Online Resources – Meredith Gelman, LCSW, CCTP

Books


Queen Bees and Wannabees By Rosalind Wiseman	What you must think of me A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with social anxiety By Emily Ford	What to do when you Worry Too Much A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety By Dawn Huebner	What to do when your Brain Gets Stuck A kid’s guide to Overcoming OCD By Dawn Huebner	A Gift of ADHD How to Transform Your Child’s Problems into Strengths By Lara Honos-Webb


At Daddy’s on Saturday By Linda Walvoord Girard, 1987.	Dinosaurs Divorce By Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown, 1988.	I Don’t Want to Talk About It By Jeanie Franz Ransom, 2000.	Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce By Cornelia Maude Spelman, 1998.	Was it the Chocolate Pudding? By Sandra Levins and Bryan Langdo, 2006.


We’re Having a Tuesday By D.K. Simoneau, 2006.

Recommended books for older children on separation and divorce:


What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce? A Survival Guide for Kids By Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer, 2001.		Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two By Isolina Ricci, 2006.		A Smart Girl’s Guide to Her Parents Divorce By Nancy Holyoke, 2009.


The Happiest Toddler on the Block How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old By Harvey Karp, MD	The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Our Lives and Why We Never Talk About It By Susan Maushart	Mom Book: 4278 of Mom Central’s Tips–For Moms from Moms By Stacy DeBroff	Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood By Becky Beaupre Gillespie & Hollee Schwartz	The Out-of-Sync Child Recognizing/Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction By Carol Stock Kranowitz, MD


Parenting from the Inside Out How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. By Dan Siegel, MD	The Art of Family By Gina Bria	How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk By Elaine Mazlish & Adele Faber	Raise Your Child’s Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids By Cathi Cohen, LCSW


Mojo Mom By Amy Tiemann	The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal By Renee Trudeau	Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child A step by step program for a good night’s sleep By March Weissbluth MD	The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression By Tracy Thompson	This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression By Karen Kleiman & Valerie Raskin


I Can’t Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors By Aphrodite T. Matsakis, PhD	The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment By Babette Rothschild	8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health) By Babette Rothschild	Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them By Aphrodite T. Matsakis, PhD	Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors By Ken Graber


Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children By Eliana Gil	The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse By Laura Davis	Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child By Laura Davis	Loving Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Your Partner After Trauma By Aphrodite T. Matsakis


Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers By Karl McBride	The Gifts of Imperfection Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are By Brene Brown	The Places That Scare You A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times By Pema Chodron	How Can I Forgive You? The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To By Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD	The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7 Step Program to Save Your Marriage By Michelle Wiener Davis


The Dance of Anger By Harriet Lerner, PhD	Hold Me Tight Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships By Sue Johnson	Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work By John Gottman	The Dance of Intimacy By Harriet Lerner, PhD	Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions By Roberta M. Gilbert, MD


I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” By Brene Brown	And Baby Makes Three The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives By John M. Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman

Sun and Moon Yoga (Fairfax)
Zero to Three Parenting- Online Resource
Parenting Support
Postpartum Support Virginia
CHADD
Leading non-profit serving individuals with ADD/ADHD
In-Step
Social skills Groups for Children and Adolescents
Our Kids
Online Family Activity Newsletter
LD Online
Leading website on learning disabilities and AD/HD
Janice Armstrong
Special Education Teacher and Advocate
(703) 978 0429
*Specializing in dyslexia and ADHD / Tutoring children from age 5 to 3rd grade / Advocating for children K through High School/Educational Evaluations

Jennifer Kogan, LCSW-C
Parenting Support/Counseling and Couples
www.jenniferkogan.com
Antoinette Corvasce
Grief/Loss Issues and Couples:
www.antoniettacorvasce.com
Kate Kelly
Groups and Adolescent Girls: ”Girls In Tune”
girlsintune@gmail.com
(202) 230-9307

Lisa Snipper, LCSW
Children, Adults, and Couples
www.atherapistforyou.com
Mary Heston Cooper, LCSW
10560 Main Street, PH#4, Fairfax, VA 22030
and
2000 N.15th Street, G2-100, Arlington, VA 22201
571-205-4002
mcooperlcsw@gmail.com
www.mcooperlcsw.com
Barbara Caceres, LCSW
Children, Adolescents, Adults and Couples
(703) 242-8223
Dr. Holly Erwin
Children, Adolescents, and Adults
(703) 626-3693

Emerging Solutions For Domestic Violence
www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/resources/domestic-violence/

Mary Lynn Duvall
Dietician
(703) 893-1615
Breast Feeding/New Mom’s Groups
INOVA Fairfax Hospital Women’s Center
(703) 776 -6455
Postpartum Groups for Women
www.lifeenrichmentcounseling.com
Postpartum Groups for Women