This is a unique book of advice and commentary for the parents of teenagers, co-written by teenagers themselves. It combines Dr. Wes Crenshaw’s nineteen years of clinical experience as a board certified family psychologist with the natural wisdom and empathy of eight really sharp sixteen- to eighteen-year-olds, each of whom spent a year writing for the Double Take advice column.Though entertaining in tone, the book offers serious, honest and practical guidance to parents on real world adolescent issues: sex, contraception, pregnancy, sexual identity, mental health, cutting, falling in love, breaking up, friendship, divorce, the future, teen technology, parent-child conflict, suicide, foster care, school success and failure, fear and hope and many other issues in the middle and high school years.Most of the advice was written in response to letters sent by parents and teens to ask@dr.wes.com. The rest were written on topics selected by the authors based on teen trends and current events. In addition to specific suggestions on each problem, the authors share a thoughtful social commentary on how the world influences the next generation, and vice versa.Have teens read the companion volume: Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens.

Dear Dr. Wes:Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens

Parenting & Relationships

Wes Crenshaw

Parenting

Family Psychological Press

This is a unique book of advice and commentary for teenagers, co-written by teenagers. It combines Dr. Wes Crenshaw’s nineteen years of clinical experience as a board certified family psychologist with the natural wisdom and empathy of eight really sharp sixteen- to eighteen-year-olds, each of whom spent a year writing for the Double Take advice column.Though humorous and entertaining in tone, the book offers serious, honest and practical advice on real world issues including: sex, contraception, pregnancy, sexual identity, mental health, cutting, falling in love, breaking up, friendship, divorce, the future, conflict with parents, teen technology, suicide, foster care, school success and failure, fear and hope, and all the other issues you wake up and face each day in the middle and high school years. Most of the advice was written in response to letters sent to ask@dr.wes.com, many written by teenagers themselves. The rest were written on topics selected by the authors based on teen trends and current events. In addition to specific suggestions on each problem, the authors share their thoughts on how the world influences your generation, and vice versa.Be sure to have your parents check out: Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens.

Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens

Teen & Young Adult

Markley, Ben

Crenshaw PhD, Wes

Davidson, Julia

Kane, Jenny

Davis, Miranda

Murray., John

Ballard Hemenway, Marissa

Kelin Woods, Kelly

Schwartz, Samantha

Social Issues

Wes Crenshaw, PhD, Board Certified Couples and Family Psychologist (ABPP), offers thirteen principles for living with ADD and ADHD drawn from twenty-two years of experience and 23,000 hours of clinical conversation. Written in an entertaining, conversational style for readers aged fifteen and up, Dr. Wes pulls no punches in confronting the cognitive, social, emotional, and academic pitfalls people with ADD face every day. He also helps families, friends, and romantic partners understand a diagnosis of ADD not as an excuse for difficulties, but as a first step on the path to a better tomorrow. Dr. Wes Crenshaw offers thirteen principles for successful living with ADD and ADHD drawn from twenty-two years of experience and 23,000 hours of clinical discussions with hundreds of interesting clients. Written in an entertaining, conversational style for readers aged fifteen to thirty, Dr. Wes pulls no punches in confronting the cognitive, social, emotional, and academic pitfalls people with ADD face every day. He also helps families, friends, and romantic partners understand a diagnosis of ADD not as something to fear or an excuse, but as a first step on the path to a better tomorrow. Dr. Wes's principles include accepting here and now, living intentionally, making mindful decisions, recognizing and taking the right path and not just the easy one, wanting rather than wishing, finding and following life's instructions, managing crises, taking responsibility, attaining character through radical honesty, and creating sustainable happiness through organized thinking and living. Finally, Dr. Wes guides you and your loved ones in how to better manage relationships, seek a good diagnosis, utilize therapy, and become your own expert on medication management.* Have you been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD or do you suspect you should be? Do you really want to start solving your many riddles and living a more successful and productive life? This book is for you. * Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder what's going on in his or her head, and you really want to understand the secret code so you can better love him or her? This book is for you.* Are you a little scattered or organizationally challenged? Do you struggle with details, follow-through, or in converting ideas into results? Do your people see you as fun and energetic, but uncommitted and difficult to pin down. Maybe you're an "ADD-leaner." This book is for you.

I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not: Successful Living with ADD and ADHD

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Dr. Wes Crenshaw offers thirteen principles for successful living with ADD and ADHD drawn from twenty-two years of experience and 23,000 hours of clinical discussions with hundreds of interesting clients. Written in an entertaining, conversational style for readers aged fifteen to thirty, Dr. Wes pulls no punches in confronting the cognitive, social, emotional, and academic pitfalls people with ADD face every day. He also helps families, friends, and romantic partners understand a diagnosis of ADD not as something to fear or an excuse, but as a first step on the path to a better tomorrow. His principles include accepting here and now, living intentionally, making mindful decisions, recognizing and taking the right path and not just the easy one, wanting rather than wishing, finding and following life's instructions, managing crises, taking responsibility, attaining character through radical honesty, and creating sustainable happiness through organized thinking and living. Finally, Dr. Wes guides you and your loved ones in how to better manage relationships, seek a good diagnosis, utilize therapy, and become your own expert on medication management. * Have you been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD or do you suspect you should be? Do you really want to start solving your many riddles and living a more successful and productive life? This book is for you. * Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder what's going on in his or her head, and you really want to understand the secret code so you can better love him or her? This book is for you. * Are you a little scattered or organizationally challenged? Do you struggle with details, follow-through, or in converting ideas into results? Do your people see you as fun and energetic, but uncommitted and difficult to pin down. Maybe you're an "ADD-leaner." This book is for you.

Crenshaw, Wes

ADD and Zombies: Fearless Medication Management for ADD and ADHD

Wes Crenshaw and Kelsey Daugherty guide readers on medication management for ADD and ADHD using advice drawn from thousands of hours of clinical contact with hundreds of fascinating clients. Written in an engaging, conversational style for readers of all ages, the authors explore what it means to have ADD, describe how to get an accurate evaluation, examine co-occurring diagnoses and how they are treated in the context of ADD, and explain how to find a good prescriber. They compare and contrast the array of medications available to treat ADD, explain how to use them correctly, and help readers manage and work around the side effects. Crenshaw and Daugherty offer numerous case examples throughout the book to illustrate their integrative model of treatment designed to get readers with an ADD diagnosis on the road to fearless medication management.?	Have you been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, or do you suspect you should be? Do you want to be sure you have an accurate diagnosis? Do you wonder if you're getting the best treatment? Do you have a love-hate relationship with your medication or wonder why it seems to have stopped working? This book is for you.?	Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder if medication might be right for them, and if so, which one? Do you struggle alongside them to deal with the many side effects of their stimulant? Do you wonder about alternative treatments? This book is for you.?	Are you a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant? Do you wish you had broader training and experience in assessing and prescribing for ADD and ADHD? Do you sometimes feel like you're winging it? Do you wonder if this disorder is over- or underdiagnosed? Do you wish you could refer those cases out, but haven't anyone to refer them to? This book is for you.

Daughtery, Kelsey

I Have Feelings and That's O.K.

A short picture book to guide pre-school and kindergarten children in the understanding and acceptance of their feelings and ways to express and manage them. Following a child friendly version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), children are encouraged to experience their feelings without judgment and then to initiate coping strategies.

Children's Books

Mayfield, Jordan

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Kit Cat is going to school in the middle of a national pandemic! There's so many changes and new rules. In this graphic novel for younger elementary students, Kit's mom has a lot of good reminders about how to go back to school and stay safe. It may not be the adventure Kit was expecting to have on the first day of school, but it's one Kit will always remember.

Kit Cat's Big Back to School COVID Adventure: A Kid's Guide on Returning to School During the Pandemic

Comics & Graphic Novels

About the Author\nWes Crenshaw, PhD is a licensed psychologist and board-certified in Couple and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, and their families from his private practice, Family Psychological Services, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition to this book, he is the author of Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System (Brunner-Routledge, 2004), and I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not: Successful Living with ADD and ADHD (Family Psychological Press). He also appears occasionally on public radio stations across the nation and regularly in the Kansas City and St. Louis metros both on radio and TV. He writes regularly for ADDitude magazine. You can learn more about his work at dr-wes.com, follow his tweets of pithy wisdom about ADD, teens, parenting, dating, divorce, marriage, and young adulthood at @wescrenshawphd, or read his blog at familypsychological.com.\nKelsey Daugherty, DNP PMHNP is a board-certified nurse practitioner specializing in psychiatric medication management. She works with Dr. Wes and nine other therapists at Family Psychological Services, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas prescribing psychopharmaceuticals including stimulant medication on protocol. She did her doctoral research project on stimulant tolerance and has coauthored several articles in ADDitude magazine. She consults worldwide via video on complex cases of ADD, ADHD, and co-occurring mental health disorders.\nWes Crenshaw and Kelsey Daugherty guide readers on medication management for ADD and ADHD using advice drawn from thousands of hours of clinical contact with hundreds of fascinating clients. Written in an engaging, conversational style for readers of all ages, the authors explore what it means to have ADD, describe how to get an accurate evaluation, examine co-occurring diagnoses and how they are treated in the context of ADD, and explain how to find a good prescriber. They compare and contrast the array of medications available to treat ADD, explain how to use them correctly, and help readers manage and work around the side effects. Crenshaw and Daugherty offer numerous case examples throughout the book to illustrate their integrative model of treatment designed to get readers with an ADD diagnosis on the road to fearless medication management.•Have you been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, or do you suspect you should be? Do you want to be sure you have an accurate diagnosis? Do you wonder if you’re getting the best treatment? Do you have a love-hate relationship with your medication or wonder why it seems to have stopped working? This book is for you.•Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder if medication might be right for them, and if so, which one? Do you struggle alongside them to deal with the many side effects of their stimulant? Do you wonder about alternative treatments? This book is for you.•Are you a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant? Do you wish you had broader training and experience in assessing and prescribing for ADD and ADHD? Do you sometimes feel like you’re winging it? Do you wonder if this disorder is over- or underdiagnosed? Do you wish you could refer those cases out, but haven’t anyone to refer them to? This book is for you.

Daugherty, Kelsey

Psychology & Counseling

A short picture book to guide pre-school and kindergarten children in the understanding and acceptance of their feelings and ways to express and manage them. Following a child friendly version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), children are encouraged to experience their feelings without judgment and then to initiate coping strategies.

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Dear Dr. Wes:Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens

Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens

I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not: Successful Living with ADD and ADHD

I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not: Successful Living with ADD and ADHD

ADD and Zombies: Fearless Medication Management for ADD and ADHD

I Have Feelings and That's O.K.

Kit Cat's Big Back to School COVID Adventure: A Kid's Guide on Returning to School During the Pandemic

ADD and Zombies: Fearless Medication Management for ADD and ADHD

I Have Feelings and That's O.K.