Book Recommendations & Resources
Mindfulness
- Mindfulness: An Eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world
- Wherever you go, There you are: Meditation in Everyday Life
- The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace
- The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Anxiety
- Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks
- Trust Your Intuition: 100 ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental
Health - Conquering your Stress and Fears: A treatment Guide for Anxiety and Trauma-Related
Disorders - The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A guide to Breaking Free from
Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Autism
- What Men with Asperger Syndrome Want to Know About Women, Dating, and Relationships
by Maxine Aston - The Asperger Couples Workbook by Maxine Aston
- The complete guide to Asperger’s Syndrome by Tony Attwood
- Autism Spectrum Disorders: The complete guide to understanding Autism, Asperger’s
Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Other ASD’s by Chantal Sicle-Kira and
Temple Grandin - Autism-Asperger’s & Sexuality by Jerry and Mary Newport
- Parties, Dorms, and Social Norms by Lisa Meeks and Tracy Masterson
- The autistic brain by Temple Grandin
- Look me in the eye by John Robinson
- The journal of best practices by David Finch
- Very Late Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome – Philip Wylie
- Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work – Katrin Bentley
- Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
- The complete guide to getting a job for people with Asperger’s syndrome by Barbara
Bissonnette - Asperger’s on the Job by Rudy Simone
- Autistics’ Guide to Dating by Emilia Murray Ramey and Jody Ramey
- The Partner’s guide to Asperger’s syndome
- www.autismspeaks.org
- https://www.resumebuilder.com/comprehensive-resume-and-career-guide-for-people-with-disabilities/
Social Skills
- Thinking about you, thinking about me by Michelle Garcia Winner
- Curiously social and socially curious by Michelle Garcia Winner
- The science of likability by Patrick King
- Exactly what to say by Phil Jones
- Improve your conversations by Patrick King
- The social skills guidebook
- Social skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome
- The science of social intelligence
- Improve you social skills by Daniel Anderson
- www.socialthinking.com
ADHD
- Taking Charge of ADHD: The complete, authoritative guide for parents by Russell Barkley
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and coping with ADD from childhood through adulthood
- Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents’ Guide to helping children with executive functioning
- How to Reach and teach ADHD Children
- The energetic brain by Cecil Reynolds
- www.chadd.org
Females with Autism
- Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger SyndromeJun 15, 2010 by Rudy Simone
- I am AspienWoman: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Adult Females on the Autism Spectrum (AspienGirl)
- I Am Aspiengirl: The Unique Characteristics, Traits and Gifts of Females on the Autism Spectrum
Childhood/ Teen Anxiety
- My Anxious Mind: A teen’s guide to managing Anxiety and Panic
- The Anxiety Workbook for Teens: Activities to help you deal with anxiety
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
- Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids
Teen Depression
- Adolescent Depression: A guide for Parents
- Helping your teenager beat depression: A problem solving approach for families
Parenting
- How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk
- Positive discipline for teenagers
- Staying Connected to your teenager: How to keep them talking to you and how to hear what they’re really saying
Marital problems
- The 7 principles for making marriage work – Gottman
- The 5 love languages – Chapman
Gender Identity
- For patient – You and Your gender identity by Dara Hoffman-Fox
- For Families – The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill.
- For Families – Raising Ryland by Hillary Whittington
Online support groups
- https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/online-support-groups/
- turn2me.ie – 18+ year old, 12- 17 year old, parent, health professional support group
- https://support.therapytribe.com/ – Addiction, anxiety, depression, HIV/aids, LGBT, marriage,
family, OCD, Teen groups - https://www.mhanational.org/find-support-groups – Has a long list of specialized support groups