ASCEND Counseling & Consultation, LLC
Perinatal and Women's Mental Health & Parent Support
Holly Redding Cooper, MSW, LICSW, PMH-C
Resources
If you are in an emergency, please dial 911 or go to your local emergency room.
If you are not in immediate danger but would like to speak with someone,
please call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Perinatal Resources
Support Websites:
Postpartum Support International
Support
JFCS "This Isn't What I Expected"
JFCS "Oliver, Ian, and Serenity Wolk Fragile Beginnings"
Postpartum Support International
Books
It's Ok That You're Not Ok by Megan Devine
This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman
What Am I Thinking? Having a Baby after Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions and Compulsions by Pamela Wiegartz
*I have many additional and specific resources pertaining to infertility, LGBTQ parenting, loss, teen parenting, non-birthing parent support, and much more.
Apps
Podcasts
Parenting Resources
Help-Lines
Parental Stress Line: 1-800-632-8188
National Parent Helpline: 1-855-427-2736
Websites:
Circle of Security International
Books:
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
The Mindful Child by Susan Kaiser Greenland
Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected by Susan Stiffelman, MFT
Raising A Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting can help you nurture your child's attachment, emotional resilience, and freedom to explore by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell with Christine M. Benton
No Drama Discipline by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
The Whole-Brain Child by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel
Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids by Laura Markham
Raise your Kids Without Raising Your Voice by Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide by Rebecca Eanes
Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
Podcasts:
Unruffled (Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury)
Little Sprigs
Parenting Beyond Discipline
Authentic Parenting
Simplicity Parenting
