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Therapeutic Tools

Therapeutic Tools

For Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self Esteem

  • The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
  • Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Stephen Hayes
  • The Unwelcome Party Guest ACT Metaphor: youtube.com/watch

For Resilience and A Healthy, Growth-Oriented Mindset toward Stress and Adversity

  • The Upside of Stress by Kelly McDonigal
  • How to Make Stress Your Friend
  • Ted Talk by Kelly McDonigal: youtube.com/watch
  • The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McDonigal (animated book summary):youtube.com/watch
  • Interview about The Willpower Instinct with Kelly McDonigal: youtube.com/watch
  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell
  • Mindset by Carol Dweck
  • Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

For Career Planning and Transition

  • What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles

For Challenges Correlating with Gifted Individuals

  • A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children by James Web
  • Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults by Michael Marian, Piechowski and Susan Daniels
  • Searching for Meaning: Idealism, Bright Minds, Disillusionment, and Hope. by James T. Webb
  • Serving Emotional Needs of the Gifte (SENG) Organization at www.sengifted.org

For Grief and Bereavement

Resources Specifically for parents and families who’ve lost an infant or child or have a child with a severe, medically-complex condition



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