At Bloom Psychotherapy, we believe education is important, so we've created a list educational resources that our clients have found helpful in their journeys. We encourage you to approach this list in respect to your own path. No resources is one-size-fits-all and some may even feeling triggering, so we encourage you to do some additional research into these before reading them. We also encourage you to discuss with your therapist resources that may be better suited for your situation.

Books

Postpartum

• Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts - Karen Kleiman
• The Art of Holding Perinatal Women in Distress - Karen Kleiman
• Therapy and the Postpartum Women - Karen Kleiman
• This Isn’t What I Expected- Overcoming Postpartum Depression - Karen Kleiman
• The Postpartum Husband - Karen Kleiman
• Good Moms Have Bad Days: Understanding Postpartum Mood Disorders - Eren Simpson
• Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year - Cassandra Vieten

Parenting

• Good Inside - Dr Becky (and her podcast)
• The Whole Brain Child - Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• How to Talk to Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• The Conscious Parent -Shefali Tsabary
• Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel
• The Baby Decision: How to Make The Most Important Choice of Your Life - Merle Bombardieri

Pregnancy

• Expecting Better - Emily Oster
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin
• The Pregnancy Workbook: Manage Anxiety and Worry with CBT and Mindfulness Techniques - Dr. Larissa Mead

Fertility

• The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind - Amy Klein
• Infreakin'fertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard - Melanie Dale
• Unspeakable Losses: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and Abortion - Kim Kluger-Bell
• Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found - Pamela Tsigdinos
• The Fertility Promise: The Facts Behind In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) - Gabriela Rosa
• The Mind-Body Fertility Connection - James Schwartz
• What to Expect When You're Not Expecting - Monica Bivas
• Your Future Family: The Essential Guide to Assisted Reproduction (What You Need to Know about Surrogacy, Egg Donation, and Sperm Donation - Kim Bergman
• I Had a Miscarriage - Jessica Zucker

Relationships

• Come as You Are - Emily Nagoski
• Hold Me Tight - Dr. Sue Johnson
• The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman
• The Relationship Cure - John Gottman
• Attached - Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller

General Mental Health

• Codependent No More - Melody Beattie
• It’s Okay that You’re Not Okay - Megan Devine (Grief and Loss)
• Mind Over Mood - CBT Workbook
• Hold Me Tight - Dr. Sue Johnson
• ACT Made Simple - Dr. Russ Harris
• Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff
• The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living - Dr. Russ Harris
• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are- Brene Brown (and her podcast)
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Brene Brown
• Atomic Habits - James Clear
• The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
• The Mindful Way Through Depression - Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach

Bloom Resources

• Postpartum Resentment: From Resentment to Resilience - A Self-Care Program for Moms
• Navigating the Fertility Journey: Masterclass for Those Trying to Conceive
• Nurturing Communication: Masterclass for Couples
• Three Ways to Support Your Mental Health: While Navigating the Fertility Journey
• Navigating the Postpartum Journey: Masterclass for Expectant or New Parents