Suggested Resources

Suggested Resources

Here is a list of material I would suggest you take the time to check out.

Marital/Divorce

  • The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Falls Part – Constance Ahrons, PhD
  • Collaborative Divorce – Tesler and Thompson
  • Collaborative Way to Divorce – Webb and Ousky
  • Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
  • Getting The Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
  • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most – Douglas Stone
  • Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In – Fisher and Ury

Divorce and Children

  • How To Survive Your Parent’s Divorce – Nancy O’Keefe Bolick
  • Growing up Divorced – Linda Bird Franks
  • The Parents’ Book About Divorce – Dr. Richard Gardner
  • The Best Parent is Both Parents – David Levy
  • Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce the Sandcastle Way – Gary Neuman
  • Mom’s House, Dad’s House –Isolina Ricci
  • What Children Learn From Their Parents’ Marriage – Judith Siegal
  • The Truth about Children and Divorce – Robert Emory
  • The Divorce Book for Parents – Vicki Lansky
  • What About the Kids? Raising Your Child Before, During and After the Divorce – Judith Wallerstein
  • Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce – Anthony Wolf

Childrens’ Booklist about Divorce

  • Grover’s Bad, Awful Day – A. Dickson
  • When Emily Woke Up Angry – R. Duncan
  • Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Chatterbox – R. Hargreaves
  • Mr Worry, Mr Noisy – R. Hargreaves
  • I Was So Mad – Mayer
  • Feelings – J.B Murphy
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – J Viorst
  • Dinosaurs Divorce – L. Brown and Marc Brown
  • My Family’s Changing – Pat Thomas
  • When Mom and Dad Divorce – Emily Menendez-Aponte
  • It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear – Vicki Lansky

Psychology/Internal Work

  • Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat Zinn
  • Thoughts Without a Thinker – Mark Epstein, M.D.
  • Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart – Mark Epstein, M.D.
  • Taking the War Out of Our Words – Sharon Strand Ellison
  • Beyond Reason – Daniel Shapiro
  • The Power of Focusing – Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
  • Falling Awake – Albert Ellis
  • The Poetry of Mary Oliver
  • Off To Sea: A Romance – Richard Stine
  • The Family Contract – Howard Leftin, M.D.
  • The Parents Tao Te Ching – William Martin
  • Refrigerator Rights: Why we need to let people in our lives, our homes (and our Refrigerators) – Dr Will Miller
  • When Things Fall Apart; Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
  • The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
  • The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self – Alice Miller
  • The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse – Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
  • EMDR: The Breakthrough “Eye Movement” Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma – Francine Shapiro
  • The Mindful Way Through Depression – Zindel Segel
  • The Four Agreements- Don Miguel Ruiz