Recommended Reading

Books we often recommend to the parents and families we work with.

For Parents: Child Anxiety & OCD

  • Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD by Eli R. Lebowitz

    A step-by-step program for parents based on SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions). It shows parents how to reduce accommodation of their child's anxiety or OCD and respond with support and confidence, without the child needing to be in treatment.

For Parents: Communication & Behavior

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

    A classic, practical guide to everyday communication with children: acknowledging feelings, encouraging cooperation, and finding alternatives to punishment, with examples and cartoons that make the skills easy to try at home.

  • How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen: Dealing with Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood by Joanna Faber and Julie King

    Builds on the Faber & Mazlish approach with concrete, real-life strategies for the toughest daily moments, from bedtime battles and sibling fights to homework struggles and meltdowns.

For Parents: Tics & Tourette Syndrome

  • Managing Tourette Syndrome: A Behavioral Intervention Parent Workbook by Douglas W. Woods et al.

    A companion workbook for families doing behavioral therapy for tics (CBIT). It explains how tics work and guides parents in supporting their child as they learn and practice tic-management skills.

For Parents & Teens: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

    An accessible introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It teaches practical skills for handling difficult thoughts and feelings more flexibly and living by what matters most, rather than struggling to make discomfort go away.

For Kids

  • What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner

    An interactive, kid-friendly workbook that uses CBT strategies to help children understand worry and learn to shrink it down to size.

  • What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck by Dawn Huebner

    A workbook that helps children with OCD understand how the "stuck" feeling works and practice resisting it, using the same approach we use in ERP.

  • What to Do When Your Temper Flares by Dawn Huebner

    A workbook that teaches kids to notice their anger early, cool down, and solve problems in healthier ways.

  • The Boy with Big, Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee

    A gentle picture book about a boy whose feelings are bigger than most, and how he learns that his big feelings are okay. A great conversation starter for sensitive young children.