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

 

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

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