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Parenting
Relaxation and Imagery
Anxiety,Shyness & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Depression And Bipolar Disorders
ADD/ADHD
Sensory Issues
Creativity
Conflict
Grief
Neurobiology
Couples
Eating Issues
Addictions & Recovery
Gender & Identity Issues
Miscellaneous
Local Resources
 

1. Parenting
·     Parenting from the Inside Out:  How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel Siegel &V Mary Hartzell

·        Get Out of My Life: but first Could you drive me and Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf


·        How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen So Kids will Talk, by Adel Faber & Elaine Mazlish

·        Reviving Ophelia:  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls  by Mary Pipher

·       Kids, Parents, & Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurinka

·        Raising your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurinka    

·        Raising a Thinking Child:  Help Young Child to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along with Others  by Myrna Shure

·        Single Parenting that Works by Kevin Leman

·        Girls will be Girls: Raising Confident & Courageous Daughters  by  Joann Deak with Teresa Barker

·        Raising a Son by Don Elium and Jeanne Elium

·        Emotionally Intelligent Parenting:  How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially, Skilled Child by Maurice Elias, Steven Tobias, & Brian 
          Friedlander

·        The Children’s Book of Divorce by Richard Gardner

·        The Parents’ Book of Divorce  by Richard Gardner

·        Parenting  a child with special needs resource - http://partnerstx.org

-        Parenting resource-www.usa.gov/Topics/Parents

·        Bullying resource-http://www.parentingscience.com/bullying-in-school.html

·        Bullying resource-http://stopbullying.gov/parents/index.html


 

2. Relaxation and Imagery
·       Staying Well with Guided Imagery: How to Harness the Power of your Imagination for Health and Healing: by Belleruth Naparstek

·        The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Eshelman,  & Matthew McKay

·        Visualization for Change:  Using the Creative Power of your imagination for self-improvement, therapy, healing & Pleasure by Patrick
          Fanning
·        Where ever You go, there you are:  Mindfulness Meditation in everyday life, by Jon  Zabat-Zinn

·        Coming to our Senses:  Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness, by Jon Kabt-Zinn

 

3. Anxiety, Shyness & Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
·        The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne

·        The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook, proven Techniques for Overcoming your fears, by Richard Swinson & Martin Antony

·        Brain Lock:  Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Beverly Beyett & Jeffrey Schwartz

·        Getting over OCD, A 10-step workbook for taking back your life by Jonathon Abramowitz

·        Getting Out of your Mind and Into your life:  The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy by Spencer Xavier Smith, & Steven Hayes

·        Don’t Panic:  Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks, by Reid Wilson

·        Quiet your Mind, by John Selby

·        Anxiety resource:  http://anxieties.com/

·        Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org/

 

4. Depression and Bipolar Disorders
·       The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression:  Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to move through depression and
         Create a Life Worth Living by Kirk Strosanhl & Patricia Robinson

·        Feeling Good:  The New Mood Therapy  by David Burns

·        The Mindful Way through Depression:  Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness  by John Teasdale &  Zindel Segal

·        Bipolar Disorder Demystified:  Mastering the Tightrope of Manic Depression, by Lana R. Castle

·        An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

·        Depression & bipolar support:  www.dbsalliance.org

·        Medline Plus by National Library of Medicine and NIH:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/depression.html


 

5. ADD/ADHD
·        Attention Deficit Disorder:  A Different Perspective, Thom Harmann

·        ADD in Adults, by Lynn Weiss

·        Women with Attention Deficit Disorder:  Embracing disorganization at home and in the workplace by Sari Solden

·        ADD-friendly ways to organize your life,  by Judith Kolburg & Kathleen Nadeau

 

6. Sensory Issues
·           The Highly Sensitive Person:  How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You  by Elaine Aron

·        The Highly Sensitive Child:  Helping Our Children Thrive when the World Overwhelms Them, by Elaine Aron

·        The Out of Sync Child:  Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Kranowitz & Lucy Jane Miller

·        Raising a Sensory Smart Child:  The Definitive Handbook for helping your Child with Sensory Processing Issues by Lindsey Biel & Nancy
         Peske

 

7. Creativity
·        Creativity: Flow & The Psychology of Discovery & Invention by  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

·        The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

·        Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh Macleod

·        How to Get Ideas, by Jack Foster

·        Creativity Workout: 62 Exercises to Unlock Your Most Creative Ideas by Edwards De Bono

·         Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

·        Imagine:  How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer

 

8. Conflict 
·        Crucial Conversations:  Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler 

·        Crucial Confrontations:  Tools for Talking about Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior

·        Getting to Yes Without Giving In by Roger Fischer, William Ury, and Bruce Patton

·        Getting Past No, by William Ury

·        The Power of a Positive No; Save the deal, save the relationship and still say no by William Ury   

·        Responding to Anger:  A Workbook by Lorraine Bilodeau

·        Taming Your Gremlin:  A Guide to enjoying Yourself by Richard Carson

·        When Anger Hurts-Quieting the Storm Within, by McKay, Rogers, Mckay

·        The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Anger  by Jane Middleton-Moz, Lisa Tener, Reaco Todd,

·        The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner

 

9. Grief
·         Good Grief by Granger Westberg

·        Living through Personal Crisis by John Stevens

·        Motherless Daughters:  The legacy of loss by Hope Edelman

·        Who Dies by Stephen Levine

·        No Voice is Wholly Lost by L. Caplan

·        Surviving Death by Charles Meyer

·        American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for Surviving Loss:  http://www.afsp.org/

 

10. Neurobiology
·        Buddha’s brain:  the practical neuroscience of happiness, love & wisdom by Hanson

·        Female Brain by Louann Brizendine

·        The Owners Manual for the Brain:  Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research  by Pierce Howard   

·        The Mind & the Brain:  Neuroplasticity & the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey Schwarz

·        My Stroke of Insight:  A brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, by Jill Bolte Taylor

·        A General Theory of Love,  by Thomas Lewis & Richard Lannon

·        The Mindful Brain  by Daniel Siegel

·        Information about Medications:  www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

·        National Alliance on Mental Illness:  www.nami.org

·        Austin NAMI: www.namiaustin.org/   

 

11. Couples
·       The Relationship Cure:  A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening your Friendships and Relationships by John Gottman

·        7 Principles for Making Marriage Work  by John Gottman

·        Divorce Busting by Michele Weiner-Davis

·        Getting the Love you Want: A guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix

·        After the Affair by Janis Abrams Springs

·        Mapping the Terrain of the Heart: Passion, Tenderness, and the Capacity to Love  by Stephen Goldbart and David Wallin

·         Where to Draw the Line:  How to Set Healthy Boundaries everyday by Anne Katherine  

·         Should I stay or go?  How controlled Separation can Save your Marriage  by Lee Raffel  

·        The Dance of Connection:  How to talk to someone when you’re mad, hurt, scared, frustrated, insulted betrayed or desperate   by Harriet
          Learner

·         The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

 

12. Eating Issues
·        Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn

·        Overcoming Bulimia Workbook by Randi McCabe, Traci McFarlane &  Marion Olmsted

·        Anorexia Nervosa: A guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn

·        The Anorexia Workbook:  How to Accept Yourself, Heal your Suffering, and Reclaim your Life by Michelle Heffner and Georg H. Eiffert

·        Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies For Family & Friends by Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, & Margot Weinshel

·        Mindful Eating:  A guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food by Jan Chozen Bays


.        The Emotional Eater's Repair Manual by Julie Simon

·        The Body Image Workbook:  An 8-Step Program for Learning to Like your Looks by Thomas Cash

·        Department of Health & Human Services Obesity Education:   http://www.apha.org/programs/resources/obesity/obesityparenttools.htm

 ·        Mayo Clinic Food & Nutrition:    
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health

 

13. Addictions  & Recovery
·        Healing the Addicted Brain:  the Revolutionary, Science-based Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Program by Harold Urschel

·        The Recovery Book  by Al Mooney, Arlene Eisenberg, Howard Eisenburg

·        Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction by Lance M. Dodes  

·        Co-dependent no More Melody Beattie

·        Reclaim your Family from Addiction:  How Couples and Families Recover Love & Meaning by Craig Nakken

·        Addiction and Change:  How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover by Carlo DiClemente

·        How  to Break Your Addiction to a Person by Howard Halpern

·        Alcoholics Anonymous:   http://alcoholics-anonymous.org/

·        Rational Recovery:  http://www.rational.org

·        Overeaters Anonymous: www.oa.org/

·        SMART Recovery: http://www.smartrecovery.org/

·        SAMSHSA’s Substance abuse/Addiction: http://www.samhsa.gov/

·        Web of Addictions: http://www.well.com/user/woa/

 

14. Gender & Identity Issues

·        Out Youth:  outyouth.org

·       
PFLAG Austin:  pflagaustin.org

·         
Resources for people of color,  Allgo:   http://allgo.org/allgo

·        Transgender resources: www.glaad.org/transgender

 

15. Miscellaneous
·         Handbook for the Soul  Edited by Richard Carlson & Benjamin Shield

·         Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

·        You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!   By Ann McGee Cooper

·        Simplicity and Success:  Creating the Life You Long For by Bruce Ekins

·        Stumbling into Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert

·        Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

·        What Happy People Know:  How the New Science of Happiness can Change Your Life for the Better by Dan Baker

·        Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Golenan

·        The Language of Emotional Intelligence  by JeanneSegal

·        What should I do with My Life?   by Bronson

·        Stop Walking on Eggshells:  Taking your life back when someone you care about has Borderline Personality Disorder by  Paul Mason and
          Randi Kregar


.     The Wizard of Oz & Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family by Eleanor Payson

 

16. Local Resources  
·        Hotline to Help (512) 472-HELP (4357) or TTY: (512) 703-1395      Services Provided Include: Suicide Prevention, 
         24-hour Triage and Linkage to Emergency Mental Health Service
          Austin and Travis County's 24-hour triage crisis intervention and suicide prevention program.
         
·        Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES): (512) 454-3521
          (to contact licensed professionals 24 hours a day, seven days a week)
          Psychiatric Emergency Services is located at 56 East Avenue, Austin, TX 78701.

·        United Way-for community Services:  
http://www.unitedwayaustin.org/
-        Austin Area Mental Health Consumers, at the Self Help and Advocacy Center (SHAC) http://www.austinmhc.org/

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