Recommended Reads
These book recommendations come from PSI staff and volunteers. Most titles are available through our Bookshop.org store, helping to support local bookstores. Additional recommended reads from other vendors can be found at the bottom of the page.
In addition, PSI members receive 25% off of Springer Publishing books and journals. Members can find the discount page link on the “Access my member benefits” page on the PSI Portal.
Other Recommended Reads
We also recommend these titles, which are available from other vendors.
Postpartum Checklist: Dry-Erase Fridge Magnet Planner
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Stretched: All the feels from second-time motherhood
by
February 13, 2024
Fatherhood Feels: D is for Dad
by
January 1, 2023
This BOOK SUCKS – feeding your baby shouldn’t
by
June 2022
The New Mommy Plan: Restoring Your Post-Pregnancy Body Naturally, Using Women’s Traditional Wisdom
The Mommy Plan
by Valerie Lynn
February 2022
A Promise: A Vow of Love for Baby and a Message of Hope for Mom
by Annie Rohr
October 20, 2020
Thankful for Motherhood: A Gratitude Journal for New Moms
by Becky Morrison Gleed LMFT
August 10, 2020
by Sarah Menkedick
How to Healthily Transition to Motherhood: A Workbook with Mama in Mind!
by Becky Morrison Gleed
April 20, 2020
Black Angel Mom Guided Journal
by Jeanae M. Hopgood-Jones
January 2020
Finding Peace in the NICU Journal
by Kristine Putz
January 1, 2020
Nesting Space at Bedtime
Emily Souder
May 24, 2019
GPS for Parents Group Facilitator Manual, 2nd Edition
By Annette Cycon and Liz Friedman
2019
Life With Baby Workbook
by Erin Fassnacht and Amy Tucker
January 2019
The Bridesmaid’s Daughter: From Grace Kelly’s Wedding to a Women’s Shelter – Searching for the Truth About My Mother
by Nyna Giles and Eve Claxton
March 2018
Bonkers: A Real Mum’s Hilariously Honest tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health
by Olivia Siegl
February 2018
Recovery State of Mind: Inspire You Everyday Journal (Inspire You Series) 4th Edition
by Shades of Blue Project
January 2018
The Essential Teen Pregnancy Guide: All-In-One Advice For Anxious Teens
by Susan E Hart
May 2017
A Dark Secret
by Lashonta Edwards
August 2016
Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples
by Eric Rosswood
February 2016
My Diary
by Jane I. Honikman
April 2015
Motherhood May Cause Drowsiness: Mom Stories From the Trenches: A Second Edition Monkey Star Press Anthology
by by Lisa Nolan, Tina Bietler, and Kristi Campbell
April 2015
Mommy, Deconstructed: A Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Recovery Guide
by Christina L. Vanneste
January 2015
I’m Listening: A Guide to Supporting Postpartum Families
by Jane Honikman
October 2014
Teenage Pregnancy Support: Advice for Parents and Teens
Kindle Edition
by Phebe Pearson
October 2014
Children of the Depressed: Healing the Childhood Wounds That Come from Growing Up with a Depressed Parent
by Shoshana Bennett
June 2014
Happy Pants – Why is Mummy so sad?
by Heather Gallagher
illustrated by Liz McGrath
May 2014
Perinatal Mental Health: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) Manual (2nd edition)
by John Cox, Jeni Holden, Carol Henshaw
January 2014
Happy Endings, New Beginnings: Navigating Postpartum Disorders
by Susan Benjamin Feingold
February 2013
The Infertility Workbook: A Mind-Body Program to Enhance Fertility, Reduce Stress, and Maintain Emotional Balance (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
by Barbara Blitzer LCSW-C MEd
October 2011
Postpartum Mood Disorders A Guide for Medical, Mental Health, and Other Support Providers
by Kimberly Zittel
December 2010
Great Expectations: Becoming a Dad: The First Three Years
by John C. Carr
October 2010
And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and our Unexpected Families
by Susan Goldberg and Chloë Brushwood Rose (Editors)
October 2010
Maternidad tabú (Relatos) (Spanish)
by Katia Christina Thiele Rojas
October 2010
ebook Version
July 2011
Delivery From Darkness: A Jewish Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Depression
by Baruch Finkelstein
September 2009
Couple Communication After a Baby Dies: Differing Perspectives
by Sherokee Ilse and Tim Nelson
October 2008
The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood – Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
July 2005
When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
by Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus
April 2004
Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health
by Deborah Sichel and Jeanne Watson Driscoll
December 2000
Perinatal Psychiatry: Use and misuse of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
by John Cox and Jeni Holden (Editors)
January 1994
