Below are some of my favorite resources on a variety of topics. If there is a book or video you have found helpful please send me an email. I’d love to review it and add it to the list.
Anxiety
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Video clip of Dr. Amen
http://www.adaa.org
Recommended Reading:
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Change your Brain, Change your Life by Daniel Amen
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques by Margeret Wehrenberg
Anxiety Books for Children
Up and Down the Worry Hill by Aureen Pinto Wagner
What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner
Anxiety Sucks. A Teen Survival Guide by Natasha Daniels
Depression
http://www.adaa.org
Video clip of Dr. Amen
The One-Two Punch of Negativity and Fear (blog)
Recommended Reading:
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
Change your Brain, Change your Life by Daniel Amen
Resources for Couples
Men’s Brains/Women’s’ Brains by Mark Gungor
Recommended Reading:
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
10 Conversations you must have Before you get Married by Guy Grenier
10 Lessons to Transform your Marriage by John Gottman
We Love Each Other But by Ellen Wachtel
Too Good to Stay, Too Bad to Leave by Mira Kirshenbaum
Resources for Divorcing Parents
We’re still Family “The good Divorce ” by Constance Ahrons
The good Divorce by Constance Ahrons
BIFF by Bill Eddy (gives a protocol for communication and email)
Parenting Books
Mom, Jason’s Breathing on Me! (for sibling rivalry issues) by Anthony E. Wolf
Any parenting books by Anthony E. Wolf
How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber
The Parallel Process by Krissy Pozatek
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
Selective Mutism
www.selectivemutism.net
www.selectivemutism.org
Recommended Reading:
Anything by Dr. Elisa Shipon Blum
Nurturing the Shy Child by Barbara Markway and Gregory Markway
Other Recommended Books
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
Your Erroneous Zones (help changing self-destructive patterns) by Wayne Dyer
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard
Stop Walking on Eggshells (if your loved one has Borderline Personality Disorder) by Randi Kreger
