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  • Book Recommendations

    Book Recommendations

    Parenting Books
    Younger children

    Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
    The Yes Brain, by Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
    No Drama Discipline, by Dr. San Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
    Capable, by Sissy Goff and David Thomas
    Aha Parenting, by Dr. Laura Markham
    Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build on for Life by David Thomas
    The Explosive Child — by Ross Greene
    Raising Happiness, by Christine Carter

    Children with anxiety/OCD

    Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD, by Dr. Eli Lebowitz
    What to do When Your Brain Gets Stuck, by Dawn Huebner
    What to do When You Worry Too Much, by Dawn Huebner
    Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky
    Talking Back to OCD, by John March

    Teens

    Untangled, by Dr. Lisa Damour
    The Emotional Lives of Teengaers, Dr. Lisa Damour
    The New Adolescence, by Dr. Christine Carter
    Brainstorm, by Dr. Dan Siegel
    Growing Up in Public, by Devorah Heitner

    Adults

    Trauma, PTSD and Healing
    What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
    The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel VanderKolk
    What My Bones Know, by Stephine Foo
    Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
    Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems by Frank Anderson, MD

    Relationships, Attachment and Connection

    Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
    Secure Love by Julie Menanno
    Fight Right by Dr. John and Dr. Julie Gottman
    The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by Dr John Gottman and Nan Silver
    Us, by Terrence Real

    Anxiety and OCD for Adults

    Rewire Your Anxious Brain, by Catherin Pittman and Elizabeth Karle
    The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD, by Jon Hershfield and Tom Corboy
    Freedom from OCD, by Jonathon Grayson
    Needing to Know For Sure, by Martin Seif and Sally Winston
    Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts, by Sally Winston and Martin Self

    EMDR and IFS/Parts Work

    Every Memory Deserves Respect, by Michael Baldwin & Deborah Korn
    Getting Past Your Past, by Francine Shapiro
    No Bad Parts, by Richard Schwartz
    Introduction to Internal Family Systems by Richard Schwartz
    You are the One You’ve Been Waiting For, by Richard Schwartz