READING LIST

Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts. by Sall M. Winston PhD, Martin N. Seif, PhD.

Provides practical CBT- and mindfulness-based strategies for understanding and managing intrusive thoughts, helping readers reduce fear, shame, and avoidance while changing their relationship to distressing thoughts.

The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. By Jon Hershfield MFT, Tom Corboy MFT, et al.

Combines mindfulness practices with cognitive behavioural therapy and exposure-based strategies to help individuals better understand and manage obsessive thoughts, anxiety, and compulsive behaviours associated with OCD.

Parenting Kids with OCD. By Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D.

Offers practical strategies for parents supporting children with OCD, helping families respond to anxiety and compulsions in ways that encourage coping, resilience, and long-term symptom management.

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight:  What to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating World. By: Sharon Heller

It provides guidance for normally functioning individuals with Sensory Defensive Disorder who are easily overwhelmed by their environment.

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them. By Elaine N. Aron

It helps parents, caregivers, and educators understand, nurture, and advocate for children who are deeply reflective, highly perceptive, and easily overwhelmed by their environment. 

The Whole Brain Child. By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

It teaches parents how to handle meltdowns, build emotional intelligence, and help their children thrive by fostering healthy brain integration.

The Yes Brain. By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

An actionable guide teaching parents how to cultivate resilience, curiosity, and empathy in children. Instead of shutting down or acting out, the book shows how to guide children toward an open, receptive state of mind capable of handling adversity. 

Beyond the Blues, By Indman Pec, Shoshana Bennett 

Provides practical education and support for individuals experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, and other perinatal mood disorders.

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts. By Karen Kleiman, Molly McIntyre 

Normalizes the intrusive thoughts, anxiety, shame, and emotional overwhelm many mothers experience during pregnancy and postpartum, helping reduce isolation and self-judgment.

Mommy Brain. By Jodi Pawluski, PhD

Explains how pregnancy and parenthood change the brain, emotions, and stress responses, reframing “mom brain” as a normal and adaptive transition into parenthood.

The Fourth Trimester. By Kimberly Ann Johnson 

The Fourth Trimester explores postpartum healing through physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and nervous system regulation, emphasizing the importance of support and restoration during early parenthood.

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook. By Kevin Gyoerkoe PsyD ACT, Pamela Wiegartz PhD ACT, Laura Miller MD 

Offers practical CBT- and ACT-based tools to help individuals manage anxiety, intrusive thoughts, worry, and fear during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

What About Us? A New Parents Guide to Safeguarding Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship By: Karen Kleiman, Illustrated by Molly McIntyre

Explores the emotional and relational strain that can emerge during early parenthood, offering compassionate guidance for maintaining connection, communication, and mutual support while navigating stress, anxiety, and exhaustion.

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart. Surviving the Death of Your Baby. By Deborah L. David, PdD.

Offers compassionate support and guidance for parents grieving the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or early pregnancy loss, helping normalize grief and the emotional complexity of bereavement.