Resources

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

self-help mental illness recovery techniques

Alcoholics Anonymous: 1 (800) 245-1377 nnjaa.org

Alanon & Alateen: 1 (888) 425-2666 nj-al-anon.org

Smart Recovery: SmartRecovery.org valuable online resources for addicts and family members struggling with addictions

Center for Hope and Safety: safe house for Bergen County victims of intimate partner abuse; hopeandsafetynj.org

The Rachel Coalition: safe house for Essex County victims
of intimate partner abuse; rachel@jfsmetrowest.org

Department of Veterans Affairs: (800) 827-1000

NJ Victims of Crime Compensation Agency: (877) 658-2221

An Intervention eBook: What To Do If You're Child Is Drinking or Using Drugs:

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose
of the Teenage Brain
Dr. Dan Siegel

The Developing Mind: How Relationships
and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
Dr. Dan Siegal

Full Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn (mindfulness)

Conversationally Speaking
Alan Garner (addressing social anxiety)

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power
of Being Kind to Yourself
Kristin Neff, PhD.

The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing
Judith L. Rapoport (obsessive compulsive disorder)

Waking the Tiger
Peter Levine (childhood trauma and anxiety)

Not to People Like Us

Susan Weitzman (intimate partner abuse)

How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent Child

John Gottman (parenting skills)

The Body Betrayed: A Deeper Understanding of Women, Eating Disorders and Treatment

Kathyrn J. Zerbe

Mind Over Mood 2nd Edition
by Dennis Greenberger PhD and
Christine A. Padesky PhD

Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends by Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel,
and Michele Siegel.