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Resources and References

 

The books and other items listed here are available through AMAZON but you will also be able to get them locally at Dymocks or other bookstores. Click on each panel for more references.

Really Relating is filled with practical and effective measures for improving your communication and connections with your persona and professional relationships.

The Art of Loving is the well known book that describes and discusses the nature of love and loving. HIGHLY RECOMENDED.

The Architecture of Happiness evokes in the reader sense of wonder in the power of buildings and how they can influence us in our daily lives.

Status Anxiety: For all the wonderful things our lives give us, we are still not happy. Alain de Botton asks why and makes some suggestions to ponder.

"After the Affair" and "Not Just Friends": for information about Trust and Cheating in relationships

Irvin Yalom: writings on therapy

Irvin Yalom: writings on therapy

Irvin Yalom: writings on therapy

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Nothing is new in land sea or air... other sources of information for this web site:

  • Bergantino, L. (1981) Psychotherapy, Insight and Style. Allyn and Bacon Inc, Boston.
  • Bly, R. (1996) The Sibling Society. William Heinemann, Port Melbourne.
  • Brown, G. & Moran, P. (1998) Emotion and the Etiology of Depressive Disorders. In F. Flack & J Laird (Editors) Emotions and Psychotherapy. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Bobes, T. &  Rothman, B. (1998) The Crowded Bed: An Effective Framework for Doing Couple Therapy. WW Norton, NewYork City.
  • Buss, D. (2000) The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love or Sex. Bloomsberry, London
  • Cornett, C. (1995) Reclaiming the Authentic Self: Dynamic Psychotherapy for Gay Men. Jason Aronson Inc, London.
  • Freeman, D. (1992) Multigenerational Family Therapy. The Haworth Press, New York.
  • Foucault, M. (Trans. Hurley, R.) (1984) The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality: 2. Penguin, London.
  • Gelcer, E. & McCabe, A. & Smith-Resnick, C. (1990) Milan Family Therapy: Variant and Invariant Methods. Jason Aronson Inc, London.
  • Halperin, D. (1995) Saint=Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography. Oxford University Press, New York.
    Inger, I and Inger, J. (1994) Creating an Ethical Position in Family Therapy. Karnac Books, London.
  • Kerr, M & Bowen, M. (1988) Family Evaluation: An approach based on Bowen Theory. W.W. Norton & Company, New York.
  • Kidman, A. (2001) From Thought to Action. Biochemical and General Services, St Leonards.
  • Kirshenbaum, M. (1996) Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay. Penguin Books, Ringwood.
  • Kramer, L. (1997) After the Lovedeath: Sexual Violence and the Making of Culture. University of California Press, Berkley.
  • Kummerow, J. & Barger, N. & Kirby, L. (1997) Work Types. Warner, New York.
  • Livia, A & Hall, K. (1997) Queerly Phased: Language, Gender and Sexuality. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Levinson, D. (1978) The Seasons of a Man's Life. Ballantine Books, New York.
  • McWhirter, D. & Mattison, A. (1984) The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop. Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewwod.
  • Miller, A. (1987) The Drama of Being a Child: The Search for the True Self. Virago Press, London.
  • Mohr, R. (1992) Gay Ideas Outing and other Controversies. Beacon Press, Boston.
  • Moses, A and Hawkins, R. (1982) Counselling Lesbian Woman and Gay Men. The C.V. Mosby Company, St Louis.
  • Munroe, R. (1955) Schools of Psychoanalytical Thought. Dryden Press, New York.
  • Nelson, J. B. (1988) The Intimate Connection. The Westminster Press, Philadelphia.
  • Nelson, T. and Trepper, T. (Ed) (1993) 101 Interventions in Family Therapy. The Haworth Press, New York.
  • Osborn, T. (1996) Coming Home to America. St Martin's Press, New York.
  • Pines, A. (1999) Falling in Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose. Routledge, London.
  • Richardson, R. (1995) Family Ties That Bind. Self Counselling Press, Bellingham.
  • Ross, B. (1991) Remembering the Personal Past: Descriptions of Autobiographical Memory. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Sedgwick, E. (1990) Epistemology of the Closet. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  • Shaddock, D. (1998) From Impasse to Intimacy: How Understanding Unconscious Needs Can Transform Relationships. Jason Aronson Inc, Northvale.
  • Siegel, S & Lowe, E. Jr. (1995) Uncharted Lives: Understanding the Life Passages of Gay Men. A Plume Book, Penguin, New York.
  • Skynner, R and Cleese, J. (1983) Families and How to Survive Them. Metheun, London.
  • Schnarch, D. (1991) Constructing the Sexual Crucible. W W Norton, New York.
  • Sullivan, A. (1995) Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality. Alfred A Knopf, New York.
  • Weinstein, D. (Editor)(1992) Lesbians and Gay Men: Chemical Dependency Treatment Issues.
  • Harrington Press, New York.
  • Wolpert, L. (1999) Malignant Sadness: the Anatomy of Depression. Faber and Faber, London.

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