Bari’s Recommended Resources

Here are several books that Bari frequently recommends for clients in both her workshops and one-on-one consultations:

Relationship Issues

  • Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion (Tarvis)
  • Divorce Busting (Weiner-Davis)
  • Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love (Markman, Stanley, and Blumberg)
  • Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples (Hendrix, Harville)
  • Keeping the Love You Find (Hendrix, Harville)
  • Love Is Never Enough (Beck)
  • Male and Female Realities: Understanding the Opposite Sex (Tannenbaum)
  • Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus (Gray)
  • Of Course You're Angry (Warden/Rosellini)
  • Passionate Marriage (Schnarch)
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Covey)
  • The Good Marriage (Wallerstein)
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (Gottman)
  • We Can Work It Out (Notarius/Markman)
  • Why Marriages Succeed or Fail and How You Can Make Yours Last (Gottman)
  • You Just Don't Understand (Tannen)
  • Is it love or is it addiction? (Brenda Schaeffer)
  • Facing Love and Addiction (Pia Mellody)
Family and Parenting Issues
  • Adolescence: The Survival Guide (Fenwick and Smith)
  • Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children (Thompson, Grace, and Cohen)
  • Divorce and New Beginnings (Clapp)
  • Fathers and Adolescents (Shulman and Seiffge-Krenke)
  • Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? (Wolfe)
  • Help Me, I have a Teenager!! (Drake)
  • “I’m Not Mad, I Just Hate You”: A New Understanding of Mother–Daughter Conflict (Cohen-Sandler, and Silver)
  • Parents Who Love Too Much (Nelson)
  • Positive Discipline for Teenagers (Nelson and Lott)
  • Raising Cain (Kindlon)
  • Raising Responsible Teenagers (Myers)
  • Rebel Without a Car: Surviving and Appreciating Your Child’s Teen Years (Mednick)
  • Reviving Ophelia (Pipher)
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Covey)
  • Simplify Your Life (with Kids) (St. James)
  • Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers (Riera)





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