Psychology Organizations and Resources

American Psychological Association: www.apa.org

American Psychiatric Association: www.psych.org

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: www.abct.org

National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov

National Alliance on Mental Health: www.nami.org

National Eating Disorder Association: www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: www.samhsa.gov

Recommended Readings on Psychology

Beck, Aaron T. (1975). Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc.

Brumberg, Joan (1997). The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. New York: Random House Inc.

Burns, David. D. (1980) Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. New York, NY: A Signet Book New American Library.

Frankl, Viktor (1963). Man’s search for meaning. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press.

Freud, Sigmund S. (1995). The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud. Translated and edited by A. A. Brill. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

Jung, Carl G. Modern Man in Search of a Soul.  Translated by W. S. Dell and Cary F. Baynes. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Inc., 1933

Myss, Caroline (2009). Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason. Carlsbad, California: Hay House Inc.

Rogers, Carl (1961). On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy. Boston, Massachusettes: Houghton Mifflin.

Yalom, Irvin D. (2001). Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy. HarperCollins Publishers.

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