The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross Greene, PhD
(One of the books I most commonly recommend in helping parents develop new strategies for talking to kids effectively)
Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors
Pat Harvey, ACSW, LCSW & Jeanine Penzo, LICSW
(A book full of great strategies that alligns closely with many of the strategies I teach in session–a great follow up book to extend and deepen what we practice in the office)
Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills to Help Your Teen Navigate Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Pat Harvey ACSW, LCSW, and Britt H. Rathbone
(As above, a book full of great strategies that alligns closely with many of the strategies I teach in session–a great follow up book to extend and deepen what we practice in the office)
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=parenting+a+teen+with+intense+emotions
The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD.
Neurotribes
Steve Silberman
(The best overall summary available to date on the history and current state of knowledge about autism and other neurodivergent folks)
https://www.amazon.com/Neurotribes-Legacy-Autism-Future-Neurodiversity/dp/0399185615/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525893679&sr=8-1&keywords=neurotribes
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism
Richard Grinker
(A great journalistic read on the social construction of how we have come to understand autism. Hint: It’s not an epidemic…)
https://www.amazon.com/Unstrange-Minds-Remapping-World-Autism/dp/0465027644/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525893705&sr=1-1&keywords=Unstrange+Minds
Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to An Asperger Life. Cynthia Kim (Not just a great autobiography, but a lot of useful practical information as well)
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
Lisa Damour, Ph.D.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553393073/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men
Michael Gurian
https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Boys-Parents-Educators-Exceptional/dp/1585425281/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525791045&sr=1-3&keywords=the+wonder+of+boys
Wiseminded Parenting: 7 Essentials for Raising Successful Tweens and Teens.
Laura S. Kastner and Kristen A Russell
https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Minded-Parenting-Essentials-Successful/dp/0983012857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525790662&sr=8-1&keywords=wise+minded+parenting
Parenting you Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance
Christopher McCurry PhD and Steven C. Hayes PhD
https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Anxious-Child-Mindfulness-Acceptance/dp/1572245794/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525910848&sr=8-1&keywords=parenting+your+anxious+child+with+mindfulness+and+acceptance
Understanding Your Child’s Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children with Behavioral, Social and Learning Challenges
Steven Curtis
(A book by one of my dissertation advisors—recommended!)
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Childs-Puzzling-Behavior/dp/0979498201/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525911148&sr=1-1&keywords=Steven+Curtis+parenting
CREATIVITY and the Autistic Student: Supporting Strengths to Develop Skills and Deepen Knowledge
Carrie Snow
(A book by one of my dissertation advisors—recommended!)
https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Autistic-Student-Supporting-Strengths/dp/0807757276
Autism: What it Means to Me
Catherine Fayherty
(A great book for kids and teens to develop self-identity and advocacy skills as autistics)
Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say No Way and Parents Say Way to Go
John S. March and Christine M. Benton
(a really good program for overcoming an irrational anxiety—has ideas that can be adapted for overcoming other chronic fears as well)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593853556/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence
Rachel Simmons
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014311798X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Body Keeps the Score: Brian, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&sprefix=The+Body+K%2Cstripbooks%2C427&crid=39M38BA2YFPAY
The Journal of Best Practices: A Journal of Marriage, Asperger’s Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to be a Better Husband David Finch https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Best-Practices-Marriage-Asperger/dp/1439189749/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PQP5281UG7IO&keywords=journal+of+best+practices+david+finch&qid=1567016577&s=gateway&sprefix=journal+of+best%2Caps%2C550&sr=8-1
Being a Dad is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from my Family to Yours
Ben Falcone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006247362X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment
Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and Robert M. Pressman
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787908703/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Coping Cat Parent Companion
Philip C. Kendal
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1888805439/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Helping Parents Practice: Ideas for Making It Easier Edmund Sprunger Volume https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Parents-Practice-Making-Easier/dp/0976785439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530229190&sr=8-1&keywords=helping+parents+practice+by+edmund+sprunger
Theories of Mind 