Resources for Self-Help, Parenting, Clinical Practice, and Teaching

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• Mindfulness and Coping Strategies
  • Live Happy Now podcast: “Becoming Mindful for Life”, with Willem Kuyken, author of Mindfulness for Life
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  • Mentally Stronger podcast: “Managing Burnout and Exhaustion with Self-Compassion”, with Kristin Neff, coauthor of Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout
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  • Psychologists Off the Clock podcast: “A Family Guide to Dementia", with Brent Forester, coauthor of The Complete Family Guide to Dementia
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  • Speaking of Psychology podcast: “Expressive writing can help your mental health”, with James Pennebaker, author of Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition
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  • Psyched to Practice podcast: “Getting Unstuck from PTSD”, with Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, and Stefanie LoSavio, coauthors (with Patricia Resick) of Getting Unstuck from PTSD
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  • The New York Times: “How to Talk to Someone with Alzheimer's", with Brent Forester, coauthor of The Complete Family Guide to Dementia
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  • Unlocking Us with Brené Brown: “The Near and Far Enemies of Fierce Compassion", with Chris Germer, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and coauthor of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
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  • The New York Times: “How to Follow the News Without Spiraling into Despair", with Melanie Harned, author of Treating Trauma in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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  • Being Well with Rick Hanson podcast: “Overcoming Comparison and Accepting Ordinary" with Ronald Siegel, PsyD , author of The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary
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  • Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris podcast: “The Joys of Insignificance”, by Ronald Siegel, author of The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary
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  • The VeryWell Mind podcast: “Does Indecisiveness Mean You’re Not Ready for Change?”, with William Miller, author of On Second Thought: How Ambivalence Shapes Your Life
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  • The Washington Post: “The emotion that’s standing in the way of your healthy change: Ambivalence”, with William Miller, author of On Second Thought: How Ambivalence Shapes Your Life
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  • NPR Life Kit: “How to cope with SAD, or seasonal affective disorder”, with Norman Rosenthal, author of Winter Blues, Fourth Edition and The Winter Blues Survival Guide
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  • Anderson Cooper Full Circle: "Psychologist: Asking yourself 'What do I need?' is an act of kindness", with Chris Germer, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
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  • NBCnews.com: "This is the therapy I wish I knew about when I had cancer", with Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, coauthor of Coping with Cancer
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  • The New Yorker: "The Age of Reopening Anxiety", with Judith Beck, author of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Third Edition: Basics and Beyond
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  • The Philadelphia Inquirer: "3 proven ways to cope with the trauma of 2020", coauthored by Judith Beck, author of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Third Edition: Basics and Beyond
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  • "Coping in Times of Crisis Q&A", by John Mitchell, PhD, coauthor of Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician’s Guide
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  • The Washington Post: "How to keep your sadness from turning into depression", with Guilford authors Judith Beck, Zindel Segal, Kristin Neff, and Edward Watkins
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  • 10 Self-Compassion Practices to Help You Cope with the Coronavirus Pandemic, by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff, coauthors of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
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  • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
    • Chapter 1. What Is Self-Compassion?
    • Chapter 2. What Self-Compassion Is Not
    • Chapter 3. The Benefits of Self-Compassion
    • Chapter 11. Self-Compassionate Motivation
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  • The Mindful Way through Depression: Zindel Segal at TEDxUTSC
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• Parenting
  • Securely Attached podcast: “Unlocking motivation: Helping Kids Who Seem Stuck”, with Ellen Braaten, author of Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less
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  • NPR’s Here & Now: “How high school seniors are coping with senioritis and burnout", with Ellen Braaten, author of Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less
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  • The New York Times: “Why Are Momfluencers So Good at Worming Their Way Into Your Brain?", with Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, author of Mom Brain
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  • U.S. News & World Report: “How to Help Your Child with ADHD Navigate School”, with Russell Barkley, author of 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD, and Stephen Hinshaw, author of Straight Talk about ADHD in Girls
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  • ADDitude Magazine: “Roe v. Wade Ruling May Disproportionately Impact Girls with ADHD”, with Stephen Hinshaw, author of Straight Talk about ADHD in Girls
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  • The New York Times: “The Challenge of Raising a Kid Who’s Just Like You”, by Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, author of Mom Brain
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  • The Washington Post: "The many emotions of motherhood — and how to manage them", by Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, author of Mom Brain
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  • Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
    • Chapter 10. Ready-Made Plans for Teaching Your Child to Complete Daily Routines
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  • James Mazza and Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, coauthors of DBT Skills in Schools, share four simple, effective DBT skills for teachers, parents, and students
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  • Susan M. Pollak's Self-Compassion Audio Tracks
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• Learning Issues and Special Needs
  • Parents.com: “What To Do When Your Child Has Auditory Processing Disorder”, with Diane Tracey, author of Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges
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  • The I Have ADHD podcast: Interview with Dr. Russell Barkley, author of, most recently, Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Second Edition
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  • Parents.com: “I Thought My Daughter Was Defiant, It Turns Out She Has Slow Processing Speed”, with Ellen Braaten, author of Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up
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  • The New York Times: "How Do I Know if I Have Adult ADHD?", with Russell Barkley, author of Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Second Edition, and Lydia Zylowska, coauthor of Mindfulness for Adult ADHD
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  • "Coping in Times of Crisis Q&A", by John Mitchell, PhD, coauthor of Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician’s Guide
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  • Peg Dawson and Richard Guare, coauthors of The Work-Smart Academic Planner: Write It Down, Get It Done, share some tips for fostering executive skills development in kids
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  • Smart but Scattered Teens, by Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, and Colin Guare
    • Chapter 14. Teaching Task Initiation
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  • The Organized Child, by Richard Gallagher, Elana G. Spira, and Jennifer L. Rosenblatt
    • Chapter 2. From Parent to Coach: Taking on a New Mindset to Get Your Child Organized
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• Education
  • Teaching Literacy Podcast: “Reading Profiles with Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling", with Louise Spear-Swerling, author of The Structured Literacy Planner
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  • Shifting Schools podcast: “Social Justice in Schools", with Charles Barrett, author of Social Justice in Schools
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  • Expert tools for teaching kids to LOVE reading, with the authors of Literacy Changemakers
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  • Motivational Interviewing in Schools: Conversations to Improve Behavior and Learning, by Stephen Rollnick, Sebastian G. Kaplan, and Richard Rutschman
    • Chapter 1. Conversations about Change
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  • Coaching College Students with Executive Function Problems, by Mary R. T. Kennedy
    • Chapter 1. Executive Functions and Self-Regulation
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  • Best Practices in Writing Instruction: Third Edition, edited by Steve Graham, Charles A. MacArthur, and Michael Hebert
    • Chapter 8. Writing with Digital Tools, Rachel Karchmer-Klein
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• OCD, Anxiety and Stress
  • S. Evelyn Stewart, MD, coauthor of OCD in Children and Adolescents, shares four "empowerment activities" that can help kids with OCD manage COVID-related anxieties and compulsions
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  • International OCD Foundation: Resources for the OCD and related disorders community during the COVID-19 outbreak

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• For Mental Health Professionals
  • Mind Dive podcast: “Better Living with Bipolar Disorder", with David Miklowitz, author of Living Well with Bipolar Disorder
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  • New Jersey Psychologist, "Psychoanalytic Supervision: A Book Discussion with Author Nancy McWilliams, PhD." This article was reprinted with permission from the New Jersey Psychological Association. The original article appears in their publication, The New Jersey Psychologist, Volume 71, Number 3, Fall 2021. Special thanks to Nancy McWilliams, PhD.
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  • "Coping in Times of Crisis Q&A", by Melinda Hohman, PhD, author of Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice, Second Edition
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  • Mindful Movement in Psychotherapy, by Paul Salmon
    • Chapter 1. Movement, Attention, and Health
    • Chapter 2. Foundations of Mindful Movement
    • Chapter 7. Stress
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  • In this video, produced by the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM), Christine Padesky and Ronald Siegel discuss how to work with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Psychology Today: "Trauma, Self-Regulation, and Expressive Arts Therapy", by Cathy A. Malchiodi
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  • Body Mapping Exercise, from Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process, by Cathy A. Malchiodi
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  • Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children: Second Edition, edited by Cathy A. Malchiodi
    • Chapter 1. Neurobiology, Creative Interventions, and Childhood Trauma, Cathy A. Malchiodi
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