We are happy to offer information on issues, conditions, and services that may be of interest to our clients and the general public.
Please know that the information offered below does not constitute an endorsement of any particular book, service, or organization. We simply hope to raise awareness of some available resources.
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Book & Resource Recommendations by topic:
ADD & ADHD
- Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
- Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
- Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption
- More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD
- The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
- Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities And ADHD Give You The Tools
- Livescribe 4 GB Echo Smartpen
- Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help (Plume)
Anxiety & Panic
- Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook (Treatments That Work)
- The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition
Body Image Issues
Career Planning & Transition
- The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
- Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do
Couples and Marriage Issues
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
- Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
- After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
- Not “Just Friends”: Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity
- The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
- The Dance of Intimacy
- All the Good Ones Aren’t Taken: Change the Way You Date and Find Lasting Love
Depression/Mood
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated
- Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
- Uplift Technologies DL930 Day-Light 10,000 Lux SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Lamp
Divorce
- Aftermarriage: The Myth of Divorce
- The Good Divorce
- What About the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce
Forgiveness
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Parenting Skills
- 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
- Parenting that Works: Building Skills that Last a Lifetime
- Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help
- The Difficult Child: Expanded and Revised Edition
Psychotherapy
Stress Management & Mindfulness
- The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
- The Relaxation Response
- Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People
- Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Health Journeys: Meditations to Relieve Stress
Pain Management
Temperament
Weight Management
Organizations & Informational Websites:
ADD/ADHD – CHADD.org
Asperger’s Association of New England
Association for Applied Psychology & Biofeedback
Brain Injury Association of MA
National Academy of Neuropsychology
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