Resources

• Recommended Self-Help Books on parenting,
  relationships, good mental health, child abuse, and healing

• Helpful links

Parenting Prenting that Works by Edward R. Christophersen, Susan L. Mortweet Two hospital staff psychologists/pediatricians provide a practical approach to parenting, including building skills as a parent; special topics such as dealing with divorce; building children's skills; and handling problems from infancy to the teenage years. SOS: Help for Parents by Lynn Clark, John Robb (Illustrator) SOS Help For Parents is a book and parent education program which helps children, ages two to twelve, to improve their behavior and emotional adjustment. It is internationally used and recommended by psychologists, pediatricians, teachers, and other professionals as well as parents. Relationships Surviving Infidelity: Making Decisions, Recovering from the Pain by Rona Subotnik and Gloria G. Harris Drawing on their clinical experience, Subotnik and Harris offer a nonjudgmental and compassionate look at infidelity from the spouse's point of view, emphasizing practical approaches to recovery. Their work is bringing new hope to couples who confront these painful issues. Love Is Never Enough: How couples can overcome misunderstandings, resolve conflicts, and solve relationship problems through cognitive therapy. by Aaron T. Beck With eloquence and accessibility, Dr. Aaron T. Beck analyzes the actual dialogue of troubled couples to illuminate the most common problems in marriage - the power of negative thinking, disillusionment, rigid rules and expectations, and miscommunication. Mental Health Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky This manual shows you how to improve your life. Step-by-step worksheets teach you specific skills that will help you conquer depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems. Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns The Feeling Good Handbook teaches how to remove the mental obstacles that bar you from success--from test anxiety and fear of public speaking to procrastination and self-doubt. Child Abuse Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis The Courage to Heal is a comprehensive guide that offers hope and encouragement to every woman who was sexually abused as a child.

Links ADULT AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES for Houston and surrounding area