The following articles, books, and movies are offered as a public service for those who want to learn more about self-healing and personal development.
Articles written by Debra Franklin LCSW-R
Recommended Books
Recommended Reading For Adult
Mindful Loving: 10 Practices for Creating Deeper Connections by Henry Grayson, PH.D
New Physics of Love, CD set by Henry Grayson
John Bradshaw’s Homecoming: book or CD set has meditations for your inner child
The Breakthrough Experience by Dr.John F.Demartini
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D
Creating the Work You Love by Rick Jarow
Power of Focusing by Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D.
Vibrational Harmony by Beverly Nadler
Author: Eckard Tolle Many free You Tube videos
The Infinite Self by Stuart Wilde
Soul Love by Sanaya Roman
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins (a bit more scientific)
Recommended Reading For Couples
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B Rosenberg, Ph.D This really is about learning to communicate consciously. Don’t be put off by the word “violent.”
Getting the Love you Want by Harville Hendrix. A deep look into understanding the psychological roots of your relationship struggles and exercises to move beyond them.
Mindful Loving by Henry Greyson. Integrates the psychological and spiritual into understanding how things went wrong with love in your life and ways to move toward understanding what real love is. It including exercises and meditations to improve all of your relationships.
Recommended CD’s For Healing
Spirit of Love, by Healing Heart Productions
Streams of Light, by Healing Heart Productions
Composer and musician, Robert Haig Coxon, plays heart-opening music
Books For Parents
As deemed appropriate by you and your practitioner
How to Talk So kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. This one should be every parent’s bible.
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child by Alan E.Kazdin. A wonderful and reliable resource for positively parenting a defiant
child.
The Optimistic Child by Martin E.P. Seligman. Change your child’s pessimism to optimism
Defiant Children by Russell A. Barkley: Parent-Teacher Assignments
If My Kid’s So Nice…Why’s He Driving ME Crazy? By Dr. James D. Sutton
The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki, MD with Leslie Tonner
Treating Huckleberry Finn by David Nylund: A New Narrative Approach to Working with Kids Diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
The Gift of ADHD: How to Transform Your Child’s Problems into Strengths by Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D.
Ritalin is Not the Answer: A drug-Free, Practical Program for Children Diagnosed with ADD or ADHD by David B. Stein
When Your Child Has Been Molested A Parent’s Guide to Healing and Recovery By Kathryn B Hagans and Joyce Case
Therapeutic Books For Children
to use only under the supervision of your child’s psychotherapist
Books re: divorce for young people, under 10
Dinosaurs Divorce, A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
When Mom & Dad Separate by Marge Heegaard ****great one that instructs young children to draw feelings and more in the book
(Also can get the Facilitator Guide for Drawing Our Feelings, if guidance is desired)
I think Divorce Stinks by Marcia Lipman Lebowitz
My Mother’s Getting Married by Joan Drescher
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky
Maybe for any age, but is a longer, more detailed book that younger children would require help reading:
Why Are We Getting A Divorce? by Peter Mayle
For older, 10+:
What’s Going To Happen To Me? by Eda LeShan
Good Answers to Tough Questions About Divorce by Joy Berry
Other Special Circumstances
Children’s Books
The Temper Tantrum Book by Edna Mitchell Preston
Problem-Solving Workbook by Tracy Zimmerman
I Wish Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much by Judith Vigna
What’s Going to Happen To Me? A guide to puberty, from the authors of “Where did I Come From?” by Peter Mayle
Getting To know Your Feelings by Jan Dombrower, MS
Something is Wrong at My House a book about Parent’s Fighting (including violence) by Diane Davis
Putting on the Brakes: Young People’s Guide to Understanding ADHD by Patricia Quinn and Judith Stern
The Lion Who Had Asthma by Jonathan London
For children who have been sexually abused
It’s Not Your Fault by Judith Jance
Do You Have A Secret? by Pamela Russell and Beth Stone
No-No the Little Seal by Sherri Patterson
Please Tell! A child’s story about sexual abuse by Jessie
2 books: Sometimes It’s O.K. To Tell Secrets & My body is My Own! both by Robin Lennett & Dada Barthelme …there are coloring books to go with these books, too.
Recommended Movies
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds
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