Resources
These are fantastic starting points for a journey to exceptional mental health and well-being. Please visit these great resources!
Dr. Cartmell shares several examples from his counseling practice about how he helped parents think differently about challenges that they face with their children, and how a few simple changes transformed their parent-child interactions.
To learn more, find his book “8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids” here: https://bit.ly/2L13OA9
Interview with Jeff Santee, Ph.D.
Dr. Jeff Santee talks about Emotional Freedom Therapy and Energy Psychology in general. Energy Psychology refers to is a family of mind-body protocols, which provide rapid beneficial outcomes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Books Recommended by our Staff
General Books
I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
Point Man by Steve Farrar
When Good Men Behave Badly by David Wexler
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman
The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
Women’s Bodies: Women’s Wisdom by Christine Northrup
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden
Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Driven to Distraction by Edward Hollowell and John Ratey
Love and Respect by Emmerson Eggerichs
Repeat After Me by Claudia Black
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts by Les and Leslie Parrott
Second Chances by Judith Wallerstein
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
The Language of Feelings by David Viscott
The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver
You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy? by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
12 Steps to Happiness by Joe Klaas
Parenting Books
Help4Add@High School by Kathleen Nadeau
Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry by Todd Cartmell
Respectful Kids: The Complete Guide to Bringing Out the Best in your Child by Todd Cartmell
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents by Russell Barkley
Teenagers with ADD: A Parents’ Guide by Chris Zeigler Dendy
The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood’s Most Misunderstood Disorder—Third Edition by Demitri Papolos and Janice Papolos
The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome: Completely Revised and Updated: Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration by Patricia Romanowski Bashe, Barbara L. Kirby, Simon Baron-Cohen, and Tony Attwood.
The Parent Survival Guide by Todd Cartmell
What About The Kids? Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
ADD and the College Student by Patricia Quinn
Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Mr. Worry: A story about OCD by Holly Niner and Greg Swearington
Survival Guide for College Students with ADHD or LDby Kathleen Nadeau
The Story of Me (series) by Stan Jones
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