Resources

Websites

Click on “videos” to watch and listen to Dr. Parks’ radio programs on A New Approach Behavioral Health’s page on Facebook.

Productivity 501 will teach you how to use technology and organization to be more productive.

The Change Blog helps you make small changes that will have a huge impact in your life.

The Good Men Project prides itself on starting conversations that no one else is having.

The Positivity Blog helps you turn your life around by focusing on happiness and positivity.

Think Simple Now offers personal development stories from real people so you can learn from their experiences.

Achieving Individual Success:

Learned Optimism: How to Change your Mind and your Life by Martin Seligman.
Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David Burns.
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.

Anger and Anxiety:

Anger Management 6 Critical Steps to a Calmer Life by Peter Favaro, Ph.D.
Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks by R. Reid Wilson Ph.D.
Letting Go of Anger: The 10 Most Common Anger Styles and What to Do About Them by Ron Potter-Efron, et al.

Communication Skills:

Dealing With Children:

Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies by Theresa Huntley.
Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People by Stephen Glenn.
The Explosive Child by Ross Greene.
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.

Finding Meaning in Life:

The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life by Jesse Bering.
The Restoration of the Self by Heinz Kohut.
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck.

Domestic Violence:

Coersive Control, How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life by Evan Stark.
Domestic Violence, What Every Pastor Needs to Know by Reverend Al Miles.
Emotional Blackmail, When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward, Ph.D. with Donna Frazier.
No More Excuses, Domestic Violence, How Will Your Church Respond to the Crisis? by Mable C. Dunbar, Ph.D., LPC, and Colin A. Dunbar, D.Min.
The Battered Woman by Lenore E. Walker.
The Male Batterer, A Treatment Approach by Daniel Jay Sonkin, Ph.D., Dale Martin, and Lenore E. A. Walker, Ed.D.

Marriage/Relationships:

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix.
Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage by Maggie Scarf.
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.
The Relationship Cure: A Five-Step Guide for Building Better Connections with Family, Friends, and Lovers by John Gottman and Joan DeClaire.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver.

Mindfulness:

Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment– and Your Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Self-Help:

Congnitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha M. Linehan.
Don’t Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training Revised Edition by Karen Pryor.