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/