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RESOURCES

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

 

Recovery International: recoveryinternational.org

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

 

NJ Addiction Treatment: projectknow.com/find/new-jersey

 

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

www.drugfreeazkids.org/sites/default/files/Intervention_Guide_3.pdf

 

thefamilycaregiver.org

 

caringtoday.com

 

alz.org

 

aarp.org

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. 

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