Resources
Please find below a list of resources that you might find helpful. This list includes TED talks, books, organisations and multiple web links to help you in your parenting journey (starting with conception). This is a personal curation and we are not claiming that this is an exhaustive list of all the useful resources out there, it is currently focused on the United Kingdom and United States.
Individual posts and courses run by Cath Counihan will also include recommendations. Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any information or advice that you receive from any of the organisations listed.
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Please note we do not provide emergency or crisis support. If you are experiencing a crisis or a mental health or psychiatric emergency please call the police, hospital or mental health hotline in your country of residence. If you are in in the United Kingdom, please proceed to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) at your nearest hospital.
Please find additional emergency and hotline numbers below.
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Brené Brown, The Power of Vulnerability
Brené Brown, Listening to Shame
Nadine Burke Harris, How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
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Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
Rest, Play, Grow by Deborah MacNamara
Hold onto Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate
Brain Body Parenting by Mona Delahooke
Beyond Behaviours by Mona Delahooke
Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting by Janet Lansbury
No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Lansbury
No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Brainstorm: the power and purpose of the teenage brain by Daniel Siegel
The Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King
Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Conscious Parent by Shefali Tsabary
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain by Sue Gerhardt
It’s OK NOT To Share by Heather Shumaker
Connection Parenting by Pam Leo
Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen
The Opposite of Worry by Lawrence J. Cohen
Superpowered by Shefali Tsabary and Renee Jain
Trauma-Proofing your Kids by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
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Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
Body Full of Stars by Molly Caro May
After the Storm by Emma Jane Unsworth
Inferno by Catherine Cho
Unexpected by Emily Adler Mosqueda
Mommy Brain by Jodi Pawluski
Matrescence by Lucy Jones
Torn in Two by Rozsika Parker
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Childhood Disrupted by Donna Jackson Nakawaza
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
Anchored by Deb Dana
Polyvagal Safety by Stephen Porges
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn
The Pain We Carry by Natalie Y. Gutierrez
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United Kingdom
Immediate Support via a Helpline
Samaritans
Call 116 123 for free
Support and Information
United States
Immediate support via a helpline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE
National Postpartum Depression Hotline: 1-800-PPD-MOMS
Support and information for post-natal depression and anxiety
Birth Trauma
Support for Fathers
Relationship Support
Bereavement
Breastfeeding
Fertility Issues
Miscarriage & Stillbirth
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Birth resources
Health Issues in Pregnancy
Multiple Births
www.twinstrust.org (UK)
Twins Trust is the new name for TAMBA and assists with twins, triplets and more. There is also a helpline you can call, the website has all the details. If you have summer born multiples and wish to send your children to school at Compulsory School Age, Twins Trust are very helpful in providing support and education around this (this currently relates to England only).
Parenting Alone
Birth or pregnancy complications
Parenting Support
LGBTQ Families
Parenting Support
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Miss America By Day by Marilyn Van Derbur
I’m glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Educated by Tara Westover
What my Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Believing Me by Ingrid Clayton
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot