Resources

 

ALL OF THE BOOKS BELOW ARE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM

IMAGO resources:

Imago Relationships North America Website

FOR COUPLES:

  • “Getting the Love you Want” by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
  • “Making Marriage Work” by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen Hunt, Ph.D

FOR INDIVIDUALS:

  • “Keeping  the Love you Find” by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D

FOR PARENTS:

  • “Giving the Love that Heals” by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen Hunt, Ph.D.

OTHER resources:

PARENTING:

  • Conscious Parenting by Dr. Shefali Tsubury
  • “Parenting Without Power Struggles”  Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected by Susan Stiffelman
  • www.understood.org-website for families who have children with different learning styles
  • www.empoweringparents.com
  • www.childmind.org-website that offers parents information on dealing with various learning/ emotional issues in their children

ADOPTION:

Camp for Adopted children:  http://campclio.org/

Pact.org-great website for families who have adopted children, particularly transracial adoption

Highly recommended books to read to young children:

  • “This Child of Mine”
  • “A Mother for Choko”

GLBT

Parenthood:

“Journey to Same Sex Parenthood” by Eric Rosswood

Transgender Issues:

“Beyond Magenta -Transgendered Teens Speak Out” by Susan Kuklin
“The Transgender Workbook” by Ry Testa
“Transgender 101” – by Nick Teich- A good quick read that provides the nuts and bolts
“Just Add Hormones” by Matt Kailey
“Trans Bodies Trans Selves” by Laura Erickson-Schroth

“Helping Your Transgender Teen” by Irwin Krieger
“The Transgender Teen” by Stephanie Brill

“Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not” by Joanne Herman

Sex:

“Passionate Marriage” by David Schnarch, Ph.D.

“Joy of Gay Sex” by Charles Silverstein, Ph.D. & Felice Picano

“Gay Sex: A Manual for Men Who Love Men” by Jack Hart

 

DIVERSITY

If you are looking for a therapist of color please check out these two websites:

InnoPsych.com- Dr. Charmain Jackson, Ph.D. created this website in January 2020 to provide reosurces and help people of color find providers of color to work with.

Ayannatherapy.com- Created by entrepreneur Eric Coly matches users with licensed therapists who provide teletherapy by phone, video call or text through the app.

Divorce- Books have been recommended by website getasmartdivorce.com