Resources

EMERGENCY / CRISIS RESPONSE: If you are having a mental health crisis that is not life-threatening, but you require immediate help, you can call 988 or utilize the following County Crisis Center Lines by calling:

Multnomah County 503-988-4888 Clackamas County 503-655-8585 Washington County 503-291-9111

Yamhill County 503-434-7523 Marion County 503-585-4949 Clark County (WA) 360-696-9560

NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://nami.org/Home
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/
SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
Alcoholics Anonymous Portland Chapter: https://www.pdxaa.org/ 503-223-8569
Al-anon Portland: https://al-anonportlandoregon.org/ 503-292-1333
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 800-273-8255

Helpful Web Resources:
Anna Runkle, The Crappy Childhood Fairy: https://crappychildhoodfairy.com/about/
Patrick Teahan, LICSW: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWvYupGqq3aMJ6LsG4q-Yg
Brene Brown:
The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWvYupGqq3aMJ6LsG4q-Yg
Listening to Shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psN1DORYYV0
Have the Courage to Stand Alone (Find True Belonging): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_sYCThUQc8

Parenting Reading List

Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! by Michael Bradley (2003).

The neuroscience of the teen-age brain and how that plays into common teen behaviors. Lots of positive reviews. (audio CD available)

What About the Kids? by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee (2004). This is a well-regarded book about how to manage children during the divorce process.

(no audible available)

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (1982, newest edition, 2012)

This is a well-regarded parenting book. It also discourages corporal punishment. (audible available)

The Explosive Child by Ross Greene

This book focuses on working with more challenging kids. (no audible available)

Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Jon & Myla Kabat-Zinn (no audible available)

Incorporates some mindfulness practices into parenting

Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon (1962 originally, 2000 most recent edition)

This is the oldest book on the list. However, it is very well reviewed and rooted in values consistent with being collaborative with children and supporting them as separate independent individuals. (audible available)

How to Negotiate with Kids . . . Even if You Think You Shouldn't: 7 Essential Skills to End Conflict and Bring More Joy into Your Family by Scott Brown (2003)

The author is part of the Harvard Negotiation Project--the same folks who wrote Getting to Yes--this is applied to parenting. (no audible available)

Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help Your Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore by Kent Hoffman, et al. (2017)

This one draws heavily on attachment theory. Operationalizes an approach that has been practiced for decades. (audible available)

No Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (2016). One of the biggest concerns clients have is how to deal with "misbehaving" children. (audible available)

Healthy Parenting by Janet Woititz, Ed.D.

Explores the connection between how the way you were parented influences the way you parent your own children. Practical, helpful suggestions. (no audible available)

Spirituality Reading List

The Complete Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsh. This is all 3 of the author’s books in one volume in sequence. Audible available.

Seth Speaks by Jane Roberts

A look at what the universe and God are, and how people fit into it. A romp through particle physics before this branch of science actually existed. Audible available.

The Nature of Personal Reality by Jane Roberts

This is what the title says it is. Learn why you are here. where you go after death, how you can change your life. Best understood if the reader has read Seth Speaks before this book. Audible available.

A Course in Miracles by Foundation for Inner Peace

This book has 3 sections. The text, which explains the concepts behind the exercises in the book, and curriculum for people who wish to teach the material to students. A more challenging book than many on this list. No audible.

Aliens to Zebras by Jasmine Contor Dawson

This book addresses what a person can do to live more beneficially in the world. It has an environmental focus. No audible available.

I Am The Word by Paul Selig

A guide to becoming a more authentic person and manifesting as a person aligned with Spirit. Audible available

The Book of Love and Creation by Paul Selig

A deeper dive into what love is and how to become and create love in one’s life. Follows I Am The Word. Audible available.

The Book of Mastery by Paul Selig

This book has a conversational tone, with some questions posed by group participants answered. Audible available.

The Four Agreements: Toltec Wisdom Collection by Don Miguel Ruiz. Three easy-to-read books in a trilogy. The author is good at illustrating concepts with few words. Audible available.

Comfort if You Are Grieving Loss of a Loved One

Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander

A narrative of what the author, a neurosurgeon, experienced while he spent a month in a coma in intensive care. Audible available.

At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better by William J. Peters. Aptly titled book. Audible available.

Closer to the Light: Learning From Near-Death Experiences of Children by Melvin Morse, Paul Perry, et al. No audible available.

Embraced by The Light by Betty J. Eadie

A book about near-death experience and what can be learned from it. Audible available.

Saved by The Light by Dannion Brinkley & Paul Perry

True story of a man who died twice and the revelations he received. Audible available.