Book Review – Healing
An exceptional book on problems and solutions for the US mental health system.
Book Review – Free Range Kids
A refreshing, counter-cultural book on promoting independence in children.
Book Review – Together
An eye-opening book on the harmful impact of loneliness and the power of connection to heal its wounds.
Book Review – Fires in the Dark
A fascinating book that explores healing and healers of trauma and mental illness.
Book Review – From Strength to Strength
An exceptional book and guide on navigating and thriving in the second half of life.
Book Review – Raising Good Humans Every Day
A helpful parenting book on using mindfulness strategies in parenting children.
Book Review – When Worry Works
A good book that addresses the maladaptive patterns that parents can experience when reacting to anxiety over their adolescent’s academic achievement.
Book Review – Let It Go
An excellent self-help book on effectively downsizing, decluttering, and dealing with the emotions stirred up in the process.
Book Review – Mental Health and the Church
A book that focuses on reducing mental health stigma in the church and improving church worship environments, primarily for families of children with special needs.
Book Review – Games People Play
A book on transactional analysis that is most useful as a historical reference.
Book Review – Educated
A collection of life stories and memories of a young woman in her experiences of the transformational power of education, friendships, and choosing self to escape the entrapments of poverty, isolation, and a dysfunctional, abusive family system.
Book Review – Christians Get Depressed Too
A great, practical book with Christian theological perspectives and advice on improving depression.
Book Review – I'm OK-You're OK
A thought-provoking and hope-inspiring book on how transactional analysis approaches can improve life and relationships.
Book Review – Parenting from the Inside Out
A good book for parents to better understand how their experiences have shaped their interactions with their children and the steps they can take to improve their parenting.
Book Review – Brainstorm
An excellent book for teens, young adults and parents to better understand the amazing personal, interpersonal and neurobiological changes that occur in adolescence.
Book Review – Positive Discipline
A book for parents and teachers that covers approaches and strategies for children that do not involve punishment or humiliation.
Book Review – The Power of Showing Up
An important parenting book that covers essential, foundational attachment-based parenting approaches.
Book Review – The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
A great workbook on acceptance and commitment strategies and exposure and response prevention for teens with OCD.