My Counseling Library

Hi everyone!! 

On this page, I have created a list of my counseling books that I have been collecting since I've started my graduate program. These are all great resources and I highly recommend them!! If you have any book recommendations, feel free to e-mail me at cheerfulcounseling@yahoo.com, facebook message, or comment on this page! I am always looking for new books to add to my counseling library :) Also, I will continue to update this page as I accumulate more resources :) These are all available on Amazon! 

Bullying Books:

• Bullying in the Girls World by Diane Senn 
• The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8 by Allan L. Beane 
• The ABC's of Bullying Prevention by Kenneth Shore 
• Cyber Kids, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Balance by Barbara C. Trolley and Candace Hanel

Friendship/Girls Group: 

• Girls in Real Life Situations, Grades 6-12: Group Counseling Activities for Enhancing Social and Emotional Development by Julia V. Taylor & Shannon Trice-Black 
• The Drama Years: Real Girls Talk about surviving Middle School--Bullies, Brands, Body Image, and more by Haley Kilpatrick & Whitney Joiner 
• Drama-Free Tweens: A Group Manual for "sassy" Preteen Girls by Linda Thomas Poindexter

Elementary School Counseling (Various Topics):

• Positive Visualizations by Victoria Cull 
• Making it Better: Activities for Children Living in A Stressful World  by Barbara Oehlberg 
• Spectacular Guidance Activities for Kids  by Diane Senn 

Middle School Counseling (Various Topics):

• Grab Bag Guidance: And other Small Group Counseling Topics for Middle School Students by Becky Kirby
• Ways to Amaze and Engage Middle School Students by Becky Kirby

K-12 Counseling (Various Topics)

• Large Group Guidance Activities: A K-12 Sourcebook by Joe Wittmer & and Diane W. Thompson 
• 102 Tools for Teachers and Counselors, too!  by Mary Joe Hannaford 
• Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth by Liana Lowenstein 

Test-Taking Skills: 

• Excite Me, Motivate Me, Test Me!: Practical Test-Taking Strategies for Busy Counselors by Sandra Robinson 
• Testing Miss Malarkey  by Judy Finchler 

Success Skills: 

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens  by Sean Covey 
• Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach their Potential by Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, and Colin Guare. 

Divorce: 

• Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce by Liana Lowenstein 

Counseling Resource Books:

• The Elementary/Middle School Counselor's Survival Guide by John J. Schmidt 
• The School Counselor's Book of Lists  by Dorothy J. Blum and Tamara E. Davis 
• A Year of School Counseling  by Barbara Muller-Ackerman 

Conflict Resolution: 

• Conflict Resolution Activities that Work! by Kathleen M. Hollenbeck 
• Teaching Conflict Resolution through Children's Literature by William J. Kreidler

Self-Esteem: 

• Ready-To-Use Self-Esteem Activities for Young Children  by Jean R. Feldman 
• The Girls Guide to Loving Yourself  by Diane Jensen 

Social Skills: 

• Ready-To-Use Social Skills Lessons and Activities for Grades 4-6 by Ruth Weltmann Begun

College/Career: 

• Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook by Editors at JIST