Books & Other Resources
We have put together the listing of websites, books and other resources below that you might find useful as part of your therapy journey.
Psychology sessions often trigger emotions and bring up past emotional issues. To support you before and after your appointment, we have included a range of free websites and applications for you to use during this time.
Websites
Websites and other resources:
lifeline.org.au/– crisis support – 13 11 14
Mobile Apps
Additional Resources
The Happiness Trap – Russ Harris
Get Out Of Your Mind And Into Your Life – Steven Hayes
Your Way, Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills to Help Teens Manage Emotions and Build Resilience – Joseph C. Ciarocchi
Stuff That Sucks: a teen’s guide to accepting what you can’t change and committing to what you can – Ben Sedley
Stuff That’s Loud: A Teen’s Guide to Unspiralling when OCD Gets Noisy – Ben Sedley – teens
ADDitude Magazine – www.ADDitudemag.com
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction – from Childhood Through Adulthood – Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.
Full Of Beans: A book for young people with Attention Deficit Disorder – Chris Wever
Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential – Peg Dawson & Richard Guare
Some Brains: A book celebrating neurodiversity – Nelly Thomas
How To ADHD – YouTube channel
All Dogs Have ADHD – Kathy Hoopmann
Overcoming Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Mark Feeston, Kevin Meares (audiobook)
Attachment In Psychotherapy – David J. Wallin
Attachment Focussed EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma – Laura Parnell
Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair – Daniel P Brown and David S. Elliott
The Power Of Attachment: How to create deep and lasting intimate relationships – Dianne Poole Heller
Being Me: Healing Your Attachment Wounds and Becoming Whole – Maree B Even
Wired For Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain Can Help You Defuse Conflicts and Spark Intimacy – Stan Tatkin
Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships – Dr Sue Johnson
Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love – Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Attachment In Therapeutic Practice – Jeremy Holmes & Arietta Slade
The Search for the Secure Base: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy – Jeremy Holmes
My Grandmothers Hands: Racialised Trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies – Resma Menakem
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker
Boundaries: When to say yes, how to say no to take control of your life – Dr Henry Cloud and Dr John Townsend
Setting Boundaries: Care for yourself and stop being controlled by others – Dr Rebecca Ray
Building A Life Worth Living: A Memoir – Marsha M. Linehan
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand – Megan Devine
Bearing The Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief – Joanne Cacciatore, Jeffrey Rubin
Resilient Grieving: How to find your way through devastating loss – Dr Lucy Hone
Staring At The Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death – Irvin Yalom
With The End In Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial – Dr Kathryn Mannix
When Breath Becomes Air: What makes life worth living in the face of death – Paul Kalanithi
What’s Your Grief: Grief Support For the Rest of Us – whatsyourgrief.com
The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
The Invisible Leash: A Story Celebrating Love After the Loss of a Pet – Patrice Karst
The Paper Dolls – Julia Donaldson
Badger’s Parting Gifts – Susan Varley
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief – Marge Eaton Heegaard
I Miss You: A First Look at Death – Pat Thomas
I Miss My Pet: A First Look at Death of a Pet – Pat Thomas
Beginnings and Endings with Lifetimes In Between – Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen
Ida, Always – Caron Levis & Charles Santoso
Online Insomnia Treatment Program (free) – This Way Up
No-Drama Discipline – Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
Fierce Self-Compassion- How Women can Harness Kindness to Speak Up Claim Their Power and Thrive – Dr Kristin Neff
How To Be Nice To Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self-Compassion – Laura Silberstein-Tirch
The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook: A 14-day Plan to Transform Your Relationship with Yourself – Tim Desmond
The Gifts Of Compassion – How to understand and overcome suffering – Stan Steindl
The Gifts Of Imperfection – Brene Brown
When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism – Martin M. Antony & Richard P. Swinson
The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges – Paul Gilbert
How To Do The Work: Recognise Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, & Create Your Self – Dr Nicole LePera
Strong At The Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse – Linda T Sanford
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living – Glennon Doyle
The Body Keeps The Score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma – Bessel Van Der Kolk
Building The Bonds Of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Traumatised Children – Daniel A. Hughes
Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing – David A. Treleaven & Willoughby Britton
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror – Judith Herman
The Drama Of The Gifted Child: A Search for the True Self – Alice Miller
The Heart Of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships – Bonnie Badenoch
EMDR Toolbox: Theory and treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation – Jim Knipe
Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists – Janina Fisher
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing – Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy – Francine Shapiro
EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology – Arielle Schwartz
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – Daniel J. Seigel & Tina Payne Bryson
8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing – Babette Rothschild
Terror Within and Without: Attachment and Disintegration – Judy Yellin & Orit Badouk Epstein
Treating Trauma Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach – Kathy Steele & Onno van der Hart
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker
Revolutionising Trauma Treatment: Stabilisation, Safety & Nervous System Balance – Babette Rothschild
Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma – Marylene Cloitre, Lisa R. Cohen, Kile M. Ortigo, Christie Jackson and Karestan C. Koenen
Coping With Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists – Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno van der Hart
The Boy Who Was Raised as A Dog – Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz
Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered – Maia Szalavitz & Bruce D. Perry
From Nightmares to Peaceful Sleep with the Dream Completion Technique ™ (YouTube)
Australian Childhood Foundation Resources for Professionals
How To Do The Work: Recognise Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past + Create Your Self – Nicole LePera
How To Meet Yourself: The Workbook For Self-Discovery – Nicole LePera
The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder – Katharine A. Philips
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation –Bddfoundation.org (website)
Living With Your Body and Other Things You Hate – Emily K. Sandoz PhD, Troy DuFrene
Banish Your Body Image Thief: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Building Positive Body Image for Young People – Kate Collins-Donnelly
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up’s Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents – Nina W. Brown
Recovering From Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C Gibson
A Psychology & Schema Therapy Podcast – Good Mood Clinic
Stop Walking On Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder – Paul T. Mason and Randi Kreger
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters Of Narcissistic Mothers – Karyl McBride
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy & Reclaiming Your Life – Susan Forward
Adult Children Of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C Gibson
Dr Ramani (YouTube)
The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognising The Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse – Debbie Mirza
The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment – Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman, Robert M. Pressman
Disarming The Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed – Wendy T. Behary
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People – George K. Simon
Out of the Fog: Helping family members and loved-ones of people who suffer from personality disorders – Outofthefog.website (external link)
The Grit Guide for Teens: A Workbook To Help You Build Perseverance, Self-Control, and a Growth Mindset – Baruch Feldman Caren
Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn (for Teens): How to Turn a Loss into a Win – John C. Maxwell
Stuff That Sucks: a teen’s guide to accepting what you can’t change and committing to what you can – Ben Sedley
Dennis Duckling – Paul Sambrooks
Dennis and The Big Decisions – Paul Sambrooks
My Dad’s In Prison – Jackie Walter & Tony Neal
The Imperfects Podcast – podcast based on Hugh Van Cuhlenbergs Resilience Project
Resilient: Find Your Inner Strength – Rick Hanson
Arc App (iPhone app) – Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
The Gender Dysphoria Bible (website)
TransHub (website)
When Breath Becomes Air: What makes life worth living in the face of death – Paul Kalanithi
Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life – Leigh Sales
Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson – Mitch Albom
The Choice: A true story of hope – Edith Eger
The Happiest Man On Earth – Eddie Jaku
How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers – Toni Bernhard
Surviving and Thriving with An Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms – Ilana Jacqueline
Staring At The Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death – Irvin Yalom
Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and The Meaning of Things – Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee
Buried In Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding – David Tolin, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee
Parenting From The Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive – Daniel J. Siegel, Mary Hartzell
How to Do The Work – Dr Nicole LePera
Warming The Stone Child: Myths and Stories about Abandoned and The Unmothered Child – Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Audio book)
Discovering The Inner Mother: A Guide to Healing the Mother Wound and Claiming Your Personal Power – Bethany Webster
Education Centre Against Violence – www.ecav.health.nsw.gov.au
A Podcast Of One’s Own – Julia Gillard, Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living – Glennon Doyle
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking The Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
Girls Can’t Surf – Documentary
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