Dr. FONTANETTA’s LIBRARY

*Disclaimer*

Dr. F’s recommendations do not indicate that she agrees with everything that is stated/others’ opinions within these books, but it is helpful to read, digest and form your own opinions by understanding others perspectives.

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Cover of the 10th anniversary edition of the book 'NeuroTribes' by Steve Silberman, featuring an illustration of colorful butterflies and plants.
Book cover titled 'GIFTED CHILDREN & How TRAUMA IMPACTS THEM' by Adam C. Laningham, Dr. Melissa Sadin, and Nathan Levy. Features a green, blue, and red marker, and a simple illustration of three children holding hands.
Book cover for "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" by Roy Richard Grinker. The cover has a dark gray background with colorful polka dots and a white border. The title and author's name are in white text, with some text in italics and yellow.
Cover of the book titled 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman, with a yellow pencil at the bottom and a quote at the bottom.
Book cover titled "Gifted Children" by Ellen Winner, showing a young girl in a fancy dress with a large bow in her hair, holding the edge of her dress, in black and white.
Book cover titled 'Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health' by Micha Frazer-Carroll, featuring a white silhouette of a head surrounded by colorful arrows pointing in various directions.
Book cover titled 'It Didn't Start With You' by Mark Wolynn, featuring illustrations of two human profiles and a DNA helix, with a medallion indicating it won the Nautilus Book Award.
Close-up of a poster with colored lines and text, featuring quotes and a book title about psychiatry and media influence.
Book cover of 'The Patient Will See You Now' by Eric Topol, with a red background and bold black and white text.
Book cover titled "Notes of a Former Caseworker" by Jessica Pryce, focusing on transforming child protective services with a black and white photo strip of a woman and child.
Book cover titled "I See You, Survivor" by Liz Ianelli, with Brett Witter, featuring an orange background, a black and white hand holding a tree, and a quote from Maia Szalavitz at the top.
Cover of a book titled "The Book of Woe: The Dsm and the Unmaking of Psychiatry" by Gary Greenberg, with a quote from Dwight Garner of The New York Times.
Book cover titled 'Consciousness and the Social Brain' by Michael S. A. Graziano, featuring illustration of two colorful, abstract, running dogs.
Book cover titled "Navigating Special Education: A Parent's Guide To Rights And Advocacy" by Dana A. Jonson. Features a yellow road sign that reads "IEP Ahead" and two green signs that say "Know Your Rights" with a left arrow and "Ask for Services" with a right arrow. Illustrates a road with trees and a clear blue sky.
Book cover titled 'What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home' by William Stixrud, PhD, and Ned Johnson, with a subtitle highlighting advice on communication with children.
Book cover titled "What Every Parent Needs to Know" with shapes in orange circle, pink pentagon, purple square, blue crescent, green triangle, and yellow triangle. Subtitle: "A psychologist's guide to raising happy, nurtured children." Author: Dr. Margot Sunderland.
Book cover for 'Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me' by Anna Mehler Paperny, with bold pink and red text on a yellow background.
Cover of a book titled 'Failing Students or Failing Schools? A Parent's Guide to Reading Instruction and Intervention' by Faith Borkowsky, showing a small child sitting on the floor with arms around their knees, next to several stacked books, in front of a blackboard.
Book cover titled 'The Violence Project' featuring a map of the United States with orange target crosshairs over multiple locations. Top quote by Nicole Hockley, and authors Jillian Peterson and James Densley. Subtitle 'How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic'.
Book cover titled "The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain" by Brock Eide, MD, MA, and Fernette Eide, MD, with a blue background, white and yellow text, and images of four eggs at the bottom, one yellow and three white.
Cover of a book titled "Open When..." by Dr. Julie Smith, with various text phrases about stress, difficult people, and support, and a colorful circle with the text "A Companion for Life's Twists & Turns."
Book cover titled 'Unapologetically ADHD' by Nikki Kinzer, PCC, and Pete D. Wright, with a dark background and minimalistic design featuring a clock and line illustration.
Book cover titled "Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child" by Kelley Coleman, with subtitle "Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports."
Book cover titled "Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies" by Renee Linklater with a foreground illustration of a bird, possibly an eagle, within a circular outline, over a light background.
Book cover of 'Why Gender Matters' by Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., featuring speech bubbles and indicating a second edition.
Book cover of 'Divergent Mind' by Jenara Nerenberg, featuring a colorful abstract profile of a human face made of jagged shapes on a blue gradient background. The subtitle reads, 'Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You.'
A person standing in a dimly lit hallway with blue tones, back turned, wearing a hoodie, with light streaming through a window behind them.
Book cover titled 'The Coddling of the American Mind' by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, with a red background and illustrations of small military-style figures and rockets.
Book cover titled 'Running on Empty No More' by Jonice Webb, PhD, with subtitle 'Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents & Your Children' and a quote from Harville Hendrix about emotional neglect.
Book cover titled 'Dopamine Nation' with colorful splash background and subtitle 'Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence' by Anna Lembke, MD.
Book cover titled 'Unbroken Brain' by Maia Szalavitz with a subtitle 'A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction.' The cover has colorful bokeh background with the title and author's name prominently displayed.
Book cover titled 'Saving Normal' by Allen Frances, M.D. with a red background and a torn paper effect showing the definition of 'normal' as an insider's revolt against psychiatric diagnosis.
Book cover titled 'The Collapse of Parenting' by Leonard Sax showing a silhouette of two adults and a child walking on a beach at sunset.
Book cover titled 'IF I DON'T MAKE IT, I LOVE YOU: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings', showing a bird's eye view of a school shooting scene with people gathered outside, some lying on the ground, with cars parked nearby, and a palm tree in the foreground.
Book cover titled 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear, featuring a dotted gold-colored word 'Atomic Habits' and text indicating over 25 million copies sold. The cover suggests the book provides easy and proven methods to build good habits and break bad ones.
Book cover of 'The Certainty Illusion' by Timothy Caulfield, featuring a chess pawn casting a shadow of a king.
Book cover for 'Mad House' by Clea Simon, featuring a young child walking on a dark street at night, with the title in bright green and yellow text.
Book cover titled "Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues." The cover features a wooden mannequin sitting with one knee bent and the other leg extended, with its head resting on its hand. The background is a soft blend of light blue and green colors.
Book cover for 'Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty' by Patrick Radden Keefe, featuring a classical column against a black background.
Book cover titled "Unmasking Autism" by Devon Price, PhD, with a subtitle "Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity" and an author note "author of Laziness Does Not Exist" at the bottom.
Book cover titled 'The Whole Brain Child' by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., featuring a white silhouette of a child's head against a teal background with colorful text and a red circle indicating over 1 million copies sold.
Book cover for 'The Death of Truth' by Steven Brill featuring distorted, colorful text and subtitle about social media, internet, and truth.
Book cover titled 'The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture' by Gabor Maté, MD, with Daniel Maté. Bright yellow, orange, and red background with black and white text.
Cover of a book titled "Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality" by Anne Fausto-Sterling. The background is orange with large white and purple text.