Books

My books focus on mental health topics for parents, psychotherapists, and other interested readers.

All books are available from the publishers below and on my Amazon Author Pages. My most recent book (Why Taking Your Time Saves Time) is also on Audible. Coming in the New Year! Cast No Stones: A Guide to Living in Harmony. Caversham booksellers (cavershambooksellers.com) also carries some titles now out of print. Older parenting books on anxiety and depression can be downloaded below. I also have a profile and blog on Goodreads. On Amazon, see:

https://www.amazon.com/author/katharinamanassis

https://www.amazon.ca/Books-Katharina-Manassis/s?rh=n%3A916520%2Cp_27%3AKatharina+Manassis 

On Goodreads, please follow me at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23400862.Katharina_Manassis

  • Brainwaves: A Memoir About Grief and the Boundary Between This Life and the Next

    Two decades after losing her husband to a sudden brain hemorrhage during the S.A.R.S. crisis, Dr. Manassis experiences a frightening flashback when her son is hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic. An author and psychiatrist, she copes with her traumatic grief by writing about it, creating a poignant, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful chronicle of her personal healing journey. It raises important questions about how we treat those at the threshold of life’s conclusion, and how we define meaningful living.

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  • Cast No Stones: A Guide to Living in Harmony

    Responding to adversity without blame is the key to finding interpersonal harmony and peace. To do so, we must understand why we blame, practice forgiveness, respond stoically, nurture a gentle spirituality, and perceive all beings with empathy. Vignettes from the author’s experience bring these
    ideas to life. Enjoy!

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  • Why Taking Your Time Saves Time

    This book (Kindle Edition, and Paperback via Amazon), is rich with common sense and examples from lived experience and provides a fresh look at mindfulness, unselfconsciousness, reciprocity, wonder, and other “stuff” we need to live with equanimity and purpose. A great gift for someone special!

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  • Launching Your Autistic Youth to Successful Adulthood

    This book is by Jessica Kingsley Publishing. It is written for parents of autistic youth, and describes how to help them navigate the challenging developmental transition from high school to adult life. There are further chapters on planning for the long term.

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  • Developing Empathy

    My recent book on empathy is accessible to all interested readers. It is obtainable through Routledge.

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  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children

    With the same publisher (Routledge), I have done a book on Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychotherapists.

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  • Case Formulation with Children and Adolescents

    This book describes how to gather and integrate clinical information into a case formulation. Case formulation is an essential skill for the child mental health professional and forms the basis of a comprehensive treatment plan.

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  • Problem Solving in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

    This highly accessible book presents clear steps for helping children and adolescents to develop and test out new solutions to specific social, emotional, or behavioral challenges.

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  • Helping Your Teenager Beat Depression

    This valuable book gives parents an immediate plan of action to help their depressed teen. Based on a proven problem-solving approach, parents learn how to respond to their teenager’s negative behavior or attitude to help them flourish.
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  • Keys to Parenting Your Anxious Child

    In this best-selling book, parents find practical strategies to help their anxious children cope and thrive.
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