14 must-read mental health books like Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un…

"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

If you liked the mental health plot in Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Healing the Shame that Binds You

By: John Bradshaw

4.09

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

“I used to drink,” writes John Bradshaw, “to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I dran… read more

Similar categories in John Bradshaw's Healing the Shame that Binds You book and Melody Beattie's Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

  • relationships
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of love."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

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2. The Dance Of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

By: Harriet Lerner

3.94

Format: None pages,

"Anger is a signal and one worth listening to,"writes Dr. Harriet Lerner, in her renowned classic t… read more

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  • relationships
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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3. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

By: Brené Brown

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times best-selling author and professor Brene Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book t… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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4. Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives

By: Andrea Wells Miller , Pia Mellody , J. Keith Miller

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Revised and Updated With Over 600,000 Copies Sold Pia Mellody creates a framework for identifying c… read more

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  • relationships
  • personal development
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help

5. Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation

By: Nathaniel Branden

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Brande… read more

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6. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced… read more

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7. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing your emotional life force by getting his or her needs met …"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a re…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"How many people get to be awake and aware for the emergence of the person they were always meant to be? How many people get to have two lifetimes in one? So tell me, is it worth the pain to get to li…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"No child can be good enough to evoke love from a highly self-involved parent. Nevertheless, these children come to believe that the price of making a connection is to put other people first and treat…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

8. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find -- and Keep -- Love

By: Amir Levine , None

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levi… read more

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9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: None

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold n… read more

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10. Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love

By: Andrea Wells Miller , Pia Mellody , J. Keith Miller

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

In this revised and updated version of Facing Love Addiction, bestselling author of Facing Codepend… read more

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11. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By: Henry Cloud , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more

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12. Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's al… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson

4.49

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the author of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents , this handbook offers essential,… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

4.28

Format: 282 pages, ebook

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. … read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them"

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"I’m not doing this to disrespect you. I’m doing this to respect myself."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"Assume that people know only what you tell them, honor only what you request, and can't read your mind."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

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15. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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16. Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Instant New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace , a … read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Visit the past, but don't stay there."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

"You can love your parents and be upset about how they raised you."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

"Critical thinking is a threat to unhealthy systems, and questions make people think."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

"When you don't want to participate in gossiping: "I’d like to hear more about what’s happening with you"

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

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17. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un… read more

Similar categories in Melody Beattie's Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself book and Melody Beattie's Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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18. It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

By: Ramani Durvasula

4.58

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from p… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You may have had the belief that to forgive is divine but have come to learn that to discern may be transcendent."

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"Radical acceptance of the injustice is part of this process-it not fair, I cannot change it; I can, however, chart a different and authentic course forward and learn from this. Be kind to yourself, t…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"I am tired of people calling those of us who get stuck in these cycles "codependent" or "addicted" to the narcissistic relationship. It's not that. If you have any empathy, have normal cognitive func…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

Cover of Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love by Jessica Baum LMHC

19. Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love

By: Jessica Baum LMHC

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A road map for building strong and secure relationships for those who struggle with anxiety in thei… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships

By: Nicole LePera

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of The Holistic Psychologist and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How to… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime by Julie Menanno

21. Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime

By: Julie Menanno

4.55

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Create a lasting and loving attachment with the help of the expert couple’s therapist behind the po… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

12 Best audiobook books like Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

Transform Your Habits

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Brené Brown

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.49

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16 best-selling audiobook books like Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Transform Your Habits

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

Mark Wolynn

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Bruce D. Perry

4.44

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