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ESSENTIAL READING

Our most commonly asked question:

"What was the name of that book that you recommended again?"

WONDER NO MORE! Scroll below for a list of our favorite books.

PARENTING

Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore, Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell

 

The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

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No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

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Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood, Lisa Damour, PhD

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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults, Frances E. Jensen MD

UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry

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Out of the Fog: Moving From Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse, Dana Morningstar

PARENTING - Foster Care/Adoption 

The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, Karyn Purvis, David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine

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The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions, Sarah Naish

 

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing,  Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

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SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, Peg Dawson EdD & Richard Guare PhD

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Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential, Richard Guare, PhD; Peg Dawson, EdD; & Colin Guare

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Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, Rudy Simone

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Detached: Surviving Reactive Attachment Disorder-A Personal Story, Jessie Hogsett

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