Bibliotherapy Recommendations

Bibliotherapy Recommendations from Dr. Ackerman and Dr. Guthrie

Bibliotherapy/Website Recommendations

While Waiting on Mental Health Services

https://www.onoursleeves.org/mental-wellness-tools-guides/while-you-wait-for-mental-health-services


Anxiety 

School-age children: 

  • “What to Do When You Worry Too Much” by Dawn Huebner—ages 6-10
  • “Outsmarting worry: An Older Kid’s Guide to Managing Anxiety” by Dawn Huebner—ages 9-13
  • Separation: “What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart” by Dawn Huebner—ages 6-10
  • Social anxiety: “What to Do When You Feel too Shy” by Dawn Huebner—ages 6-10
  • Perfectionism: “What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake” by Dawn Huebner—ages 6-10

For Parents: Selective Mutism: “Helping Your Child With Selective Mutism” by McHolm et al.

For parents: “Freeing Your Child From Anxiety” by Tamar Chansky

For Parents: “Growing Up Brave” by Donna Pincus

For Parents: “Helping Your Anxious Child” by Rapee et al.

Teens:

  • “The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens” by Michael Tompkins and Jonathan Barkin
  • Social Anxiety: “The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens” by Jennifer Shannon



Behavior

Preschool-school age-Parent resources:

Teens-Parent resources: 

  • “How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk” by Faber and Mazlish
  • “Your Defiant Teen” by Barkley and Robin

ADHD

Executive Functioning

  • “Smart but Scattered” and “Smart but Scattered Teens” by Guare and Dawson

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (chronic hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail biting and picking)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  • “Talking Back to OCD” by John March
  • “What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck” by Dawn Huebner

Trauma/Grief

Divorce

Depressed Mood/Anger

  • “What to Do When You Grumble Too Much” by Dr. Dawn Huebner-ages 6-10
  • “What to Do When Your Temper Flares” by Dr. Dawn Huebner-ages 6-10
  • “Zero to 60: A Teen’s Guide to Manage Frustration, Anger, and Everyday Irritations” by Dr. Michael Tompkins
  • “Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping You Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts” by Van Dijk
  • For Parents: “Raising a Moody Child” by Mary Fristad
  • For parents: “Freeing Your Child From Negative Thinking: From Toddlers to Teens” by Tamar Chansky

Suicide Prevention

Self-injury

Sleep

Selective/Picky Eating

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Recurrent Abdominal Pain/Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • “The Gut Solution: For Parents with Children who have recurrent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome” by Michael Lawson and Jessical Del Pozo

Chronic Pain (Chronic abdominal pain, headache, etc.)

  • “Managing Your Child’s Chronic Pain” by Tonya Palermo and Emily Law

Body Image/Puberty

  • “Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls” by Sonya Renee Taylor
  • “Growing Up Great! The Ultimate Puberty Book for Boys” by Scott Todnem
  • “The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless” by Charlotte Markey
  • “Positive Body Image Workbook” by Nichole Wood-Barcalow, Tracy Tylka & Casey Judge
  • Eating Disorders Youtube videos
  • For parents: “Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ “Go-To” Person about Sex” by Deborah Roffman

Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth, LGBTQIA+ Youth

Screens/Technology

Eating Disorders

  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D4PdOJIVBzZTJZ29tHDF2YTb7VAEACi

Family Communication

Other Behavioral Health Websites with information about a range of topics

National Institute of Mental Health https://nimh.nih.gov
Parent/Caregiver Self-Care

Bullying

https://www.stopbullying.gov/
https://ibpaworld.org/resources/






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