workbook
Knaus
2002
Procrastination
The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing it Now
Emmett
2000
Procrastination

Successful Problem Solving
McKay & Fanning
2002
Problem Solving

Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship
----
Feeling Good Together:  The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work
Kuriansky
----
Burns
1998
----
2008
Relationships
----
Relationships
If This is Love, Why Do I Feel So Insecure?
Hindy, Schwarz, & Brodsky 1989
Relationships
The Dance of Connection Lerner 2002 Relationships - Communication
Loving Someone Gay
Clark
1997
Relationships - GLBT
My Roommate Is Driving Me Crazy! Fee 2005 Relationships - Roommate Conflict
Why Does He Do That?  Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Bancroft
2002
Relationships - Abusive
Rebuilding (When Your Relationship Ends)
Fisher
1992
Relationships - Loss
It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken:  The Smart Girl’s Breakup Buddy Behrendt & Ruotola-Behrendt 2005 Relationships - Loss/Break up

Getting Your Life Back Together When You Have Schizophrenia
Temes
2002
Schizophrenia
Surviving Schizophrenia
Torrey
2001
Schizophrenia

Building Self-Esteem, 2nd Ed.
Barksdale
1989
Self-Esteem
Recovery of Your Self-Esteem
Hillman
1992
Self-Esteem
Heal Your Self-Esteem Robinson 1991 Self-Esteem
Ten Days to Self-Esteem
Burns
1999
Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem
---
Self-Esteem (4th Ed.)

McKay & Fanning
---
McKay & Fanning

2000
---
2016

Self-Esteem
The Self-Esteem Workbook
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The Self-Esteem Workbook (2nd ed.)
Schiraldi
---
Schiraldi
2001
---
2016
Self-Esteem
Crossing the Bridge
Negley
1997
Self-Esteem
The Gay & Lesbian Self-Esteem Book
Hardin
1999
Self-Esteem - GLBT

Bodily Harm
Conterio & Lader
1998
Self-Injury
A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation & the Language of Pain
Strong
1998
Self-Injury

Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Bass & Davis
1993
Sexual Abuse
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (rev. ed.)
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The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (3rd edition)
Maltz

----
Maltz
2001

----
2012
Sexual Abuse

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Sexual Abuse
Reach for the Rainbow: Advanced Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Finney
1990
Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Bass & Davis
1992
Sexual Abuse
Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse
Hunter
1990
Sexual Abuse
Broken Boys/Mending Men: Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse
Grubman-Black
1990
Sexual Abuse
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love was Sexually Abused as a Child
Davis
1991
Sexual Abuse - For Significant Others

Sexual Assault in Context
Kilmartin
2001
Sexual Assault
Rape on Campus
Greenhaven Press
1995
Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault on Campus: What Colleges Can Do
Adams & Abarbanel
1988
Sexual Assault
Avoiding Rape On and Off Campus (2nd ed.)
Pritchard
1988
Sexual Assault
If You Are Raped
Johnson
1985
Sexual Assault
After Silence
Raine
1998
Sexual Assault
I Never Called It Rape
Warshaw
1994
Sexual Assault
Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery
Francisco
1999
Sexual Assault
Recovering from Rape
Ledray
1986
Sexual Assault
Resurrection After Rape Atkinson 2010 Sexual Assault
Safe, Strong, and Streetwise
Benedict
1987
Sexual Safety

For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy
Barbach
2001
Sexuality/ Relationships/Intimacy
For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality
Barbach
2000
Sexuality - Female
Fit For Sex: A Man's Guide to Enhancing And Maintaining Peak Sexual Performance
Knutila
2000
Sexuality/Sex/
Men's health

Sleep
Caldwell
1995
Sleep

Stalking: A Handbook for Victims
Spence-Diehl
1999
Stalking/Safety

The Stress Owner's Manual
Boenisch & Haney
1996
Stress
Campus Calm University:  The College Student’s 10-Step Blueprint to Stop Stressing & Create a Happy, Purposeful Life
Pascucci
2009
Stress
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, 4th Ed. (2 Copies)
Davis, Eshelman, & McKay
1995
Stress
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, 5th Ed.
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The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, 6th Ed.
Davis, Eshelman, & McKay
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Davis, Eshelman, & McKay
2000
----
2008
Stress
Stress Management
Great Performance, Inc.
1987
Stress
Stress, Anxiety, & Depression
Simmons & Daw
1994
Stress/Anxiety/Depression

Thoughts & Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life (2nd ed.)
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Thoughts & Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life (4th ed.)

McKay, Davis, and Fanning

McKay, Davis, and Fanning

1997


2011

Stress/Anxiety/Depression
/Anger/Misc.

How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me

Blauner

2002

Suicide Prevention
Choosing To Live Ellis & Newman 1996 Suicide Prevention
Night Falls Fast Redfield Jamison 1999 Suicide - Bipolar Disorder

True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism

Brown & Rounsley

1996

Transsexualism

I Can't Get Over It
Matsakis
1996
Trauma/PTSD
The PTSD Workbook Williams & Poijula 2002 Trauma/PTSD

Our Bodies, Ourselves:  A New Edition for a New Era
The Women’s Health Book Collective
2005
Women's Health
When Your Body Gets the Blues Brown & Robinson 2002 Women's Health - Mood/Eating/Sleep
The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women Slater, Daniel, & Banks 2003 Women's Health - Mental Health