Relationship Center of Loudoun

Books

Adolescents/Children

Dellasega, Cheryl: Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying 

Kindlon, Dan & Thompson, Michael: Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys 

Pipher, Mary & Ross, Ruth: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Pollack, William: Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

Attachment

Bowlby, John: Attachment and Loss (3 separate volumes below)

     Volume I: Attachment

     Volume II: Separation: Anxiety and Anger

     Volume III: Loss: Sadness and Depression

Co-Parenting

Samenow, Stanton: In the Best Interest of the Child

Marriage

Abrahms-Spring, Janis: After the Affair 

Barbach, Lonnie: Going the Distance

Johnson, Susan: Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Mindfulness

Chodron, Pema: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Kabat-Zinn, Jon: Wherever You Go There You Are

Parenting

Glasser, Howard & Easley, Jennifer: Transforming the Difficult Child 

Siegel, Daniel: Parenting from the Inside Out

Stepfamily Issues

Bisacre, Paula with Vincenty, Laurel: Journal for Stepmoms  

Papernow, Patricia: Becoming a Stepfamily 

Visher, Emily & Visher, John: Stepfamilies: Myths and Realities

Trauma

Bass, Ellen & Davis, Laura: Courage to Heal

Herman, Judith: Trauma and Recovery

Matsakis, Aphrodite: Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them

General Psychology/Cultural Anthropology / Bestsellers

Gilbert, Elizabeth: Eat, Pray, Love (author's personal "journey," good writer)

Gladwell, Malcolm: Blink (interesting read - message: trust your instincts)

Lerner, Harriet: The Dance of Anger; The Dance of Intimacy, The Dance of Deception, The Mother Dance (scholar, therapist, good writer) 

Tannen, Deborah: I Only Say This Because I Love You (adult parent/child relationships); You Just Don't Understand (men/women); Talking from 9 to 5 (workplace); You're Wearing That? (mothers/daughters) (scholar, good writer)

Articles

Remarriage/Stepfamilies

Sayre, Julia, McCollum, Eric and Spring, Elizabeth: An Outsider in My Own Home - Article Abstract:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00218.x/abstract

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