Back to Book List adoption
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
www.kaanet.com |
Resources for Korean adoptees |
|
|
http://www.inthirdspace.net/ |
e-magazine is by and for transnational adoptees. “Third space” is a conceptual area that exists in between conventional categories of race, gender and national identities |
|
|
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self |
Brozinsky, David |
|
|
Dreams Come True |
Clerman, Lisa and D’Elia, Amy |
A story about the blessings of adoption, based on experiences at an orphanage |
|
www.cradlehope.org |
Cradle of Hope Adoption Center |
Excellent resources |
|
Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees Search for Identity |
Lammert, Marilyn & Hess, Mary Anne |
Edited book of nine real stories, based on interviews, of adult Korean adoptees. GWSCSW member Marilyn Lammert is one of the editors. Tapestry Books has other books about adoption |
|
Lost & Found: The Adoption Experience |
Lifton, Betty Jean |
Other titles by author recommended |
|
The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updated |
Pavao, Joyce Maguire |
Other titles by author recommended |
|
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child |
Verrier, Nancy |
Other titles by author recommended |
aging
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
The Grace in Ageing |
Dowling Singh, Kathleen |
|
|
Sex after...Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes |
Krasnow, Iris |
|
|
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death |
Yalom, Irvin D. |
Addresses mortality in story-telling style |
aging parents
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent: A Guide for Stressed Out Children |
Lebow, Grace & Kane, Barbara |
Authors are GWSCSW members |
|
Making Peace With your Parents |
Bloomfield, Harold |
At any stage of life/death, conflictual or not |
|
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent |
Jacobs, Barry |
children & transitions: deciding to have children (or not)
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life |
Strayed, Cheryl |
“The Ghost Ship that Didn't Carry Us,” a terrific, subjective, non-clinical vignette about making the decision between baby or no baby |
children & transitions: Parenting adult children
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Don't Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with your Adult Children |
Nemzoff, Ruth |
Covers many aspects of relationships between parents and adult children including healthy boundaries |
|
Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult toward Success and Self-Reliance |
Sachs, Brad |
Other titles by author recommended |
|
When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Adult Child Don’t Get Along |
Coleman, Joshua |
Written from the alienated parent's perspective |
children & transitions: postpartum anxiety/depression
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
The Art of Holding in Therapy: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety |
Kleiman, Karen |
The author is a social worker and an expert in the field |
|
The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression |
Kleiman, Karen |
|
|
What Am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression |
Kleiman, Karen |
|
|
This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression |
Kleiman, Karen & Raskin, Valerie |
|
|
Moods in Motion: A Coloring and Healing Book for Postpartum Moms |
Kleiman, Karen & Braun, Lisa |
|
|
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Motherhood |
Kleiman, Karen & Wenzel, Amy |
children & transitions: return to work
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
www.comdcurbanmom.com |
||
|
The Mom Book: 4278 of Mom Central’s Tips- For Moms, From Moms |
DeBroff, Stacy |
|
|
Mother Nature: Natural Selection and the Female of the Species |
Hrdy, Sarah |
Biologically deterministic and thought provoking |
|
Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding Your Baby Before and After Your Return to Work |
Pryor, Gale & Huggins, Kathleen |
Advise on nursing while working |
chronic pain
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Managing Pain Before It Manages You |
Caudill, Margaret |
|
|
Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness |
Donoghue, Paul J. & Siegel, Mary E. |
|
|
Freedom From Pain: Discover Your Body's Power To Overcome Physical Pain |
Levine, Peter A. & Phillips, Maggie |
|
|
Unlearn Your Pain |
Schubiner, Howard |
|
|
Break Through Pain: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming Chronic and Acute Pain |
Young, Shinzen |
dementia/alzheimer's disease
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
www.alz.org/nca 800-272-3900 or 703-459-4440 |
Alzheimer' s Association, National Capitol Area Chapter |
|
|
www.alz.org/alzheimers_ |
Alzheimer's Association |
|
|
www.nia.nih.gov/alzhei |
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH |
|
|
Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer’s Journey: A Guide for Families and Caregivers |
Brackey, Jolene |
|
|
The Loss of Self: A Family Resource for the Care of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders |
Eisdorfer, Carl & Cohen, Donna |
Popular and frequently recommended books for families wanting an overview |
|
Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook |
Gruetzner, Howard |
Helps families work through and understand the emotional impact |
|
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent |
Jacobs, Barry |
|
|
Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent: A Guide for Stressed Out Children |
Lebow, Grace & Kane, Barbara |
Authors are GWSCSW members |
|
The 36 Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses and Memory Loss |
Mace, Nancy & Rabins, Peter |
Popular and frequently recommended books for families wanting an overview |
|
www.holycrosshealth.org/ |
Senior Resource Center at Holy Cross Hospital |
infertility
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
The Infertility Workbook, A Mind-Body Program to Enhance Fertility, Reduce Stress, and Maintain Emotional Balance |
Blitzer, Barbara |
Compassionate workbook providing insight, and practical tools and exercises |
leadership
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Leadership Mastery: How to Challenge Yourself and Others to Greatness |
Carnegie, Dale |
|
|
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix |
Friedman, Edwin |
Addresses leadership as an emotional processes |
Medical Conditions (Miscellaneous)
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey |
Bolen, Jean S. |
Healing book about coping with life-threatening illness |
|
Malignant: Medical Ethicists Confront Cancer |
Dresser, Rebecca |
Prominent medical ethicists deal with the "system" and coping with an illness that they had been working on professionally for years |
|
Tinnitus: Turning the Volume Down |
Hogan, Kevin & Battaglino, Jennifer |
Comprehensive guide, easy-to-read |
|
Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer |
Lerner, Michael A. |
|
|
The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness |
Stein, Michael |
About coping with illness for those going through it, as well as their caregivers |
Vocation/Finding a Purpose
|
Title |
Author |
Comments |
|
Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood |
Sinetar, Marsha |
Addresses how to find work that satisfies your passions |
|
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type |
Tiegar, Paul, et.al. |
Addresses how to identify personality type and associated careers |
|
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2017: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers |
Bolles, Richard |
Resource for job-hunting strategies or career change |
|
The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World’s Leading Career Services Company |
Pierson, Orville |
Addresses job-search techniques |
|
Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction |
Berman Fontang, Laura |
Provides exercises for discovering goals/priorities |
|
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity |
Cameron, Julia |
Addresses accessing creativity, excellent reviews |
|
Living Your Best Life: Discover Your Life's Blueprint for Success |
Berman Fontang, Laura |
Strategies to increase self-understanding of goals/priorities |
|
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success |
Lore, Nicholas |
Advice, self-tests, and diagnostic tools, excellent reviews |
|
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life |
Zander, Rosamund & Zander, Benjamin |
Addresses changing perspective: “obstacles into possibilities”, excellent reviews, easy to read |
|
Mindsight- The New Science of Personal Transformation by |
Siegel, Daniel |
For clinicians or higher level reading |
|
Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow |
Lesser, Elizabeth |
Address how to manage life’s challenges, excellent reviews |