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The following list of books has evolved by recommendation from clients, friends, colleagues, and by my own reading. They are grouped by topic for your convenience.

 
 
  Adoption
Breastfeeding
Emotional/Physical/Sexual Abuse
Grief and Loss
Human-Animal Interaction
Parenting and Child Development
Pet Loss
Postpartum Support
Pregnancy and Birth
Pregnancy Loss
 
 
 

Adoption

 
  • Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
    Deborah D. Gray (2002)
  • The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
    William Sears and Martha Sears (2001)
  • Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
    Daniel A. Hughes (2006)
  • First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers
    Caroline Archer (1999)
  • LifeBooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
    Beth O'Malley (2000)
  • Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tykes and Teens
    Caroline Archer (1999)
  • The Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption
    Karen J. Foli and John R. Thompson (2004)
  • Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
    Mary Hopkins-Best (1998)
 

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Breastfeeding

 
  • The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning
    William Sears and Martha Sears (2000)
  • The Breastfeeding Cafe: Mothers Share the Joys, Challenges, and Secrets of Nursing
    Barbara L. Behrmann (2005)
  • The Breastfeeding Sourcebook
    M. Sara Rosenthal (1998)
  • The Nursing Mother's Companion
    Kathleen Huggins (2005)
  • The Nursing Mother's Herbal
    Sheila Humphrey (2004)
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition
    La Leche League International (2004)
  • Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
    Mary Hopkins-Best (1998)
 

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Emotional/Physical/Sexual Abuse

 


  • Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life
    Ginny NiCarthy (1997)
  • Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Woman's Workbook
    Mary Ellen Copeland and Maxine Harris (2000)
  • How Long Does it Hurt: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families
    Cynthia Mather, Kristina Debye, and Eliana Gil (2004)
  • Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse; A Book for Teen Girls, Young Women, and Everyone Who Cares About Them
    Dr. Patti Feuereisen and Caroline Pincus (2005)
  • It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse
    William Lee Carter (2002)
  • Keeping Kids Safe: A Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Manual
    Pnina Tobin and Sue Levinson Kessner (2002)
  • Outgrowing the Pain Together
    Eliana Gil (1992)
  • The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-by-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault
    Aphrodite Matsakis (2003)
  • Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse
    Linda Tschirhart Sanford (1992)
  • The Truth About Rape
    Teresa Lauer (2002)
  • Voices of Courage: Inspiration from Survivors of Sexual Assault
    Michael Domitrz (2005)
 

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Grief and Loss

 
  • Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death and Healing
    Linda Goldman (2005)
  • Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing
    Elaine Childs-Gowell (1992)
  • Guiding Your Child Through Grief
    James P. Emswiler and Mary Ann Emswiler (2000)
  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
    Martha W. Hickman (1999)
  • Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
    Bryan Mellonie (1983)
  • Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change
    Barbara Coloroso (2001)
  • Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
    Earl A. Grollman (1991)
  • 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
    Dougy Center for Grieving Children (1999)
 

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Human-Animal Interaction

 
  • All My Relations: Living with Animals as Teachers and Healers
    Susan Chernak McElroy (2004)
  • Animals as Teachers and Healers
    Susan Chernak McElroy (1998)
  • Crossing the Rubicon: Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
    Julie Kaufman (1999)
  • The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Ability of Pets to Make and Keep People Happy and Healthy
    Marty Becker and Danelle Morton (2004)
  • Nose to Nose: A Memoir of Healing
    Barry J. Schieber (2002)
  • Therapy Pets: The Animal-Human Healing Partnership
    Jacqueline Crawford, Karen Pomerinke, and Donald Smith (2003)
  • Why the Wild Things Are: Animals in the Lives of Children
    Gail F. Melson (2001)
 

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Parenting and Child Development

 
  • A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play
    Vivian Gussin Paley (2004)
  • The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two
    William Sears and Martha Sears (2003)
  • Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nurturing Our Children From Birth to Seven
    Barbara Patterson and Pamela Bradley (2000)
  • The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays and Everyday
    Meg Cox (2003)
  • The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost
    Jean Liedloff (1986)
  • Diary of a Baby
    Daniel N. Stern (1992)

  • Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
    Jon Kabat-Zinn and Myla Kabat-Zinn (1998)
  • The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
    Ross W. Greene (2005)
  • The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
    Harvey Karp, MD (2003)
  • Making Healthy Families
    Gayle H. Peterson (2000)
  • The Mind of Your Newborn Baby
    David B. Chamberlain (1998)
  • The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children
    James P. Steyer (2003)
  • Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human
    Gloria DeGaetano (2004)
  • Parenting With Love and Logic
    Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay (2006)
  • Playful Parenting
    Lawrence J. Cohen (2002)
  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
    John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman (1998)
  • Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society
    William Crain (2004)
  • See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence
    Madeline Levine (1998)
  • What's Going on in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
    Lise Eliot (2000)
  • Your Amazing Newborn
    Marshall Klaus and Phyllis Klaus (2000)
  • Your Happy Baby: Massage, Yoga, Aromatherapy, and other Gentle Ways to a Blissful Babyhood
    Sheena Meredith (editor) (2006)
 

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Pet Loss

 
  • Blessing the Bridge: What Animals Teach Us About Death, Dying, and Beyond
    Rita M. Reynolds (2000)
  • Crossing the Rubicon: Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
    Julie Kaufman (1999)
  • Dog Heaven
    Cynthia Rylant (1995)
  • For Every Dog an Angel: The Forever Dog
    Christine Davis (2003)
  • Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet
    Gary Kowalski (1997)
  • Rainbows and Bridges: An Animal Companion Memorial Kit
    Allen Anderson and Linda Anderson (2005)
 

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Postpartum Support

 
  • A Mother's Tears: Understanding the Mood Swings that Follow Childbirth
    Arlene Huysman (1998)
  • Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression
    Shoshana Bennett and Pec Indman (2003)
  • Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child
    Kyle Pruett (2001)
  • The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood: Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout
    Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett (2005)
  • Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings and Needs After Childbirth
    Sally Placksin (April 2000)
  • The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression
    Karen R. Kleiman (2001)
  • This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
    Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin (1994)
 

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Pregnancy and Birth

 
  • Babies Celebrated
    Beatrice Fontanel (1998)
  • Becoming a Father: How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family
    William Sears and Gwen Gotsch (2003)
  • Birth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women During Pregnancy and Childbirth
    Michel Odent (2004)
  • The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth
    William Sears and Martha Sears (1994)
  • The Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever
    Daniel N. Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, and Alison Freeland (1999)
  • The Birth Partner
    Penny Simkin (2001)
  • Birth without Violence: Revised Edition of the Classic
    Frederick Leboyer (2002)
  • Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
    Pam England and Rob Horowitz (1998)
  • Blessingways: A Guide to Mother-Centered Baby Showers--Celebrating Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood
    Shari Maser (2004)
  • Creating a Joyful Birth Experience: Developing a Partnership with Your Unborn Child for Healthy Pregnancy, Labor, and Early Parenting
    Lucia Capacchione and Sandra Bardsley (1994)
  • Easing Labor Pain: The Complete Guide to a More Comfortable and Rewarding Birth
    Adrienne B. Lieberman (1992)
  • Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family
    Catherine Cheremeteff Jones and Rose Ann Hudson (2003)
  • Experiencing Infertility: An Essential Resource
    Debby Peoples and Harriette Rovner Ferguson (2002)
  • Gentle Birth Choices
    Barbara Harper and Suzanne Arms (Photographer) (2005)
  • Girlfriend to Girlfriend: A Fertility Companion
    Kristen Magnacca (2000)
  • Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth
    Suzanne Arms (1994)
  • Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding: Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum
    Mary Kroeger (2004)
  • Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
    Ina May Gaskin (2003)
  • Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth
    Sheri L. Menelli (2005)
  • Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives
    Deepak Chopra, David Simon, and Vicki Abrams (2005)
  • Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth
    Carroll Dunham (1992)
  • Mother Rising: The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood
    Yana Cortlund, Barb Lucke, and Donna Miller Watelet (2004)
  • Mother's Nature: Timeless Wisdom for the Journey into Motherhood
    Andrea Alban Gosline, Lisa Burnett Bossi, and Ame Mahler Beanland (1999)
  • The Pregnancy Cookbook
    Hope Ricciotti and Vincent Connelly (2002)
  • Pregnant Goddesshood: A Celebration of Life
    Mary Ann Halpin (1997)
  • Real Birth: Women Share their Stories
    Robin Greene (2000)
  • Rediscovering Birth
    Sheila Kitzinger (2001)
  • Sacred Birthing: Birthing a New Humanity
    Sunni Karll (2003)
  • The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
    Henci Goer (1999)
  • Transformation Through Birth
    Claudia Panuthos (1984)
  • Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility
    Janet Jaffe, David Diamond, and Martha Diamond (2005)
  • Welcome to the World: A Celebration of Birth and Babies from Many Cultures
    Nikki Siegen-Smith (Editor) (1996)
  • Welcoming the Soul of a Child: Creating Rituals and Ceremonies to Honor the Birth of our Sons and Daughters
    Jill Hopkins (1999)
  • Welcoming Ways: Creating Your Baby's Welcome Ceremony With the Wisdom of World Traditions
    Andrea Alban Gosline and Lisa Burnett Bossi (2000)
  • Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year
    Susun S. Weed (1985)
  • With Child: Wisdom and Traditions for Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood
    Deborah Jackson (1999)
 

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Pregnancy Loss

 
  • A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss - Guidance and Support for You and Your Family
    Ingrid Kohn, Perry-Lynn Moffitt, and Isabelle A. Wilkins (2000)
  • Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
    Sherokee Ilse (2000)
  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
    Deborah L. Davis (1996)
  • Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss Through the Arts
    Laura Seftel (2006)
  • Life Touches Life: A Mother's Story of Stillbirth and Healing
    Lorraine Ash (2004)
  • Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream
    Sherokee Ilse and Linda Hammer Burns (1992)
  • Pregnancy After a Loss
    Carol Cirulli Lanham (1999)
  • Shadow Child: A Woman's Journey Through Childbirth Loss
    Beth Powning (2005)
  • Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
    Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman, and Deborah L. Davis
 

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