Borderline personality disorder

Title

Author

Comments

New Hope for People With BPD: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guided on Traditional and Complementary Solutions 

Fawcett, Jan &

Golden, Bernard

Border Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD 

Friedel, Robert & Hoffman, Perry

I Hate You - Don't Leave Me

Kreisman, Jerald &

Straus, Hal

Wonderful and easy to read

narcissistic personality disorder

Title

Author

Comments

Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism

Hotchkiss, Sandy & Masterson, James

Traumatic Narcissism:  Relational Systems of Subjugation

Shaw, Daniel

for adult children

Title

Author

Comments

The Abandoned Child Within: On Losing and Regaining Self-Worth

Asper, Kathrin & Rooks, Sharon

Wonderful book

Children of the Self-Absorbed

Brown, Nina

Second edition is even better than the first

Kids are Worth It!: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline

Coloroso, Barbara

Reading books like this wonderful one parenting is another way for people to reference how childhood should have been; Author was a nun/teacher before getting married and having 4 teens. Focus on understating the values 
behind how you are parenting, having very clear discipline - and tons of love and respect

Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and
Guilt to Manipulate You

Forward, Susan

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Forward, Susan &

Buck, Craig

Uses real-life stories to provide framework to move past frustrating relationship patterns

Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters

Forward, Susan & Glynn, Donna Frazier

Too Close for Comfort?: Questioning the New Intimacy of Today's Mother Daughter Relationship

Gordon, Linda Perlman & Shaffer, Susan

Discusses healthy boundaries for both mother and daughter

Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism

Hotchkiss, Sandy & Masterson, James

Walking on Eggshells:  Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents

Isay, Jane

Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship

Lawson, Christine Ann

Excellent reviews, readable and relatable for clinician and client

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

McBride, Karyl

Focuses on mothers and daughters but addresses the impact of having a narcissistic parent

Mama Drama: Making Peace with the One Woman Who Can Push Your Buttons, Make
You Cry, and Drive You Crazy

McGregor, Denise

The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness

Miller, Alice

Prisoners of Childhood: The Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self

Miller, Alice &

Ward, Ruth

“Gifted Child” refers to trauma survivor

If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your
Place in the World

Neuharth, Dan

Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem

Roth, Kimberlee & Friedman, Freda

When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life

Secunda, Victoria

Traumatic Narcissism:  Relational Systems of Subjugation

Shaw, Daniel

Anywhere but Here

Simpson, Mona

Fiction – also made into a movie

Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible
Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow

Viorst, Judith

Out of the FOG: Information & Support for those with a Family Member or Loved One who Suffers From a Personality Disorder

Walters, Gary

Psychoeducational and supportive resource

Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

Whitfield, Charles

for partners

Title

Author

Comments

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship

Manning, Shari & Linehan, Marsha

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Mason, Paul &

Kreger, Randi

Out of the FOG: Information & Support for those with a Family Member or Loved One who Suffers From a Personality Disorder

Walters, Gary

Psychoeducational and supportive resource

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