Shannon Gilbride, MFT | Marriage and Family Therapist | Encinitas North County, San Diego Counseling Shannon Gilbride, MFT | Marriage and Family Therapist | Encinitas North County, San Diego Counseling
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Books

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Relationships:

  • Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin PsyD MFT and Harville Hendrix PhD
  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
  • The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
  • We Do by Stant Tatkin
  • Mating In Captivity by Esther Perel
  • Why Won’t You Apologize? by Harriet Lerner
  • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
  • Five Minute Relationship Repair by Susan Campbell & John Grey
  • The Better Boundaries Workbook by Sharon Martin

Parenting:

  • Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Laura Markham
  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
  • No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
  • The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
  • Brainstorm by Daniel J. Siegel
  • How to Talk so Little Kids will Listen by Joanna Faber
  • Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber
  • The Highly Sensitive Child by  Elaine Aron
  • Raising Good Humans  by Hunter Clarke Fields
  • Growing Up Mindful by Christopher Willard
  • Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
  • Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification by Darlene Sweetland, ‎ Ron Stolberg
  • Emotional Muscle: Strong Parents, Strong Children by Kerry Kelly Novick and Jack Novick PHD
  • No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shameby Janet Lansbury
  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, Joan Declaire, & Daniel Goleman
  • Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girlsby Mary Pipher
  • Real Boys: Rescuing our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack

Mindfulness/Self-Compassion:

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance by Matthew Mc Kay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
  • Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh and Arnold Kotler
  • NO MUD, NO LOTUS: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer
  • Meditation for the Fidgety Skeptic by Dan Harris
  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

 Personal Growth:

  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
  • Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
  • Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  • The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron
  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
  • The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
  • How People Change by Allen Wheelis
  • Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow by Judith Viorst
  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Positive Psychology:

  • The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubi
  • Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment by Tal Ben-Shahar

Anxiety

  • When Panic Attacks by David Burns
  • Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Lisa Schab
  • Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents by Reid Wilson & Lynn Lyons
  • What To Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner
  • Coping Skills for Teens Workbook by Janine Halloran

Depression/Bipolar

  • Undoing Depression by Richard O’Connor
  • An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
  • The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang

Eating Disorders:

  • Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer
  • Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling by Anita A. Johnston PhD.
  • Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth
  • Mothers Daughters & Body Image by Hillary L. McBride

Trauma:

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D
  • The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
  • What Happened to You? By Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
  • The Drama of the Gifted Child by Allice Miller
  • Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Klein

Children’s Books About Feelings:

  • The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
  • My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
  • Feelings by Bobbi and Dani Jo Brandt (written by kids for kids)
  • I’m Happy-Sad by Lory Britain (teaches kids how it’s ok to have more than 1 feeling)
  • Move Your Mood by Brenda Miles & Colleen Patterson
  • The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas
  • In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
  • How Are You Peeling: Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann
  • Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
  • The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
  • If You’re Angry and You Know It! by Cecily Kaiser (anger)
  • The Angry Ninja by Mary Nhin (anger)
  • Train Your Angry Dragon by Steve Herman (anger)
  • Roaring Mad Riley by Allison Szczecinski (anger)
  • I Am Stronger Than Anger by Elizabeth Cole (anger)
  • A Little Spot of Anger by Diane Alber (anger)
  • Can Quilliam Learn to Control His Temper? (anger)
  • Worry Says What? by Allison Edwards (anxiety)
  • Worries are Not Forever by Elizabeth Verdick (anxiety)
  • Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival (anxiety)
  • Allie the Alligator Gets Anxious (anxiety)
  • Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (scared and brave)
  • When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland (sad)
  • Big Boys Cry by Jonty Howley
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Children’s Books For Building Strong Minds and Relationships

  • Invisible String by Patrice Karst (separation anxiety)
  • When I Miss You by Maude Spelman(separation anxiety)
  • I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak
  • I Love You Because You’re You by Liza Baker
  • No Matter What by Debi Gliori
  • Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
  • Monster Trouble! by Lane Fredrickson (fear of monsters at night)
  • The Little Brute Family by Russell Hoban (about kindness)
  • The Lap Snatcher by Bruce Coville (about accepting a new sibling)
  • Grow Happy by Jon Lasser (making positive choices)
  • Positive Ninja by Mary Nhin
  • What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series) by Adir Levy and  Ganit Levy 
  • Dear Girl by Amy & Paris Rosenthal
  • A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy
  • My Mouth is a Volcano! by Julia Cook
  • Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems
  • Talk and Work it Out by Cheri Meiners
  • Try and Stick with It by Cheri Meiners
  • Thank You Body, Thank You Heart by Jennifer Harper
  • I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont (self-esteem)
  • Be You! by Peter Reynolds (self-esteem)

Children’s Books for Mindfulness and Calming Down:

  • The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
  • Alphabreaths by Christopher Willard & Daniel Rechtschaffen (mindful breathing exercises)
  • Breathing Makes it Better by Christopher Willard & Wendy O’ Leary
  • The Listening Walk by Paul Showers (mindful listening)
  • Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein (teaching how feelings come and go)
  • Sitting Still Like a Frog Mindfulness Exercises for Kids by Eline Snile
  • Cool Down and Work Through Anger by Cheri Meiners
  • Hands are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi
  • What To Do When You Feel Like Hitting: A No Hitting Book for Toddlers by Cara Goodwin
  • Teeth are Not for Biting by Elizabeth Verdick
  • Little Monkey Calms Down by Michael Dahl
  • My Moods, My Choices Flip Book
  • Breathe Like a Bear by Kira Willey
  • I am Peace by Susan Verde

Prayer & Spirituality:

  • Let Yourself Be Loved: Transforming Fear Into Hope by Phillip Bennett
  • Practicing the Presence of People by Mike Mason
  • Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
  • Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocationby Parker Palmer
  • God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils by Thomas Oord
  • The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer
  • Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber
  • How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living by Rob Bell

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170 Calle Magdalena Encinitas, CA 92024 

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