As a parent who lived through the heartbreak and helplessness of my own child’s school refusal, I know how isolating and overwhelming this journey can be. When I founded our anxiety and OCD intensive program, it was with the hope that no family would have to navigate these challenges alone. Jayne Demsky’s Overcoming School Avoidance is a beacon of hope and practical guidance for parents. It is filled with compassionate insight, evidence-based strategies, and real-life wisdom that empowers families to advocate for their children and collaborate effectively with schools and mental health professionals. This book is a lifeline—offering both comfort and actionable steps, and reminding us that recovery is possible. Every parent facing school avoidance should have this invaluable resource at their side.

Whether you’re newly aware of your BFRB or have been struggling for years, this book serves as a hopeful and practical resource on the path to healing.

The BFRB Recovery Workbook by Dr. Marla Deibler and her esteemed co-authors is a standout resource for those seeking evidence-based support in overcoming body-focused repetitive behaviors. The authors—well-respected leaders in the field bring together powerful therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) model, Habit Reversal Training (HRT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), offering a well-rounded and research-backed path to recovery.

A deep dive into toxic achievement culture – grounded in research, within the broader adolescent mental health crisis context including systemic commentary on how we got here. The author uses her own experience as a mother and a lens as a journalist to approach the topic with a mix of compassion and data. Presented with optimism, she speaks of solutions with specificity and includes resources throughout. She speaks of trying to raise her kids “healthy and successful in a culture that increasingly forces us to choose only one of those outcomes.” She seeks to answer the question: “Where is that elusive line between healthy high expectation and excessive pressure?”