Recommended Reading

The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, by Karyn Purvis, David Cross and Wendy Sunshine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Random House Publishing Group, 2012.

The Out-of-Sync Child, Third Edition: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Differences by Carol Stock Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller. TarcherPerigree, 2022.

Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske. Penguin Books, 2009.

Treating Chronically Traumatized Children: Don’t let sleeping dogs lie! by Arianna Struik, 2019

The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma and Dissociation: What It Is and How To Help  by Betsy de Thierry, 2020

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents, by Deborah D. Gray. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge. Delta, 1999.

I Love You Rituals by Becky A Bailey. William Morrow Paperbacks, 2000.

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are, by Daniel Siegel. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001.

Facilitating Developmental Attachment, by Daniel Hughes. Dunmore, Pennsylvania: Jason Aronson/Inghram Book Company, 2000.

Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships through Attachment-Based Play, by Ann Jernberg and Phyllis Booth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Parenting Adopted Adolescents: Understanding and Appreciating their Journey, by Gregory C. Keck. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2009.

Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow,by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2009.

Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together to the Teen Years, by Patty Cogen. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 2008.

Theraplay: Innovations in Attachment-Enhancing Play Therapy, by Evangeline Munns. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.

Welcoming a New Brother or Sister Through Adoption: From Navigating New Relationships to Building Loving Families by Arleta James. London: Jessica-Kingsley Publishers, 2013.

Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. TarcherPerigree, 2012.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Dr Lindsay Gibson. New Harbinger Publications, 2015.

Widen the Window by Elizabeth Stanley. Avery, 2019.

Rewire the Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic and Worry by Catherine M. Pittman and Elizabeth M. Karle. New Harbinger Publications, 2015.

The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (Author), Penguin Publishing Group, 2015.

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana. W.W. Norton and Company, 2020.

The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships by Annie Chen. Althea Press, 2019.

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2009.

Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered, by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz. New York: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2011.

The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute. 2008.

Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents by Sandra Weiland, 2015

EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation by Ana M. Gomez, Springer Publishing Company, 2012

Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine, North Atlantic Books, 1997