Booklist
Here is a selection of titles that we and our patients have
found useful. Feel free to
email me
with further suggestions.
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Pregnancy, child care and families
The Harrow & Watford Baby Directory: 1999/2000. Brigid
Phillips, Karen Liebreich. ISBN: 0953000532
A useful directory of resources for young mothers in our
locality.
Order
the Harrow and Watford Baby Directory from Amazon.co.uk.
Birth to Five-A complete guide to the first five years of
being a parent. Health Education Authority ISBN: 0752115510
Order
the Health Education Authority's Birth to Five from Amazon.co.uk
Babies! Dr. Christopher Green.
You may be able to find this in libraries or second-hand
bookshops.
Toddler Taming-A parents guide to the first four years. Dr.
Christopher Green. ISBN: 0091772583
Stubborn toddlers are everywhere, you need not suffer alone.
This book includes practical advice that has been used by many
parents. Bringing up children is stressful and Dr. Green provides
confidence by offering reassurance and help. The book covers
discipline, sleeping problems, tantrums, toilet training and much
more.
Order
Dr. Green's Toddler Taming from Amazon.co.uk
How (not) to be a perfect mother. Libby Purves. ISBN:
000636988X
This is a book shows how to survive the years of looking after
babies and toddlers. Full of down-to-earth tips and anecdotes,
this is a battle-manual for the mother on the front line.
Order
Libby Purves's How (not) to be a perfect mother from
Amazon.co.uk
The Secret of Happy Children. Steve Biddulph. ISBN:
0722536690
Advice about positive parenting and discipline. Understand how
children receive positive and negative feedback and how this
affects their self esteem and emotions. Easy to read.
Order
Steve Biddulph's Secret of happy children from Amazon.co.uk.
Families and How to Survive Them. Robin
Skynner, John Cleese,
Bud Handelsman. ISBN: 0749314109
Understanding relationships in families and how hidden
emotions affect these.
Order
Families and How to Survive Them from Amazon.co.uk.
Psychology self help
books
Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman. ISBN: 0747528306
A book about how emotions affect ones performance in life.
Impulse control, persistence, zeal, self-motivation, empathy and
social deftness are qualities that enable you to excel. Parents
of young children can sow the seeds in childhood.
Order
Daniel Goleman's Emotional intelligence from Amazon.co.uk.
Born to Win : Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments.
Muriel James, Dorothy Jongeward. ISBN: 0201590441
25 years old and a best seller, this book helps you to look at
the way you think and communicate with other people and
understand what elements of the parent, child and adult make up
your personality. Contains lots of little self-help exercises to
enable you to gain more insight about yourself.
Order
Born to Win from Amazon.co.uk.
Feeling Good: the new mood therapy. David D. Burns. ISBN:
0380731762
A cognitive behaviour therapy approach to treating depression
and mood problems without resorting to medication.
Order
Feeling Good from Amazon.co.uk.
Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. Edmund J. Bourne. ISBN:
1572240032
A cognitive behaviour therapy approach to anxiety. Uses step-by-step
guidelines, questionnaires, and exercises to present a self-help
program to overcome anxiety disorders, panic attacks, agoraphobia,
social fears, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
Order
Anxiety and Phobia Workbook from Amazon.co.uk.
Mind over Mood : Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You
Think. Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky. ISBN: 0898621283
Lots of self help exercises that help you overcome depression.
Order
Mind over Mood from Amazon.co.uk.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Facts (Facts S.) Michael
Sharpe and Frankie Campling
A clear and concise summary of present knowledge
about this illness.
HRT
HRT - Everything You Need to Know to: The
Benefits and the Risks, by Tara Parker-Pope ISBN-10: 1905744102
A useful summary of the pros and cons of HRT with
a considered review of clinical data.
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