Resources
We have collected some informative and potentially valuable resources for visitors to our website. These are in several formats, from links to pdf documents.
Links
National Institute of Mental Health
Children and adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
National Eating Disorders Association
American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists
Dr. Laura Berman , Sex educator/therapist
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Tests
Therapy is not only a place to just fix problems, it is also an arena of growth and self-understanding. No one can tell you that you need therapy. It is a decision you have to make yourself. The following tests are tools to help you with that important decision. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT STANDARDIZED PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
Sexual Addiction Screening Test (pdf)
Depression Screening Test (pdf)
Articles – These are pdf files written by our own Kay Allen LPC
Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
Self Help Reading Suggestions
Aspergers
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with
Aspergers
John Elder Robison
Asperger’s Answer Book: The Top 275 Questions Parents Ask
Anger Management
When Someone You Love Is Angry
W. Doyle Gentry
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate
Relationships
Harriet Lerner
Anger: How to Recognize and Cope With It
Leo Madow
A classic in the field.
Anger-Free: Ten Basic Steps to Managing Your Anger
W. D. Gentry
Adolescents
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Mary Pipher
Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by William Pollack (Author), Mary Pipher (Foreword)
Anxiety
Thoughts & Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your life: A Workbook
of Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
Mathew McKay
Codependency
Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner
Nina Brown
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives
Pia Mellody (Author), Andrea Wells Miller (Author), Keith Miller (Author)
Daily meditations for women who love too much
Robin Norwood
Death Dying and Loss
Books on death, dying, loss and grief counseling
The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child
Suzanne Redfern
On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Depression
Self help books on depression
What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed
Mitch Golant and Susan K. Golant
The Freedom from Depression Workbook (Minirth Meier New Life Clinic Series)
Les Carter and Frank Minirth
On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Donquering Depression
Kathy Cronkite
This book is written by Walter Cronkite’s daughter. In it, she interviews famous people who have struggled with depression. In addition to chronicaling famous peoples’ experiences of depression, she goes on to include common treatments for how to manage depression. This book is
inspirational. Mental illness does prevent a person from achieving success.
Manic: A Memoir
Terri Cheney
This is a wonderful book for someone to read who is bipolar, or for someone who wants to learn more about what life is actually like for someone with bipolar.
Divorce/Separation
Books on divorce and separation
Unexpected Legacy of Divorce, The: A 25 Year Landmark Study
Judith S. Wallerstein
Drugs & Alcohol
Books about overcoming drugs and alcohol.
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Nick Sheff
Enough Already!: A Guide to Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Bob Tyler
Dry: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs
Alcoholism: a memoir. This book is an excellent, quick, read.
Broken
William Cope Moyers
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
David Sheff
Eating Disorders
Self help books on overcoming an eating disorder.
Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach
Daniel le Grange (Author), James Lock (Author)
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
Jenni Schaefer (Author), Thom Rutledge (Author)
Eating With Your Anorexic
Laura Collins
Grief
Self help books on overcoming grief
Walking in the Garden of Souls
Anderson & Baron
Finding hope
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
The death of a spouse
The Courage to Grieve: The Classic Guide to Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief
Judy Tatelbaum
On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living
Nancy Cobb
How We Grieve: Relearning the World
Thomas Attig
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
Martha W. Hickman
A Grief Like No Other: Surviving the Violent Death of Someone You Love
Kathleen O’Hara
Overcoming the death of someone you love who died by homicide or suicide.
Sex and Love Addiction
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
Patrick J. Carnes
Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery
Patrick J. Carnes
Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You
Love
Pia Mellody (Author), Andrea Wells Miller (Author), J. Keith Miller
(Author)
Daily meditations for women who love too much
Robin Norwood
Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict
Patrick Carnes
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
Hotchkiss and Masterson
Trapped in the Mirror
Elan Golomb
The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern
Nina W. Brown
Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner
Nina Brown
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-up’s Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents
Nina Brown
Parenting
Parenting Books: Learn from other parents on tips, tricks and secrets of how to raise children.
Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child : Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries
Robert J. MacKenzie Ed.D.
Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool
Hal Edward Runkel
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Faber & Mazlish
Postpartum Depression
Books on postpartum depression
Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression, Dramatic Rescue & Return to Hope
Tina Zahn; Wanda Dyson
What Am I Thinking? Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression
Karen Kleiman
Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: A Temporary Madness
Teresa M. Twomey
Therapy and the Postpartum Woman: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek Their Help
Karen Kleiman
The Journey to Parenthood: Myths, Reality and What Really Matters
Diana Lynn Barnes & Leigh G. Balber
SorrowS Web: Hope Help And Understanding For Depressed Mothers And Their Children
Anne Sheffield
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide
Cheryl Tatano Beck, Jeanne Watson Driscoll
Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Health Care Practitioner
Susan Dowd Stone and Alexis E. Menken
Non Pharmacologic Treatments for Depression in New Mothers
Kathleen Kendall-tackett
Infanticide: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill
Margaret G. Spinelli (Editor)
Down Came the Rain : My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
Brooke Shields
Daughter’s Touch: A Journey of a Mother Trying to Come to Terms with Postpartum Depression
Sylvia M. Lasalandra
Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding And Treating Prenatal And Postpartum Depression
Shoshana S. Bennett & Pec Indman
Marital and Relationship Problems
Self help books on overcoming marital or relationship problems. Tips on saving a marriage.
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
John M. Gottman
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John M. Gottman (Author), Nan Silver (Author), John Gottmann (Author)
Not “Just Friends”: Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity
Shirley P. Glass
Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner
Nina Brown
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Harville Hendrix
Getting the Love You Want Workbook: The New Couples’ Study Guide
Hendrix and Hunt
Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love
by Pia Mellody (Author), Andrea Wells Miller (Author), J. Keith Miller (Author)
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
Janis Abrahms Spring
Sexual Intimacy
Self help tips on overcoming a sexual dysfunction.
Sharing Sexual Intimacy
Barbach, L.
For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy
Lonnie Barbach
Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love
by Pia Mellody (Author), Andrea Wells Miller (Author), J. Keith Miller
(Author)
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
Janis Abrahms Spring
Where We Are
Rock Landing Psychological Group, PLC
The James Building
11825 Rock Landing Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 873-1736
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