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The following is just a sample of books and other resources that many have found useful...

Calming Your Anxious Mind  |  Jeffrey Brantley, MD
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway  |  Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation  |  Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

The Zen Path Through Depression  |  Philip Martin
Healing the Shame That Binds You  |  John Bradshaw
I Hate You Don't Leave Me  |  Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D. & Hal Straus
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery From Borderline Personality Disorder  |  Rachel Reiland
Prozac Nation  |   Elizabeth Wurtzel
Daring Greatly  |   Brene Brown
Passionate Marriage  |   David Schnarch, Ph.D.
Hold Me Tight  |   Dr. Sue Johnson
Conscious Loving  |   Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., & Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work  |  John Gottman,Ph.D.
The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  |  Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
The River of Consciousness  |  Oliver Saks

Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness  |  Jonathan Haidt,
The Drama of the Gifted Child  |  Alice Miller
Taming the Spirited Child  |  Michael Popkin, Ph.D.
Boys Adrift   |   Leonard Saks, M.D., Ph.D.
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting  |  Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child  |  John Gottman, Ph.D.
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind  |  Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Parenting From the Inside Out  |  Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
The Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder  |  Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction  |  David Sheff
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines  |  Nic Sheff
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself  |  Melody Beattie
Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication  |  Stuart Walton
A Mother Loss Workbook: Healing Exercises for Daughters  |  Diane Hambrook,  C.S.W., M.S.W. & Gail Eisenberg

Child Abuse Hotline  |  (800) 540-4000
Elder Abuse Hotline   |  (800) 992-1660
Suicide Prevention Center Hotline (24 hours)   |  (877) 727-4747
Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Hotline  |  (626) 793-3385
Battered Women's Hotline   |  (818) 242-1106

Smart Recovery  |   www.smartrecoveryla.org
Alcoholic’s Anonymous  |   www.aa.org

Sober Powered  |   www.soberpowered.com

The Luckiest Club  |   www.theluckiestclub.com
Narcotics Anonymous  |   323 933 5395
Alanon-Alateen  |   (818) 760-7122
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center  |   (323) 993-7400

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