by admin | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
This month, most of us with kids at home are spending significantly more time together due to social distancing which can be both a blessing and a curse. To help keep your sanity, this month I am recommending ScreamFree Parenting: How to Raise Amazing Adults by...
by admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
This month’s book is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (pronounced “ing”). The novel is a work of fiction and is a perfect example of why family therapy exists. Celeste Ng is a master at creating contexts where the characters tragically...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
This month I am featuring a book called Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. You may be familiar with some of the concepts in her book as her work has become quite mainstream in popular psychology circles, particularly in the areas of...
by admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
My December book recommendation for that favorite tween in your life is Guts by Raina Telgemeier. Kids age 8-12 are the target audience, but I think it has a broader appeal. Telgemeier is a popular graphic novelist for kids and has previously written other books on...
by admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esme Weijun Wang is essential reading for those interested in trying to understand the experience of serious mental illness. I have had clients with schizophrenia with very complicated life stories full of trauma, abuse,...
by admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a brand new 22-year-old special education teacher managing a team of 5 paraprofessional aides, my school district sent me to a Crucial Conversations training to help me gain the conversational skills needed to be a better leader. At the time it felt like a...
by admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
This month I am featuring a book called Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth, by Jim Rendon. This is not a self-help book, but rather a mass-market psychology book which covers the latest research on post-traumatic growth. I first read this book right...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
This month I am featuring Esther Perel’s newer book, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity, which was published in 2017. She is best known for her earlier work, Mating in Captivity, which I will probably feature at some other date. Perel is a leading couples...
by admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most common and frustrating parenting tasks is to help your kids learn to sleep independently and sleep well. There are dozens of books on how to sleep train your baby, but what about older kids who are constantly getting out of bed for a glass of water, a...
by admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
This month I have a great summer read for you—Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. This book was recently published just two months ago and is perfect for anyone who is interested in what therapy is...