Recommended Reading
BOOKS ON ANXIETY
It’s not all in your head: How worrying about your health could be making you sick- and what you can do about it. By Gordon Asmundson & Steven Taylor
The shyness and social anxiety workbook: Second edition. By Martin Antony & Richard Swinson
Relaxation revolution: The science and genetics of mind body healing. by Herbert Benson & William Proctor
The anxiety & phobia workbook. By Edmund Bourne
Calming your anxious mind: How mindfulness and compassion can free you from anxiety, fear, and panic. By Jeffrey Brantley
Flying without fear: Effective strategies to get you where you need to go. By Duane Brown
How to stop worrying and start living. By Dale Carnegie
The hair pulling “habit” and you: How to solve the trichotillomania puzzle. By Ruth Golomb
The worry cure: Seven steps to stop worry from stopping you. By Robert Leahy
Yoga for anxiety: Meditations and practices for calming the body and mind. By Mary NurrieStearns & Rick NurrieStearns
Growing up brave: Expert strategies for helping your child overcome fear, stress, and anxiety. By Donna Pincus
Helping your anxious child: A step-by-step guide for parents. By Ronald Rapee, Ann Wignall, Susan Spence, Vanessa Gobham, & Heidi Lyneham
Anxious kids, anxious parents: 7 ways to stop the worry cycle and raise courageous and independent children. By Reid Wilson & Lynn Lyons
Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression. By Adrian Wells
Facing panic: Self-help for people with panic attacks. By Reid Wilson (available on www.adaa.org, under “Finding help” then “Self-help publications”)
BOOKS ON OCD & PERFECTIONISM
Letting go of perfect: Overcoming perfectionism in kids. By Jill Adelson & Hope Wilson
When perfect isn’t good enough: Second edition. By Martin Antony & Richard Swinson
Nobody’s perfect: A story for children about perfectionism. By Ellen Flanagan Burns
Freedom from obsessive-compulsive disorder: A personalized recovery program for living with uncertainty. By Jonathan Grayson
What to do when good enough isn’t good enough: The real deal on perfectionism (A guide for kids). By Thomas Greenspon
The OCD workbook: Your guide to breaking free from obsessive-compulsive disorder. By Bruce Hyman & Cherlene Pedrick
BOOKS ON CHILDHOOD ISSUES
Waking up dry: A guide to help children overcome bedwetting. By Howard Bennett
Freeing your child from negative thinking: Powerful, practical strategies to build a lifetime of resilience, flexibility, and happiness. By Tamar Chansky
Late, lost, & unprepared: A parents’ guide to helping children with executive functioning. By Joyce Cooper-Kahn & Laurie Dietzel
The 7 habits of highly effective teens. By Sean Covey
Mindset: The new psychology of success. By Carol Dweck
Disease-proof your child: Feeding kids right. By Joel Fuhrman
The Kazdin Method for parenting the defiant child. By Alan Kazdin
The out-of-sync child. By Carol Kranowitz & Lucy Miller
The price of privilege: How parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids. By Madeline Levine
Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. By Richard Louv
Sleeping through the night. By Jodi Mindell
Mindsets in the classroom: Building a culture of success and student achievement in schools. By Mary Cay Ricci
The optimistic child: A proven program to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience. By Martin Seligman
Parenting your out-of-control teenager: 7 steps to reestablish authority and reclaim love. By Scott Sells
Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. By Daniel Seigel & Mary Hartzell
School success for kids with ADHD. By Stephan Silverman, Jacqueline Iseman, & Sue Jeweler
Parenting by heart: How to stay connected to your child in a disconnected world. By Ron Taffel
It’s a boy!: Your son’s development from birth to age 18. By Michael Thompson & Teresa Barker
Smart kids with learning disabilities: Overcoming obstacles and realizing potential. By Rich Weinfeld, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler, & Betty Shevitz
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Taking charge of adult ADHD. By Russell Barkley
Feeling better: A 6-week mind-body program to ease your chronic symptoms. By Arthur Barsky & Emily Deans
Life is what you make of it. By Peter Buffett
The feeling good handbook. By David Burns
You can be happy no matter what. By Richard Carlson
Choosing to lie: How to defeat suicide through cognitive therapy. By Thomas Ellis
The life cycle completed. By Erik Erikson
ACT made simple: An easy-to-read primer on acceptance and commitment therapy. By Russ Harris & Steven Hayes
Light on life: The yoga journey to wholeness, inner peace, and ultimate freedom. By B.K.S. Iyengar
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye: Surviving, coping, and healing after the sudden death of a loved one. By Brook Noel & Pamela Blair
Healthy at 100: How you can- at any age- dramatically increase your life span and your health span. By John Robbins
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult ADHD: Targeting executive dysfunction. By Mary Solanto
The power of now: A guide to spiritual enlightenment. By Eckhart Tolle
Yoga for Depression. By Amy Weintraub