Resources

For Difficult Times

• Necessary Losses – Judith Viorist

• The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown

• When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron

• Wherever You Go There You Are – John Kabat-Zinn

• The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook– Mathew McKay

• Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke 

• Listening to Shame – Brene Brown PhD Ted Talk

Anxiety Management

• The Worry Cure – Robert L. Leahy

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmond J. Bourne

Depression

• The Mindful Way Through Depression – Mark Williams and John Kabat Zinn

• The Noonday Demon – Andrew Solomon

• Swamplands of the Soul; New Life in Dismal Places – James Hollis

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• International OCD Foundation

Eating Disorder Recovery

• When Food is Love – Geneen Roth

• Eating in the Light of the Moon – Anita Johnston PhD

• Eight Keys to Healing from an Eating Disorder – Carolyn Costin LMFT

• Overcoming Binge Eating – Dr. Christopher Fairburn

• Intuitive Eating – Evelyn Tribole + Elyse Resch RD

• Addiction to Perfection – Marion Woodman

• Father Hunger – Margo Maine

• Maintenance Phase – A podcast that debunks and decodes “wellness” and weight loss culture.

• Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations: A Trans+ & Intersex Collective

 

Parenting

• The Whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegel

• The Teenage Brian – Frances E. Jensen

• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids – Peter Levine

• Consequences of Stressed Parenting– Gabor Mate MD

• Reviving Ophelia – Mary Pipher Ph.D.

• The Highly Sensitive Child – Elaine Aron Ph.D.

• Respectful Parenting Podcast – Unruffled by Janet Lansbury

• Family Connections Program – Family Connections™ is a free, evidence-based, 12-class course that meets in person for 2 hours and requires 1-2 hours of homework/practice weekly. It provides education, skills training, and support for people who are supporting a sufferer of Borderline Personality Disorder> (BPD)/Emotion Dysregulation (ED) or BPD/ED traits.

For Parents of a Child with an Eating Disorder

• Your Dieting Daughter – Carolyn Costin LMFT

• Just a Little too Thin – Dr. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider LCSW

• 101 Ways to Help your Daughter Love her Body – Brenda Lane Richardson and Elane Rehr

• Body Wars – Margo Maine Ph.D.

Bipolar Disorder

• The Bipolar Survival Guide – David Miklowitz PhD

• An Unquiet Mind – Kay Redfield Jamison

Trauma Recovery

• The Inner World of Trauma – Donald Kalsched

• Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma affects Self Regulation, Self Image, and the Capacity for Relationship – Larry Heller PhD and Aline LaPierre PsyD

• Drama of the Gifted Child – Alice Miller

• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van der Kolk

• In an Unspoken Voice – Peter Levine

• Podcast on Trauma – Bessel Van der Kolk interviewed by Krista Tippett

• Educational Facebook page – an online fountain of information on trauma research and healing

Relationships

• Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel

• Hold me Tight – Sue Johnson

• Why Marriages Succeed or Fail – John Gottman

• Facing Love Addiction – Pia Melody

• Ready to Heal- Kelly McDaniel

• Facing Codependency – Pia Melody

• The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other- James Hollis, PhD

• You Will Marry the Wrong Person- Alain de Bottom ( New York Times, Oped)