Reading Lists

Parenting

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel

• The Connected Child by Karyn B. Purvis, Ph.D., David R. Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine

• The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene

• The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron, PhD

• The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears by Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD.

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

• Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.

• Positive Discipline Parenting Tools: The 49 Most Effective Methods to Stop Power Struggles, Build Communication, and Raise Empowered, Capable Kids by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D., Mary Nelsen Tamborski, and Brad Ainge

• The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

Relationships

• Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

• Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson, PhD

• Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT and Harville Hendrix, PhD

 For Adults

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

• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA

• Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

• Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg

• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman

• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

For Children

• Hey Warrior: A Book About Anxiety by Karen Young, Illustrated by Norvile Davidonyte

• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst 

• Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

• Jared’s Cool-Out Space by Jane Nelsen, Illustrated by Bill Schorr

• Listening to My Body by Gabi Garcia

• Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean

• The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

• There’s a Bully in my Brain by Kristin O’Rourke