The following is a growing list of book recommendations and online links to provide you with additional mental health care information and resources.

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

ADD/ADHD

• “Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents” by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
• “All About Attention Deficit Disorder” by Thomas Phelan, Ph.D.

Adult ADD/ADHD

• “Driven to Distraction” by Edward Hallowell, Ph.D.
• “You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?” by Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo

Attachment

• “Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children” by Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.
• “Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment Disordered Foster Children” by Richard Delaney.
• “Attachment-Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children” by Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.

Autism/Asperger's/Sensory Disorders

• “Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid: Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children” by G. Gallagher & P. Konjoian
• “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome” by Tony Attwood
• “The Sensory Processing Disorder Answer Book: Practical Answers…” by Tara Delaney
• “Raising A Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child” by L. Biel & N. Peske

Behavior Management

• “1-2-3 Magic” by Thomas Phelan, Ph.D.
• “Positive Discipline” by Jane Nelson, Ed.D.
• “Surviving Your Adolescents” by Thomas Phelan, Ph.D.
• “Get Out of My Life! But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?” by Anthony Wolf

Bipolar Disorder

• “The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your family Need to Know” by David J. Miklowitz
• “Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder” by Julie A. Fast
• “The Bipolar Child” by Demitri Papolos, M.D. & Janice Papolos
• “The Explosive Child” by Ross Greene, Ph.D.
• “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness” by Kay Redfield Jamison

Divorce (for parents)

• “Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way”   by M. Gary Neuman
• “ Mom's House, Dad's House: A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Remarried” by Isolina Ricci
• “Breakthrough Parenting : A Revolutionary New Way to Raise Children. A step-by-step guide for the care of children of divided families” Dr. A. Jayne Major
• “Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way” by M. Gary Neuman
• “The Good Divorce” by Constance Ahrons
• “The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict after a Difficult Divorce” by Elizabeth S. Thayer, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D.

  Divorce (for children)

• “Dinosuars Divorce” by Marc and Laurie Brown
• “It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce” by Vicki Lansky
• “Let's Talk About It: Divorce” by Fred Rogers
• “Two Homes” by Claire Masurel
• “I Don't Want to Talk About It” by Jeanie Ransom & Kathryn Finney
• “It's Not Your Fault Koko Bear,” by Vicki Lansky

Faith/Spirituality

• “Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions that Control You” by Andy Stanley
• “Living Close to God” by Charles Stanley
• “Search for Significance” by Robert McGee
• “What's So Amazing About Grace?” by Philip Yancey
• “The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond” by Bill Hybels
• “I Declare” by Joel Osteen

Marriage/Couples/Dating

• “iMarriage” by Andy Stanley
• “Getting the Love you Want: A Guide for Couples” by Harville Hendrix
• “The New Rules for Love, Sex, and Dating” by Andy Stanley
• “When Work and Family Collide: Keeping Your Job from Cheating Your Family by Andy Stanley, John Maxwell (Foreword By)
• “Power of A Praying [Husband/Wife]” by Stormie Omartian
• “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” by John Gottman, Ph.D.
• “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman
• “After the Affair” by Janis Abrahms Springs
• “Making Dating Work Boundaries in Dating” by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
• “All you Need is Love & Other Lies about Marriage: How to save your marriage before it is too late” by John W. Jacobs