Mindi Higgins Kessler, Ph.D., LCMFT / Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist

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Understanding Attachment Difficulties

Attachment Disorders

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Books:

  • Adopting The Hurt Child, Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky, (1995).
  • Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, Deborah D. Gray, (2002).
  • Becoming a Family, Lark Eshleman, (2003).
  • Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening love in Deeply Troubled Children, Daniel Hughes, (2006).
  • First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers & Toddlers, Caroline Archer, (1999).
  • Fostering Changes: Myth, Meaning and Magic bullets in Attachment Theory. Rick Delaney, (2006).
  • Ghosts From The Nursery: Tracing The Roots of Violence, Robin Karr-Morris & Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, (1997).
  • Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tykes & Teens, Caroline Archer, (2005).
  • Parenting The Hurt Child, Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky, (2000).
  • Welcome Home, Christopher Alexander, (2005).

Books — Primarily for Professionals:

  • A Child's Journey through Placement, Fahlberg, (1992).
  • Attachment-focused Family Therapy, Daniel Hughes, (2007).
  • Creating Capacity for Attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman, (2005).
  • Facilitating Developmental Attachment, Daniel A. Hughes, (1997).
  • Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children, Beverly James, (1994).
  • Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma, Deborah Gray, (2007).
  • Treating Traumatized Children, Beverly James, (1989).

Adoption

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Books:

See books under "Attachment Disorders"

Children's Books:

  • How it feels to be Adopted, Jill Krementz, (1982).
  • Twice Upon-a-Time: Born and Adopted, Eleanora Patterson, (1987).
  • I Love You, Stinky Face, Lisa McCourt, (1997).
  • The Kissing Hand, Audrey Penn, (1993).
  • A Terrible Thing Happened, Margaret M. Holmes, (2000).
  • The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, (1972).
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst (1972).
  • The Bean Seed, Judith Bush & Robert Spottswood, (2005).
  • The Secret Inside your Head to a Happier Life, Deborah Hage,(2006).
  • So You Want to be a Princess, Deborah Hage, (2001).
  • So You Want to be a Prince, Deborah Hage, (2001).
  • I Love You the Purplest, Barbara M. Joosse, (1996).
  • Little Bunnies Say Goodbye to Birth Mom, Sherri Malloy, (2005).
  • You are my I Love You, Maryann K. Cusimano, (2001).
  • The Loveables: in the Kingdom of Self-esteem, Diane Loomans, (1991).
  • Zachary's New Home, Blomquist & Blomquist, (2001).
  • Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born, Jamie Lee Curtis, (1996).
  • The Mulberry Bird, Brodzinsky, (1996).

Children's Books – Internation Adoption:

  • Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale, Karen Katz, (1997),
  • I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis, (2000),
  • We see the Moon, Kitze, (2003).

Post-Institutionalized Adoption

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Books:

See books under "Attachment Disorders"

  • Risk and Promise: A Handbook for Parents Adopting a Child from Overseas, Chasnoff, Schwarz, Pratt & Neuberger, (2006).

Infertility & Adoption

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Understanding the Brain

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Books:

  • What's Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life, Lise Eliot, (1999).
  • Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children, Phyllis Stien & Joshua Kendall, (2004).
  • The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience, Dan Siegel, (1999).
  • The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being, Dan Siegel, (2007).

Adult Attachment

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Books:

  • Growing Up Again, Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children, Illsley Clarke & Dawson, (1998).
  • Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Dan Siegel & Mary Hartzell, (2003).

For Adoptees

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Books:

  • Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge, (1999).
  • Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make, Sherrie Eldridge, (2003).

Foster Parent Support

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Trauma

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Gay/Lesbian Adoption

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Common Problems Co-Existing with Attachment Difficulties

Sensory Integration

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Books:

  • The Out of Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz, (2005).
  • The Out of Sync Child Has Fun, Carol Stock Kranowitz, (2003).
  • Raising A Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues, Lindsey Biel, & Nancy Peske, (2005).

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders

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Books:

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Collection of Information for Parents and Professionals, 2nd Ed., Diane V. Malbin, (2006).
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Trying Differently Rather Than Harder, 2nd Ed. Diane V. Malbin, (2002).

Auditory Processing Problems

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Book:

  • When the Brain Can't Hear, Bellis, (2002).

Related Diagnoses

Bi-Polar Disorder

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Book:

  • The Bipolar Child, Papolos, Demitri, & Papolos, (1999).

ADHD

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Books:

  • Delivered From Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with ADHD, Hallowell & Ratey, (2005).
  • Helping Adolescents with ADHD & Learning Disabilities: Ready to Use Tips, Techniques, and Checklists for School Success, Greenbaum,& Markel, (2001).
  • Taking Charge of ADHD, Barkley, (2005).

Treatment for Attachment-Trauma Problems

Theraplay

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Book:

  • Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment Based Play, 2nd Ed., Ann M. Jernberg & Phyllis B. Booth,(1999).

Family Attachment Narrative Therapy

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Books:

  • Parenting With Stories: Creating a Foundation of Attachment for Parenting Your Child, Melissa Nichols, Denise Lacher, & Joanne May, (2002).
  • Connecting With Kids Through Stories: Using Narrative to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children, Denise Lacher, Todd Nichols & Joanne May, (2005).

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Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

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Books:

  • Attachment-focused Family Therapy, Daniel Hughes, (2007).
  • Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening love in Deeply Troubled Children, Daniel Hughes, (2006).
  • Creating Capacity for Attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman, (2005).
  • Facilitating Developmental Attachment, Daniel A. Hughes, (1997).

EMDR & Children

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Books:

  • Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR, Joan Lovett, MD, (1999).
  • Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR With Children, Robert H. Tinker, PhD & Sandra A. Wilson, PhD. (for professionals) (1999).

Help for Teachers

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Parenting

General Parenting

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Books:

  • Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, Becky Bailey, (2002).
  • I Love You Rituals, Becky Bailey, (2000).
  • Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Dan Siegel & Mary Hartzell, (2003).
  • Time-In Parenting, Otto Weininger, (2002).
  • Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, Alfie Kohn, (2005).

Marital Enrichment

Marital Enrichment

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Books:

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman, (1999).
  • Getting the Love You Want, Harville, Hendrix, (2005).
  • The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman, (1995).

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