Favorite reference books
Ten Days to Great Self-Esteem.10 easy steps to brighten your moods and discover the joy in everyday living. D. Burns. Vermilion, Randon House, London, 2000.
Whereever You Go. There you are. Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Hyperion, New York, 1995.
Mind over Mood. A cognitive therapy treatment manual for clients. D. Greenberger & C.A. Padesky. The Guildford Press, New York and London, 1995.
Get out of your mind and into your life. The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. S.C. Hayes & S. Smith. New Hrabinger Publ., Oakland, 2005.
The relaxation and stress reduction workbook. M. Davis, E. Robbins Eschelman & M. McKay. New Harbbinger, Oakland, 1995.
The OCD Workbook. Your guide to breaking free from obsessive-compulsive disorder. B.M. Hyman, & C. Pedrick. New Harbinger, Oakland, 1999.
Der kleine Taschentherapeut. Arnold Lazarus & C. Lazarus. Klett-Cola, Stuttgart, 1997.
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the dread of death. Irvin D. Yalom, Piatkus, London 2008.
The dialectical behavior Therapy Skills Workbook. Practical DBT exercises for learning mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, & Jeffrey Brantley, New Harbinger, Oakland, 2007.
You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life. Jeffrey M. Schwartz & Rebecca Gladding. Penguin, New York and London, 2011.
Additional reading
Feeling Good. Author David Burns.
Life and how to survive it. Robin Skynner and John Cleese
Fallstricke der Liebe. Arnold Lazarus
Who Moved MY Cheese. Spencer Johnson. Vermilion.
Fish. A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results. Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen
Person to Person. The Problem of Being Human. Carl R. Rogers & Barry Stevens
A self-help guide to managing depression. Phil Barker.
When in Doubt, Make Belief. An OCD-inspired approaco to living with uncertainty. Jeff Bell. New World. Novato.
Ich kann wenn ich will. Arnold Lazarus & A. Fay.
The Anxiety and Phobic Workbook. Edmund J. Bourne
Retire Smart, Retire Happy: Finding Your True Path in Life. Nancy K. Schlossberg.
Manage Your Mind. Gilian Butler & Tony Hope.
Ich pflanze ein Lächeln. Thich Nhat Hanh.
The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion.
The Creative Habit. Learn it and use it for life. Twyla Tharp. Simon & Schuster, NY.
Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman.
The Attention Revolution. Unlocking the power of the focussed mind. Alan Wallace. Wisdom Publ., Boston
Strategies of Psychotherapy. Jay Haley.
Psychiatry. The Science of Lies. Thomas Szasz (cf. audible.de)
Favorite Audio and visual-recordings (DVD)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The Great Courses. Jason M. Sattlefield (audible.de)
Personal Enrichment Through Imagery. Arnold Lazarus (Guilford)
Body Image Therapy. A Program for Self-Directed Change. Thomas F. T. Cash (Guilford)
Coming to our Senses. Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. Kabat-Zinn
Grundlagen der Rational-Emotive Therapie (RET) Albert Ellis (DVD1-3 in English)
Cognitive Therapy of Depression. Demonstration of an Initial Interview. Aaron Beck & Jeffrey Young
First Steps to Freedom: New Developments. Lectures on Progressive Mindfulness (2004). Jeffrey Schwartz
When Panic Attacks. David D. Burns
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. Steven C. Hayes & Spencer Smith (Audible.de)
The Gift of Therapy. Irvin Yalom DVD (Psychotherapy.net)
Self-Esteem, Patrick Fanning & Matthew McKay (audible.de)
Vom Sinn des Unsinns. Paul Watzlawick (Auditorium)
On Being a Therapist. Jeffrey A. Kottler (audible.de)
Life and how to survive it. Robin Skynner and John Cleese
Fallstricke der Liebe. Arnold Lazarus
Who Moved MY Cheese. Spencer Johnson. Vermilion.
Fish. A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results. Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen
Person to Person. The Problem of Being Human. Carl R. Rogers & Barry Stevens
A self-help guide to managing depression. Phil Barker.
When in Doubt, Make Belief. An OCD-inspired approaco to living with uncertainty. Jeff Bell. New World. Novato.
Ich kann wenn ich will. Arnold Lazarus & A. Fay.
The Anxiety and Phobic Workbook. Edmund J. Bourne
Retire Smart, Retire Happy: Finding Your True Path in Life. Nancy K. Schlossberg.
Manage Your Mind. Gilian Butler & Tony Hope.
Ich pflanze ein Lächeln. Thich Nhat Hanh.
The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion.
The Creative Habit. Learn it and use it for life. Twyla Tharp. Simon & Schuster, NY.
Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman.
The Attention Revolution. Unlocking the power of the focussed mind. Alan Wallace. Wisdom Publ., Boston
Strategies of Psychotherapy. Jay Haley.
Psychiatry. The Science of Lies. Thomas Szasz (cf. audible.de)
Favorite Audio and visual-recordings (DVD)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The Great Courses. Jason M. Sattlefield (audible.de)
Personal Enrichment Through Imagery. Arnold Lazarus (Guilford)
Body Image Therapy. A Program for Self-Directed Change. Thomas F. T. Cash (Guilford)
Coming to our Senses. Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. Kabat-Zinn
Grundlagen der Rational-Emotive Therapie (RET) Albert Ellis (DVD1-3 in English)
Cognitive Therapy of Depression. Demonstration of an Initial Interview. Aaron Beck & Jeffrey Young
First Steps to Freedom: New Developments. Lectures on Progressive Mindfulness (2004). Jeffrey Schwartz
When Panic Attacks. David D. Burns
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. Steven C. Hayes & Spencer Smith (Audible.de)
The Gift of Therapy. Irvin Yalom DVD (Psychotherapy.net)
Self-Esteem, Patrick Fanning & Matthew McKay (audible.de)
Vom Sinn des Unsinns. Paul Watzlawick (Auditorium)
On Being a Therapist. Jeffrey A. Kottler (audible.de)