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        •  Books, Podcasts, and other Resources

          This is not a comprehensive list, but it includes our favorite recommendations.     

        • Asian & Asian-American Issues

           

          Articles

           

          Asian Immigration: The "Yellow Peril," Race in America 1880-1940

           

          Can East Asians Call Themselves Brown? NPR News, Code Switch

           

          Crazy, Rich Asians Will Not Liberate Us: Delusions of Whiteness drove this

          author to to reject the 'model minority' stereotype, Zora

           

          Coronavirus Fears Show How the "Model Minority" Asian Americans become the Yellow Peril,

          NBC News, Think

           

          Covid-19 has inflamed racism against Asian Americans. Here's how to fight back, CNN.com

           

          She kept losing her eyesight, and no one knew why. Then a doctor asked about

          her mental health, Philadelphia Inquirer

           

          The Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History, Time

           

          The Center for Asian Health Engages Communities in Research to Reduce Asian

          American Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health

           

          Why Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders Don't Go to Therapy,

          National Alliance on Mental Illness

           

          'Why I never want babies,' BBC News

           

           

          Books

           

          Skinship: Stories, Yoon Choi

           

          The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, Thi Bui

           

           

          Podcasts

           

          Actor Steven Yeun: Walking Dead, Burning and more

           

          David Chang on Armchair Expert

           

          Eddie Huang on WTF with Marc Maron

           

          Ocean Vuong on On Being 

           

           

          Videos

           

          Asian Americans Season 1 - Documentary Series, PBS

           

          Interconnected: Confronting Racial Prejudices between Asian American & Black Communities,

          Asian American Christian Collaboration

           

          Interconnected: Pursuing Healing and Solidarity,

          Asian American Christian Collaboration

           

          Other

           

          Fact Sheets about Asian American Mental Health, The MGH Center for Cross-Cultural Student Wellness

          Depression, Anxiety, and Other Issues

           

          Books

           

          An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison

           

          Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Kay Redfield Jamison

           

          The Collected Schizophrenia Essays, Esmé Weijun Wang

           

          The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living, Russ Harris

           

          Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think,

          Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky

          Destructive Marriages

           

          Articles 

           

          I Think My Couples Therapy is Making Things Worse, The Mend Project

          (Christian)

           

          ‘Lazy.’ ‘Stupid.’ ‘That never happened’: An epidemic of verbal abuse against women,

          The Washington Post.

           

          DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender, Restored Relationships

          (Christian)

           

          Marital Abuse & Christianity Compilation by Leslie Vernick (Christian)

           

           

          Books

           

          In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People,

          George K. Simon, Ph. D.

           

          The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing,

          Beverly Engel

           

          The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence

          in the Home​, Chris Moles (Christian)

           

          The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond, Patricia Evans

           

          Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, Lundy Bancroft

           

          Notes:

          1) Men are also recipients of abuse by their spouses.

           

          2) If you are in a destructive relationship, typical marriage books and resources can make your situation worse.

           

          3) This section is included not because Asian Americans are more destructive, but because abuse is not talked about

          in As-Am cultures, and the general lack of understanding about destructive relationships in the helping fields.

          Identity and General Growth

           

          Books

           

          Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women, Carolyn Custis James (Christian)

           

          Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection,

          John T. Cacioppo, William Patrick

           

          Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World,

          Carolyn Custis James (Christian)
           

          Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck

           

          Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life's Challenges for Positive Change,

          George R. Faller, Heather Wright

           

          The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt, Russ Harris

           

          The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance,

          W. Timothy Gallwey

           

           

          Videos

          TED, "Listening to Shame", Brené Brown

           

          TEDxHouston, "The Power of Vulnerability", Brené Brown

          Marriage and Relationships

           

          Books

           

          After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful,

          Janis Abrahms Spring

           

          An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples: The Two of Us, Veronica Kallos-Lilly,

          Jennifer Fitzgerald

           

          Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and Long-Term Relationships: Second Edition,

          Ashley Stanford

           

          Created for Connection: The "Hold Me Tight" Guide for Christian Couples,

          Sue Johnson, Kenneth Sanderfer (Christian)

           

          Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships,

          Harriet Lerner

           

          Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy For Dummies, Brent Bradley, James Furrow

           

          Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On -- Together or Apart,

          Douglas K. Snyder, Donald H. Baucom, Kristina Coop Gordon

           

          Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson

           

          Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships, Sue Johnson

           

          When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship,

          David B. Wexler

           

           

          Podcasts 

           

          "Where Should We Begin?", Esther Perel

           

          Parenting

           

          Books

           

          Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel J. Siegel

           

          No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's

          Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

           

          Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children

          Who Thrive, Daniel J. Siegel, Mary Hartzell

           

          The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing

          Mind, Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

           

          Spiritual Abuse

           
          Books
           

          A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing,

          Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer

           

          Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church, Diane Langberg

           

          Something's Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse--And Freeing Yourself from Its Power​, 

          Wade Mullen

          Trauma

           

          Books

           

          Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy,

          Francine Shapiro

           

          Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental

          Trauma - An Integrative Somatic Approach, Kathy L. Kain, Stephen J. Terrell,

          Peter Levine - Forward

           

          Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease, Robin Karr-Morse,

          Meredith S., Wiley

           

          The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma,

          Bessel van der Kolk

           

          The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity,

          Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.

           

          Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror,

          Judith L. Herman

           

          Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing,

          Peter Levine, Maggie Cline

           

           

          Videos

           

          TED, How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime, Nadine Burke Harris

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