THE B.C. Psychological
Association recently sur-
veyed a number of their
psychologists to find out
which self-help books
they regard as useful
and have recommended
to their clients.

The following were recom-
mended:
Bi Getting The Love You Need -

et
Keeping Un Love You Frid
by Herville Hendrix

A practical guide to resolv
ing problems through exercises
to enhance communication,
stop self-defeating behaviour,
and achieve mutual emotional
satisfaction.
You Just Don't Understand:
Women and Men in
Conversation Deborah
Tannen

Tannen uses examples rang:

by

Boiz’s big bicycie ride

WEST Vancouver’s
Ursula Botz is one of
three B.C. cyclists plan-
ning to cake on a
5,200-km challenge for

lung disease research.
he trio includes Botz,
Vancouver's Cindy Bouvet and
Tim Pollock of Coquitlam.
The group will be part of
200 cyclists riding across the
United States from Seattle to
Washington, D.C. in the Big
Ride Across America.

The ride takes place from
June 19 to August 5. Cyclists
plan to cover an average of 130
km a day across 12 states.
Participants are required to
raise $10,500 minimum to
participate in the event. The
ride’s goal is to raise awareness
and funds against lung disease.

Botz is a lawyer. She rode
in the Lung Association's
annual Bicycle Trek for Life
and Breath. To support the
Big Riders or for more infor-
mation, call 731-5864.

ing from real life to literary real-
am to show how, even inthe
closest: relationships, women
and men live in) “different
worlds.”
Are You The One For Me by
Barbara deAngelis

The book contains informa-
tion about choosing the right
partner and making tove last.
DeAngelis helps readers under-
stand why they make the love
choices they do.

T Love fou Let’s Work It Out
by David Viscort

Viscott guides — couples
through the rough spots with
problem-solving strategies that
work.
@ The Dance of Intimacy by
Harriet Lerner

A careful took at relation-
ships in which intimacy is most
challenged by too much dis-
tance, to0 much anger, or too
much pain.
3 Too Good to Leave Too Bad To
Stay by Mira Kishenbaum

There is no other question
thar can cause so heartache and
self-doubt. Unlike other books
that tell you how to fix your
relationship, Kishenbaum helps

eed

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a person cheose whether they
should trv or if they need to ga,

Get Rid of Him by Jovee
Vedrai

Vedral provides — real-lite
examples of when, why, and
how to break off relationship
that’s going nowhere,
@ fron Join by Robert Bly

Based on a mentor-like fig-
ure ina Grimms’ fairy tale, Bly
discusses men’s need to learn
how to honour the positive
image of their masculinity.
G King Warrior Magician
Laver by Robert Moore

‘This book provides a Jungian
approach to the psychological
foundations of a masculinity that
is mature, authentic, and revital-
ized.
B Your Perfect Right by Robert
E. Albert and Michael L.
Emmons

A guide to equal-relation-
ship assertiveness. It is packed
with step-by-step procedures,
detailed examples, and exercis-

es.
B The Joy of Stress by Peter G.
Hanson

Hanson discusses the psy-
chological and physical

responses to stress and how to
deal with it.
Bofhe Anger Workout Book by
Hendrie D. Weisinger

A workbook of tests and
exercises to help use anger ere-
atively and positively.
Bl Co-Dependent No More by
Melody Beattie

Beattie spells out what
codependency is and provides
options to change unhealthy
behaviours and stressful rela-
tionships.
M&M Self-Esteem by Mathew
McKay and Patrick Fanning,

This self-help book works
on positive selFesteem through

simple and fun exercises that
wil radically intprove the way
people feel about themselves.
Blaming Your Gremlin by
Richard David Carson and
Novle Rogers
Carson and Rogers demon-
strate ways to dispel the self-
defeating aspects of personality.
@ Learned Optimism by M.E.P.
Seligman
Seligman teaches readers
how to choose optimism and
gain freedom to build a life of
rewards and fulfillment.
— The B.C. Psychological
Association is a nonprofit associ-
ation for registered psychologists.

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