As a psychologist, I get asked all the time for book recommendations. Eating disorders (Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder) can be particularly difficult for the friends and family of patients to understand. The best book I have found to help is called Talking to Eating Disorders: Simple Ways to Support Someone with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge…
ADHD and Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table by Blake E. S. Taylor ADHD and Me is enlightening for any person who is themselves struggling with or knows someone with ADHD and would like to expand their knowledge and understanding of the positive and negative aspects of the disorder. …
The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zin – Reviewed by Jeremy Bidwell, Ph.D. Mindfulness Training, which has been gaining increasing popularity in recent years, refers to learning the ability to take your mind off of “autopilot” when it is unintentionally ruminating about anxiety-provoking, distressing,…
The book Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD opens the door to the wonderful world of your child’s play by exploring the importance of different types of play. This book shows parents (and other adults) how to join in with your children, on their level, in order to communicate with them in a way they can understand.
Sometimes couples that are seeking help find that they have lost their focus on the natural ways that they tend to show affection to their spouse, and the things their spouse does that they naturally recognize as true affection. This is a tremendous area of potential growth and repair for marriages that are experiencing strain.…