Resources

Topic Tags: Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Divorce, Grief, Internet Safety, OCD, Oppositional Defiance, Parenting Resources, Relationships, Self-Care, Sensory Processing, Sexual Abuse, Sex Addiction, Trauma, Teens

Parent Resources

• The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel **We recommend that every parent read this amazing, easy-to-read parent book! You will be glad you did!

• Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel

• The Parent Fix: When Parents Change, Kids Change by Maggie Stevens 

• The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel

  • Connect and Redirect (Worksheets)

• Parenting With Love And Logic by Foster Cline 

• The Parent Effect: How Parenting Style Affects Adolescent Behavior and Personality Development by Joanne E. Carlson 

• The Parent's Handbook: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting by Don Dinkmeyer Sr. , Gary D. McKay, et al. 

• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

• How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

• The Power of Validation: Arming Your Child Against Bullying, Peer Pressure, Addiction, Self-Harm, and Out-of-Control Emotions by Karyn D. Hall & Melissa Cook

• Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman & Joan Declaire

• Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child by Ross W. Greene

• Positive Parenting Video Series by Scott Reviere

• Choices, Cookies, & Kids by Garry L. Landreth (Youtube Video)

• Token Economy System

Divorce

• Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by M. Gary Neuman & Patricia Romanowski

• Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids by Christina McGhee

• The Good Divorce by Constance Ahrons

• Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci

• The Jill Principle: A Woman's Guide to Healing Your Spirit After Divorce or Breakup by Michele Germain

• Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life by Abigail Trafford

• Our Family Wizard (App to aid in communication and increase positive co-parenting)

• Divorce Care (Website for support)

Oppositional Defiance

• Explosive Child, The: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene

• Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke

• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

• Ain't Misbehavin': Tactics for Tantrums, Meltdowns, Bedtime Blues and Other Perfectly Normal Kid Behaviors by Alyson Schafer

Anxiety

• Generation Stressed: Play-Based Tools to Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety by Michele Kambolis

• From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness by Mark Coleman

• CBT Thought Diary (App)

• Sanvello: Stress & Anxiety Help (App)

• Don't Feed The WorryBug by Andi Green (Ages 6 to 11)

• My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic by Michael A. Tompkins & Katherine A. Martinez

• Anxiety Sucks! A Teen Survival Guide by Natasha Daniels

• Stuff That's Loud: A Teen's Guide to Unspiraling When OCD Gets Noisy by Ben Sedley

• Outsmarting Worry (An Older Kid's Guide to Managing Anxiety) by Dawn Huebner

Bipolar

• The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder -- Third Edition by Demitri Papolos M.D. and Janice Papolos

• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Sensory Processing

• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder (The Out-of-Sync Child Series) by Carol Kranowitz & Lucy Jane Miller

• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Relationships

• Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

• Good Boundaries and Goodbyes by Lysa Terkeurst

• Let Go Now by Karen Casey

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

• Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts by Harriet Lerner

• Love Is Respect (Teens & Young Adults)

• The Hotline: Healthy Relationship

• Power and Control Wheels (Worksheet)

• Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs: Duluth Model

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John. M. Gottman & Nan Silver

  • Negative Communication Styles: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Video)

Sex Addiction

• Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction by Mark R. Laaser

• A Way of Escape: Freedom from Sexual Strongholds by Neil T. Anderson

• The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson

• Breaking Sexual Bondages by Dr. Neil Anderson (Youtube video)

• Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes

• Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time by Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker

• Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment by Shannon Ethridge

• Every Young Man's Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation by Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker

• No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction by Marnie C. Ferree

• Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts by Stefanie Carnes

• Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts by Stefanie Carnes (Workbook)

• Moving Beyond Betrayal: The 5-Step Boundary Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts by Vicki Tidwell Palmer

• Covenant Eyes (Overcoming pornography)

• Sex Addict & Sex Addiction Therapist and Psychologist Doug Weiss

Technology & Internet Safety

• xBlock Porn Blocker (App)

• Zift: Online safety, Screentime limits, Curfew (App)

• i-SAFE (Internet safety and privacy laws)

• Common Sense Media (Information on media and its developmental appropriateness for children)