Dr. Nightingale’s books are available on Amazon.

Dr. Nightingale’s Workbook for Mental Heath During a Pandemic. During times of stress and unpredictability mental health and serenity can be jeopardized. Most people have never experienced the kind of life-style changes and unpredictability that this pandemic has wrought. Watching the unrest on news, seeing the death toll increase every day, missing celebrations, even funerals, and being isolated from friends and family is taking a high toll on peoples’ piece of mind. Dr. Nightingale’s Mental Health During a Pandemic Workbook provides simple straight forward activities to support people who wish to work on their mental health and serenity during this time of unrest and uncertainty. This workbook is written to provide structure and coping skills for readers to participate in exercises that can assist them in creating peace of mind during this pandemic.This book can be used individually, in groups or with a therapist. It is intended to help focus and guide readers to develop skills and make it easy to keep track of their progress in applying the skills.

It’s a Bedroom not a Boardroom provides communication skills for ambitious couples. As a psychologist for over 30 years, Dr. Lois Nightingale discovered that ambitious and outcome-focused couples often had more difficulty connecting with loved ones at home. When they faced challenges at work, they focused on a solution and found an answer. But these skills only seemed to increase problems at home. When they finally landed in therapy they were on the verge of ending another relationship, financing a divorce, or facing the thing they hated most: failure. It was as if they were trying to find their way around New York City with a map of Chicago. The map was accurate, but if misapplied it was frustrating, even dangerous. That’s what many ambitious couples do when they use the work skills they’ve come to trust, at home in their personal relationships. Dr. Nightingale shares specific strategies she teaches driven personalities and their partners. Her communication tactics are presented against the backdrop of her own family’s business history and her own personal relationship journey. Now you can read the tips she shares with clients who ask why their personal relationships are falling apart when they’re so effective in other areas of their lives. Put these skills into practice and watch your relationship improve.

Building Resiliency in Children of Divorce is based on a series of lectures I present to divorcing parents. Each concise chapter presents an idea on how to protect children during and after the process of divorce. Astute loving parents can use even sad and unexpected life events to teach their children the valuable lessons of resiliency. Children who receive coping skills during challenging times can grow to be resilient and self-confident adults who face the unexpected with courage and confidence.

My Parents Still Love Me even though They’re Getting Divorced, My Moms Still Love Me even though They’re Getting Divorced and My Dads Still Love Me even though They’re Getting Divorced are interactive workbooks designed to help kids deal with separation and divorce. These books offer a series of illustrated exercises that aim to help children of separation and divorce work through various aspects of chaotic events in their lives. They’re peppered with affirmations, such as “It’s okay to keep on loving both your parents” and “Do you know that crying can sometimes make grownups feel better, too?”, it presents a kid-friendly frame story in which a beautiful mermaid and a strong knight fall in love and have four children: Constance, Arletta, Newton, and Spartacus. After a while, tensions grow when the mermaid wants to return to the sea and the knight wants to stay on land. These books offer a series of scenarios involving each child as they experience their parents’ split, and this narrative device allows the author to effectively explore different reactions, including withdrawal, moodiness, anger, and resentment. Each section offers discussion questions (such as “Newton wondered WHY about many parts of his parents’ divorce….What things have you wondered WHY about?”) and pages of exercises (such as “Draw a picture of something special at your mom’s house”). Nightingale’s experience and empathy make each book invaluable for parents who may have read adult books about divorce—including, possibly, the author’s own—but want a similar resource for their kids.

Sebastian’s Super Special Secret is a book for kids with one agnostic parent and one of faith. Many parents or extended families have different ideas about religion and faith. These numbers are growing. Most parents try to pull children towards their way of thinking, or never discuss the topic at all. Sebastian’s Super Special Secret tells the story of a boy whose parents are open about their differences and demonstrate their individual ideas in caring and positive ways. Sebastian has a secret. He knows why they can talk about these differences with respect and remain close as a family. Author: Dr. Lois Nightingale is a licensed psychologist and a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist in practice in Yorba Linda, California. She has worked with families and children since 1982, helping them work through challenges and differences. It is her goal to help families live more peacefully and raise children who are accepting and self-confident. Her other self-help books are also available on Amazon.