Check out and search for books that have been recommended by DCTC members. The searchable database below is updated periodically to reflect books by DCTC authors and new reads your colleagues have shared.
ADD/ADHD
Putting on the Brakes: Activity Book for Kids with ADD or ADHD, Patricia Quinn, MD and Judith Stern, MA
Is it You, Me or Adult ADD? Gina Pera
Adoption
Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity, Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert (DCTC Member), and Mary Anne Hess
Affairs
What Makes Love Last, John Gottman
After the Affair, Janis Spring
The New Monogamy, Tammy Nelson
Autism/Asperger’s
Autism Breakthrough, Raun Kaufman
The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed, Temple Grandin and Richard Panek
The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband, David Finch
Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work, Katrin Bentley
Attachment
Attachment, Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
Bipolar Disorder
More Than Bipolar: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope, Lizabeth D. Schuch
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Second Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know, David J. Miklowitz
Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Mood Storm, Rosalie Greenberg
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison
Body Image
Face It, Vivian Diller
Living with Your Body and Other Things You Hate: How to Let Go of Your Struggle with Body Image Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emily K. Sandoz and Troy DuFrene
Chronic Pain
Conquering Your Child’s Chronic Pain: A Pediatrician’s Giude for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood, K Zeltezer and Christina Blackett Schlank
Relieve Your Child’s Chronic Pain (a Doctor’s Program for Easing Headaches, Abdominal pain, Fibromyalgia, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and More), Elliot J Krane MD with Deborah Mitchell
Couples
And Baby Makes Three, John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
Love Under Repair (Kindle), Keith Miller (DCTC Member)
Love Sense, Sue Johnson
Hold me Tight, Sue Johnson
Marriage Rules, Harriet Lerner
Love, Honor and Negotiate, Betty Carter and Joan Peters
Getting the Love You Want, 20th Anniversary Edition: A Guide for Couples, Harville Hendrix
Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch
We Love Each Other But, Ellen Wachtel
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About it, Pat Love and Steven Stosny
Grown-Up Marriage, Judith Viorst
Divorce
Conscious Uncoupling, Katherine Woodward Thomas
42 Rules for Divorcing with Children: Doing It with Dignity & Grace While Raising
Happy, Healthy, Well-Adjusted Children, Melinda L. Roberts
How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce: Healthy, Effective Communication Techniques for Your Changing Family, Samantha Rodman (DCTC Member)
At Daddy’s on Saturday, Linda Walvoord Girard
The Family Book, Todd Parr
Two Homes, Claire Masurel
Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story for Little Kids about Divorce (Paperback), Sandra Levins (Author), Bryan Langdo (Author)
Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce (Albert Whitman Prairie Books – Paperback), Cornelia Maude Spelman (Author), Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator)
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and
Young Children During Divorce, (Lansky, Vicki) Paperback
The Invisible String, Patrice Karst (Author), Geoff Stevenson (Illustrator)
Dinosaurs Divorce, Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown
I Don’t Want to Talk About it, Jeanie Franz Ransom
Loon Summer, Barbara Santucci
We’re Having a Tuesday, D.K. Simonea
Dissociative Identity Disorder
United We Stand, Eliana Gil
Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out, edited by Barry Cohen and others
Eating Issues
Beyond the Shadow of a Diet, Judith Matz
The Compassionate Guide to Ending Overeating, Geneen Roth
Breaking Free From Emotional Eating, Geneen Roth
The Self Compassion Diet, Jean Fain
Executive Functioning
A Do-It-Yourselfer’s Guide to Time Management and Organizational Skills for Students of All Ages: A Brief Guide for Children and Teens with Easy to Implement Strategies for Success (Kindle book), Carey Heller (DCTC MEMBER)
Feelings Books
Visiting Feelings, Lauren Rubenstein (DCTC Member)
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods, Sandra Boynton
My Many Colored Days, Dr. Seuss and Steve Johnson
Illness
Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick (A Harvard Medical School Book), Paula Rauch
When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn to Cope with Loss and Change, by Marge Heegaard
Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When Someone You Love Has Cancer…a Hopeful, Helpful Book for Kids, Ellen McVicker
Mother-Daughter
The Mother Dance, Harriet Lerner
“You’re Wearing That?,” Deborah Tannen
Middle Age
The Middle Passage (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts), James Hollis
Mindfulness/Neuroscience
Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well Being, Linda Graham
Hardwiring Happiness, Rick Hanson
Uncovering Happiness, Elisha Goldstein
Rewire Your Brain for Love, Marsha Lucas (DCTC Member)
Come to Your Senses, Stanley Block
The Mindfulness Solution, Ronald D Siegel
Mindful Motherhood, Cassandra Vieten
Comfortable with Uncertainty, Pema Chodron
Narcissism
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, Wendy T Behary.
Will I Ever Be Free of You?: How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family, Karyl Mcbride
Will I Ever Be Good Enough, Karyl McBride
Children of the Self- Absorbed by Nina W Brown
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop, David Adam
You Are Not Your Brain, Jeffrey Schwartz
Parenting
Between Parent and Child, Haim Ginott
Mother Nurture, Rick and Jan Hanson and Ricki Pollycove
Getting to Calm, Laura Kastner
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber
Brainstorm, Daniel J Siegel
Raising Your Challenging Child, Ross Greene
Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
The Whole Brain Child, Daniel J Siegel and Tina Bryson
Siblings without Rivalry, Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber
Unconditional Parenting, Alfie Kohn
Your Two-Year-Old, Louise Bates Ames (series goes up to age 14)
How to Hug a Porcupine, Julie Ross
Mojo Mom, Amy Tiemann
What To Do When You Worry Too Much, Dawn Hubner
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, Tamar Chansky
Growing Up Brave, Donna Pincus.
The Opposite of Worry, Larry Cohen
The Secrets of Happy Families, Bruce Feiler
Letting Go with Love and Confidence, Ken Ginsburg
Nurture Shock, Po Bronsem and Ashley Merryman
Postpartum Depression
This isn’t What I Expected, Karen Kleiman
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts, Karen Kleiman
Tokens of Affection: Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression, Karen Kleiman and Amy Wenzel
The Ghost in the House by Tracy Thomson
Play Therapy
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, Garry L. Landr
Play in Family Therapy, Eliana Gil
Practice Building
Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals, Lynn Grodzki
Practice of the Practice | A Start-up Guide to Launching a Counseling Private Practice Kindle book, Joseph R. Sanok
Psychotherapy
Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change, Ann Weiser
Self Therapy, Jay Early
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Mark Epstein
Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life, Kerry Malawista, Anne Adelman (DCTC Members) and Catherine Anderson
Extraordinary Relationships, Roberta M Gilbert
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their
Patients, Irvin Yalom
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, Irvin Yalom
Momma And The Meaning Of Life: Tales From Psychotherapy, Irvin Yalom
Puberty/Sexuality
Lynda Madaras’ Growing Up Guide for Girls, Lynda Madaras
It’s So Amazing, Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
The Care and Keeping of You, Valorie Schaefer and Josee
Relationships
Depression Fallout, Anne Sheffield
The Dance of Connection, Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Intimacy, Harriet Lerner
Should you Leave, Peter Kramer
Doormat Syndrome, Lynne Namka
More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory, Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert, and Janet Hardy
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
Sand Tray Therapy
Sandplay Therapy: A Step-by-Step Manual for Psychotherapists of Diverse Orientations, Barbara Labovitz Boik and E. Anna Goodwin
Sandtray Therapy: A Practical Manual, Second Edition, Linda E. Homeyer and Daniel S. Sweeney
Self Compassion
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, Dr. Kristin Neff
The Mindful Path to Self Compassion, Christopher Germer
Sensory Issues
Effective Parenting for the Hard to Manage Child, Georgia DeGangi and Anne Kendall
The Challenging Child – Understanding, Raising and Enjoying the Five ‘Difficult’ Types of Children, Stanley Greenspan
The Out of Sync Child, Carol Kranowitz
Stillbirth
They Were Still Born, Janet Atlas
Transgender
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents, by Irwin Krieger
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper
Trauma
Partner of Sexual Abuse Survivor Allies in Healing, Ellen Bass
Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, Lisa Ferentz
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment, Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher
The Sexual Healing Journey, Wendy Maltz.
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
Twenty-Somethings
Quarterlife Crisis, Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner
20 Something, 20 Everything, Christine Hassler
Twins
One and the Same, Abigail Pogrebin
Vulnerability and Shame Resilience
I Thought it Was Just Me, Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We
Live, Love, Parent and Lead, Brené Brown.
The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown
Rising Strong, Brené Brown
True Refuge, Tara Brach
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
DCTC Authors
Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity, Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert (DCTC Member), and Mary Anne Hess
A Do-It-Yourselfer’s Guide to Time Management and Organizational Skills for Students of All Ages: A Brief Guide for Children and Teens with Easy to Implement Strategies for Success (Kindle book), Carey Heller
Visiting Feelings, Lauren Rubenstein
Love Under Repair, Keith Miller
10 Myths about the Emotionally Unavailable Man, Keith Miller
How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce: Healthy, Effective Communication Techniques for Your Changing Family, Samantha Rodman
Rewire Your Brain for Love, Marsha Lucas
Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life, Kerry Malawista, Anne Adelman (DCTC Members) and Catherine Anderson
What Works With Teens, Britt Rathbone