Resources For Teens Organized By Special Topics

Teen Resources

    • Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential by Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, & Colin Guare

    • Learning Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. It offers students with learning and/or attention difficulties an extremely encouraging and useful approach to negotiating the demands of college.

    • Brain Rules by John Medina. Associated website (www.brainrules.net) with video illustrations.

    • ADHD Experience Journal

    • Amy Saltzman, A Still, Quiet Place (good book about mindfulness in children and teens, which can help deal with stress, anxiety, attention, and other difficult emotions)

    • Biegel, Gina The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens

    • Bourne, Edmund The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

    • Greenberger, Dennis and Padesky, Christine Mind Over Mood

    • Hipp, Earl Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens

    • Schab, Lisa The Anxiety Workbook for Teens

    • Tompkins, Michael and Martinez, Katherine My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic

    • The Worry Workbook for Teens: Effective CBT Strategies to Break the Cycle of Chronic Worry and Anxiety by Jamie A. Micco

    Website

    AACAP Anxiety and Avoidance In Teens

    • Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg.

    • Developing College Skills in Students with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome by Sarita Freedman. This book offers helpful and implementable skill-based instruction for students with ASD or HFA. There is a focus on functionality and independent living, as well as assertiveness skills / self-advocacy.

    • Very Late Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome: Autism Spectrum Disorder by Philip Wylie

    • Same but Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express by Holly Peete

    • The Asperger Teen's Toolkit by Francis Musgrave

    • The Asperger's Syndrome Survival Guide by Craig Kendall

    • Asperger's Syndrome Guide for Teens and Young Adults by Craig Kendall

    • The Asperkids (Secret) Book of Social Rules: A Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Guidelines for Tweens & Teens with Asperger Syndrome by Jennifer Cook O'Toole

    ASD & Females

    • Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O’Toole

    • Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone

    • Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing up With Undiagnosed Autism by Jeannie Davide-Rivera

    • The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow up Awesome and Autistic by Siena Castellon

  • Assertiveness Worksheets and Workbook PDF

    • The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens: CBT and Mindfulness-Based Practices to Turn the Volume Down on Pain by Rachel Zoffness

    Free App

    • iBeatPain

    • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Sean Covey)

    • When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens (Bev Cobain, RN)

    • Beyond The Blues: A Depression Workbook to Help Teens Overcome Depression (Lisa Schab, LCSW)

    • Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook to Break the Nine Thought Habits That Are Holding You Back by Anne McGrath MA and Mary Karapetian Alvord PhD

    • Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens: A Cognitive Therapy Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Creating Unshakable Self-Esteem (The Instant Help Solutions Series) by Marci G Fox, Leslie Sokol, Aaron T. Beck, Judith Beck

    Website/Resources

    • Cash, Thomas. The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks. New Harbinger Publications, second edition 2008 —

    • Heffner, Michelle, Eifert, Georg & Hayes, Steven. The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering and Reclaim Your Life. New Harbinger Publications, Workbook edition, 2004

    • McCabe, Randi, McFarlane Tracy & Olmsted, Marion. The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook: Your Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide to Recovery. New Harbinger Publications, Workbook edition, 2004

    • Schaefer, Jenni & Rugledge, Thom. Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too. McGraw-Hill 2003

    • Schaeer, Jenni. Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life. McGraw-Hill 2009

  • Organizations

    Websites/Resources

  • Workbook

    • Riding the Wave Workbook (Treatments That Work) by Donna Pincus, Jill Ehrenreich, David Spiegel

    Resources

    App

  • Book

    • Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

    Website

  • Workbooks

    • The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are by Karen Bluth

    • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff, PhD & Christoper Germer, PhD

    Books

    • 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin

    • You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness & Start Living An Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

  • Workbook

    • The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens by Gina Biegel

    Apps

    • Pocket CBT

    • Happify: For Stress and Anxiety

    • Pacifica for Stress and Anxiety

    • Calm

    • Headspace: Meditation

  • Resources

    • Crisis Textline (24/7 Free, Confidential) - Text HOME to 741-741

    • Now Matters Now DBT Skills - Hover mouse over “Skills” (top left of the Menu bar)

    • Now Matters Now 3-minute videos (debunks myths about suicide, learn new skills about ER and interpersonal skills, including ones by Marsha Linehan and mental health providers who teach the skills and live with suicidality or experienced loss)

    Free Apps for Safety Planning and Coping:

    • My3

    • Virtual Hope Box

  • SF Bay Area Organizations

    Websites/Resources

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