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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

Compassion Focused Counseling and Consultation in Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

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Resources I Recommend

Check out some resources I recommend below:

Books

Self-Compassion 

  • Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
  • Fierce Self-Compassion: How women can harness kindness to speak up, claim their power, and thrive by Kristin Neff
  • How to be nice to yourself: The everyday guide to self-compassion by Laura R. Silberstein-Tirch

Compassion-Focused

  • The Compassionate Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dennis Tirch

Mindfulness and Ways of Living

  • Comfortable with Uncertainty Pema Chodron
  • Presence – A guide to transforming your most challenging emotions by Ann Weiser Cornell
  • No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love and Joy Right Where You Are by Jack Kornfield
  • The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner
  • The New People Making by Virginia Satir

Boundaries

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Family, Trauma and Healing

  • It didn’t start with you: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle by Mark Wolynn
  • You can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with your Family by Monica McGoldrick
  • What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

Relationships and Couplehood

  • Love, Honor and Negotiate by Betty Carter
  • Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
  • And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman &  Julie Schwartz Gottman
  • How to improve your marriage without talking about it by Pat Love and Steve Stosny
  • The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir

Parenting

  • Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
  • How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel J Siegel and Mary Hartzell

Sites/Blogs to Explore

  • Self-Compassion – A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself with Kristin Neff
  • Mindful Self-Compassion – Meditations and information with Christopher Germer
  • Ten Percent Happier – Meditation for fidgety skeptics
  • Insighttimer – Meditations for anxiety, stress & sleep
  • Gottman Institute Relationship Blog

Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Site & Books

  • The Highly Sensitive Person 
  • The Highly Sensitive Person
  • The Highly Sensitive Person in Love
  • The Highly Sensitive Parent

Resources for those coping with toxic relationships

  • Out of the Fog For family/loved ones who are in relationship with someone who has a personality disorder.
  • Dodging Energy Vampires
  • The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist
  • Children of the Self-Absorbed
  • Will I Ever Be Good Enough
  • Stop Walking on Eggshells

LGBTQ2S Resources for Families

  • PFlag and PFlag Canada– Parents, families, friends and allies united with LGBTQ2S people to move equality forward. PFlag has local chapters which hold support groups & much more.
  • TransparentUSA– Support and community for parents of gender expansive/trans kids and teens

Recommended Psychotherapists

I am happy to offer referrals to other professionals. Just get in touch and we can discuss.

 

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