Esther Kane, MSW
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Therapy for Women & Families
Serving Courtenay and the Comox Valley, BC
250.338.1800
esther@estherkane.com

Books

Now Available!

A Ten-Step Plan for Ending Bad Relationships and Attracting the Fabulous Partner You Deserve

Dump That Chump:
A Ten-Step Plan for Ending Bad Relationships and Attracting the Fabulous Partner You Deserve

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What Your Mama Can't Or Won't Teach You: Grown Women's Stories of Their Teen Years

What Your Mama Can’t
Or Won’t Teach You
:
Grown Women’s Stories of Their Teen Years

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Other Books I Recommend

 

Depression/Anxiety

The Highly Sensitive Person (Elaine Aron)

The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World (Step-By-Step Guides) (Ted Zeff and Elaine N. Aron)

The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook (Elaine Aron)

The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You (Elaine Aron)

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (Hardcover) (Elaine Aron)

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them (Elaine Aron)

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook (Edmund J. Bourne)

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated (David D. Burns)

 

Disordered Eating

All Made Up (Audrey D. Brashich)

Fat Is a Feminist Issue (Susie Orbach)

Fat Is a Feminist Issue II (Susie Orbach)

The Body Betrayed: A Deeper Understanding of Women, Eating Disorders, and Treatment (Kathryn J. Zerbe)

When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers (Abigail H. Natenshon )

 

Relationships

Boundaries (Anne Katherine)

Boundaries - Where You End And I Begin : How To Recognize And Set Healthy Boundaries (Anne Katherine)

The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships (Harriet Lerner)

The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate (Harriet Lerner)

Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love & Intimacy Alive In Committed Relationships (David Schnarch)

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

Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time (Melody Beattie

 

Self-Esteem

Succulent Wild Woman (SARK)

Sark's New Creative Companion: Ways To Free Your Creative Spirit (SARK)

Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day (Hardcover) (SARK)

Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day (Paperback) (SARK)

Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits) (SARK)

Sark's Journal and Play!Book: A Place to Dream While Awake (SARK)

Juicy Living Cards (Cards) (SARK)

The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life (SARK)

Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect (SARK)

Living Juicy: Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul (SARK)

Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom (SARK)

 

Spirituality

What Are You Hungry For?: Women, Food, And Spirituality (Lynn Ginsburg)

Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives (Jean Shinoda Bolen)

Succulent Wild Woman (SARK)

Women Who Run With the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Phd)