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HELPFUL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Speed up your results by research, reading, and actively learning ways to implement additional tools that will help you until your next visit.

WEBSITES & PHONE NUMBERS

  • National Institute of Mental Health

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services www.SAMHSA.GOV

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)

  • StopBullying.gov

  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida (305) 576-6550

  • The National Resource of ADHD www.CHADD.org

  • www.Zerotothree.org      Early connections last a life time.  Here you will have access to parenting tips, techniques and the latest  information about ages and stages, social-emotional development, early learning, play, challenging behaviors, sleep, positive parenting approaches, brain development, temperament, and discipline etc. 

  • ADDITUDEmag.com

USEFUL BOOKS BY TOPIC

Adjustment Disorder

Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out ChildrenFeb 1, 1999

by Grace Lebow and Barbara Kane

ADHD

Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit DisorderSep 13, 2011

by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.

Focused: ADHD & ADD Parenting Strategies for Children with Attention Deficit DisorderAug 10, 2015

by Blythe N. Grossberg

Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their PotentialDec 17, 2012

by Richard Guare and Peg Dawson

AUTISM

Making Sense of Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Create the Brightest Future for Your Child with the Best Treatment Options

by James Coplan M.D.

Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Every Parent Needs to Know

by Alan I. Rosenblatt and Paul S. Carbone

Building Social Skills for Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders and Learning Disabilities: Over 105 Strategies, Activities and Sensory Tools for Children and AdolescentsJun 1, 2015

by Tara Delaney and Mary Hamrick

A Parent's Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child ThriveNov 14, 2014

by Sally Ozonoff and Geraldine Dawson

BED WETTING

Bedwetting and Accidents Aren't Your Fault: How Potty Accidents Happen and How to Make Them Stop Nov 24, 2014

by Steve Hodges and M.D.

Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness: A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Bedwetting - Second Edition

by Renee Mercer and MSN

Sammy the Elephant & Mr. Camel: A Story to Help Children Overcome BedwettingJan 1, 2005

by Joyce C Mills PhD and Richard J Crowley

It's No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions To Your Child's Wetting, Constipation, Utis, And Other Potty ProblemsFeb 7, 2012 by Steve J. Hodges and Suzanne Schlosberg

The Ins and Outs of Poop: A Guide to Treating Childhood ConstipationAug 15, 2012

by Thomas R. DuHamel

GRIEF

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and FaithJan 10, 2017

by John W. James and Russell Friedman

When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other LossesJun 4, 2002

by John W. James and Russell Friedman

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline PersonalityDec 7, 2010

by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder Paperback – January 2, 2010

by Paul Mason MS (Author), Randi Kreger (Author)

CODEPENDENCY

Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Paperback – October 3, 2017

by Henry Cloud (Author), John Townsend (Author)

DEPRESSION

Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)Dec 1, 2011

by Matthew McKay PhD and Martha Davis PhD

The CBT Anxiety Solution Workbook: A Breakthrough Treatment for Overcoming Fear, Worry, and PanicJul 1, 2017

by Matthew McKay PhD and Michelle Skeen PsyD

ANXIETY AND PANIC

Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic AttacksMay 8, 2015

by Barry McDonagh

Paperback

The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About ItFeb 2, 2016

by David A Carbonell PhD and Sally M. Winston PsyD

Overcoming Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Client Manual: A Relaxation, Cognitive Restructuring, and Exposure-Based Protocol for the Treatment of GAD (Best Practices for Therapy) Paperback – July 1, 1999

by Matthew McKay PhD (Author), John White (Author)

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying YourselfJul 29, 2016

by Shahida Arabi

Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-AbsorbedJul 1, 2013

by Wendy T. Behary LCSW and Daniel J. Siegel MD

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic MothersSep 8, 2009

by Dr. Karyl McBride Ph.D.

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

This Isn't What I Expected [2nd edition]: Overcoming Postpartum DepressionOct 29, 2013

by Karen R. Kleiman and Valerie Davis Raskin M.D.

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and CompulsionsJun 1, 2009

by Pamela S. Wiegartz and Kevin L. Gyoerkoe

OCD

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and AdolescentsJul 10, 2001

by Tamar E. Chansky

The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)Dec 1, 2013

by Jon Hershfield MFT and Tom Corboy MFT

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Overcoming Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Client Manual (Best Practices for Therapy)May 1, 1999

by Matthew McKay PhD and Larry Smyth

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