My Business - Resources

Christina Neumeyer, M.A.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #36020

2777 Jefferson, #201, Carlsbad, CA 92008

tel. 760.522.5659

Resources

Creative Therapy Store:

Therapeutic Games, Books, & Toys

Couples Issues, BOOK OF THE MONTH:

Hold Me Tight

Heralded by the New York Times and Time magazine as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond. This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In HOLD ME TIGHT. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from Recognizing the Demon Dialogue to Revisiting a Rocky Moment-and uses them as touchpoints for seven healing conversations. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love. (2008)

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

John Gottman, PhD.

Gottman is a marriage scientist. He observes couples in a "love laboratory" and documents what is most commonly present in successful and enduring relationships. He can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, relationships that will survive as well as those that will fail. His research defies popular beliefs about loving couples - fighting isn't always a bad thing! I recommend this book as nightly "read aloud to one another" homework. It's a terrific read for any couple contemplating marriage or simply hoping to improve their relationship.

Divorce

The Divorce Culture; Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

How to Help Your Child Overcome Divorce; Elissa Benedek & Catherine Brown

Through The Eyes of Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce; Janet Johnston & Karen Breunig (TO BE READ ALOUD)

The Courage To Be A Single Mother; Sheila Ellison

Children & Parenting

Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Kabat-Zinn

The Moral Life of Children; Robert Coles

The Child with Special Needs; Stanley Greenspan, M.D.

The Optimistic Child; Seligman

Emotional Intelligence; Goleman

Real Boys; Wm. Pollack, PhD

Between Parent & Child; Ginot

Positive Discipline: A-Z, Prima

The Good Son: Michael Gurian

Stepfamilies

How to Win As A Stepfamily: Visher & Visher

Stepfamilies: Love, Marriage, and Parenting in the First Decade(James, Bray)

Adolescents

Reviving Ophelia; Mary Pipher

What’s Happening to My Body; Madaras

Girls to Women, Women to Girls; McCune & Traunstein

Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? Judy Blume

www.helpyourteens.com

Women

The Way of All Women; Esther Harding

The Wisdom of Menopause: Christiane Northrup

Okay, So I don’t Have a Headache: Cristina Ferrare

Family Of Origin Issues

The Dance of Intimacy; Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

You Can Go Home Again; Monica McGoldrick

The Drama of the Gifted Child: Alice Miller

Behavioral Problems

Redirecting Children's Behavior; K Kvols

Parent Effectiveness Training; Dr Thomas Gordon

Back in Control; Bodenhammer

The Hurried Child, Elkind

Infertility

Healing the Infertile Family – Strengthening your Relationship; Gay Becker, PhD

Choosing Assisted Reproduction – Social, Emotional, and Ethical Considerations; Cooper & Glazer

Taking Charge of Your Fertility; Toni Wechsler, MPH

www.resolve.org.

Pregnancy

The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy; Vicki Iovine

The Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life; Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger

The Baby Book, William Sears, M.D

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