Resources
Make an appointment ►These resources are listed because they have been found be of use to ourselves and others. These listings are not comprehensive and should be considered a starting point. If you have questions about any of these topics, please contact us and we will do our best to help you out.
Parenting
Dorothy Corkville Briggs; Your Child’s Self-Esteem. A guide to understand and support the development of healthy self-esteem in young children.
Tamar Chansky; Freeing Your Child From Anxiety. An excellent starting point for understanding and addressing anxious disorders, including compulsive behaviors, in children.
Foster Cline and Jim Fay; Parenting with Love and Logic. A standard on utilizing natural consequences to teach children responsibly and avoid power struggles.
Ross W. Greene; The Explosive Child. A resource for understanding and helping children who struggle with inflexibility, anger and ‘meltdowns.’
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka; Raising Your Spirited Child. A helpful, supportive book for parents of children who are more intense, energetic and sensitive.
Mitchell H. Messer; Managing Anger: A Handbook of Proven Techniques. Highly recommended for assisting children and teens.
Thomas W. Phelan; 1-2-3 Magic. Another helpful book on effectively disciplining children ages 2-12. This resource is also available as a video/DVD.
Carolyn Webster-Stratton; The Incredible Years. Sometimes hard to find, this is an excellent book on dealing with behavioral issues in children ages 3-8.
ADHD/Asperger's Disorder
Colleen Alexander-Roberts; AD/HD Parenting Handbook, 2nd ed. A comprehensive guide, covering parenting skills and techniques, age-appropriate needs and interventions, and how to work with schools.
Tony Atwood; The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. A good, comprehensive, easy to understand starting point to understanding Asperger’s Disorder and related traits in young people.
Thomas W. Phelan; All About Attention Deficit Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Children and Adults. An easy-to-read, very helpful guide to dealing with ADHD. Many good examples.
Attachment Issues
Richard J. Delaney; The Healing Power of the Family. Describes the relationship patterns and issues experienced by child and family in foster or adoptive homes. Includes many helpful real-life stories.
Daniel Hughes; Facilitating Developmental Attachment. Hughes is a leader in the field. This book is helpful for both professionals and caregivers.
Kathleen Keating; The Hug Therapy Book. A collection of skills and techniques to assist in developing healthy attachment.
Organization and Informational Websites
www.attach.org ATTACH, Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of
Children.
www.radzebra.org A parent support group for families of children diagnosed with Reactive
Attachment Disorder.
www.childtrauma.org Educational series for parents and caregivers.
Couples
John Gottman; The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. A direct and helpful way to look at and improve the marriage relationship.
Sue Johnson; Hold Me Tight. A breakthrough understanding of marital conflict based in the need for a secure, accepting relationship. “Cuts to the chase” for many couples with years of struggle.
Sexual Compulsivity and Addiction
Understanding Sexual Addiction
Patrick Carnes; Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction, 3rd Ed. The classic primer
on sexual compulsivity and addiction.
Patrick Carnes; Don’t Call It Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction. Outlines the course of
recovery from initial discovery to new growth. Includes many helpful true stories.
Marnie Ferree; No Stones. About women healing from sexual addiction.
Mark Laaser; Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction. Another very good primer on sexual
addiction written from a Christian viewpoint.
Rob Weiss; Cruise Control. Understanding sex addiction in gay men.
William Struthers; Wired for Intimacy. An understanding of brain chemistry and reactivity to
sexual stimulation. Written from a Christian perspective.
Understanding Coaddiction
Melody Beattie; Codependent No More. A highly used and respected resource on addressing
codependent traits.
Claudia Black; Deceived. A guide to recovery for female partners of sex addicts from a leader in
the field.
Stefanie Carnes (ed.); Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts. A
comprehensive, practical approach to the issues faced by coaddicts.
Internet
Patrick Carnes, David Delmonico, Elizabeth Griffin; In the Shadows of the Net, 2nd ed. A
powerful book describing compulsive online sexual behavior and how to address it. Includes
exercises to aid in recovery.
Wendy Maltz and Larry Maltz; The Porn Trap. Addresses addiction to pornography.
Jennifer Schneider, Robert Weiss; Cybersex Exposed. Geared toward the reader who is
evaluating their degree of obsession or compulsion. Helpful evaluation and recovery exercises included.
Nancy E. Willard; Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens. A positive book on addressing internet issues with children and adolescents.
Relationships
Patrick Carnes; Debra Laaser, Mark Laaser; Open Hearts. A workbook for couples in recovery.
Mark and Debra Laaser; The Seven Desires of Every Heart. Written from a Christian perspective, this is a forward looking guide to repairing and rebuilding relationships.
Jennifer Schneider and Burt Schneider; Sex, Lies and Forgiveness, 3rd ed. A comprehensive guide for working through couple recovery from sex addiction starting at initial discovery through the establishment of new and healthier relationship patterns. Many examples from treatment are included.
Jennifer Schneider, Debra Corley; Disclosing Secrets: When, to Whom, & How Much to Reveal. A guide and workbook to appropriate and therapeutic disclosure of sexually compulsive acting out.
Organization and Informational Websites
www.sexhelp.com International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. Informational resources and listing of certified sex addiction therapists.
www.sash.net Society for the Advancementof Sexual Health. Good informational site.
www.recoveryzone.com Sexual Addiction Screening Test available to be taken confidentially
and at no charge.
www.sca-recovery.org and www.sca-chicago.org Sexaholics Anonymous. Information
and list of meetings.
www.sexaa.org Sex Addicts Anonymous. Information and list of meetings.
www.slaafws.com and www.chicagointerslaa.com Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous.
Information and list of meetings.
www.sanon.org S-Anon. For spouses and partners of sex addicts. Related to Sexaholics Anonymous. Information and contact numbers for meetings.
www.cosa-recovery.org Codependents of Sex Addicts. For spouses and partners of sex addicts. Related to Sex Addicts Anonymous. Information and contact numbers for meetings.
www.recovering-couples.org Recovering Couples Anonymous. Self-help group for couples to address sexual addiction.
www.recoveryjumpstart.com Offering intensive weekend recovery workshops in the Chicago area for the addict, the partner of the addict, and the couple struggling with addiction.
www.bethesdaworkshops.org a Christian recovery organization in Nashville providing intensive outpatient treatment of sexual addiction.
Trauma
Peter Levine; Waking The Tiger. A non-pathologizing look at psychological trauma and how it can be addressed.
Glenn R. Schiraldi; The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook. A comprehensive, helpful handbook for understanding and addressing trauma.
More Organization and Informational Websites
www.emdr.com Information site on the practice of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
www.traumacenter.org Great information site with a positive attitude toward addressing trauma.
Administered by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.
www.johnbriere.com Another good informational site from a leader in the field. Good set of links listed.