Resources

Information and Resources

  • 24 Hour Crisis Line: 206-461-3222 or 1-800-621-6040
  • CPS: 1-800-609-8764 or 1-800-422-7517
  • Teen Link Help Line: 206-461-4922 | 6-10pm nightly

 

Recommended Reading

Youth and Adolescents:

  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger. Amazon Link
  • Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, a Practical Life Saving Guide, by Ira M. Sacker, Ph.D, and Marc A Zimmer, PhD. Amazon Link
  • Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher, Ph.D. Amazon Link
  • Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood, by William Pollack, Ph.D with foreward by Mary Pipher, Ph.D. Amazon Link
  • Parenting Teenagers: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Teens, by Don Dinkmeyer Sr. and Gary D. McKay.
  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, by John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman.
  • Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind, by Michael J. Bradley.
  • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, by Wendy Mogel.

Divorce:

  • The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart, by Constance Ahrons, Ph.D. Amazon Link
  • What About the Kids: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce, by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee. Amazon Link
  • Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends, by Bruce Fisher.
  • Divorced Families, by Constance Ahrons and Roy Rodgers.
  • Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce the Sandcastles Way, by M. Gary Nueman and with Patricia Romanowski.

Inspiration, Change, and Forgiveness:

  • Who Moved my Cheese? By Spencer Johnson, M.D. Amazon Link
  • The Language of Letting Go, by Melody Beattie. Amazon Link
  • The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness, by Simon Wiesenthal. Amazon Link
  • How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not to, by Janis Abrahams Spring, Ph.D. with Michael Spring.