Deep-Dive Book Clubs

Fostering clinical growth and professional development through collaborative, supportive discussions. Our goal is to create a shared space for learning, connection, and community among mental health professionals dedicated to serving children and families.

Book Club

Are you interested in exploring clinical issues related to traumatic stress and culture through thought-provoking books and meaningful discussions? Are you a mental health provider who works with children, teens, and families? You may be a good fit for our book club!

Originally started during the pandemic, our group has fostered insightful conversations and a strong sense of camaraderie ever since. We choose books available on Audible, and there’s no pressure to finish them—our focus is on discussion and shared learning.

July 2026

Book Title:  Mattering, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

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Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

June 2026

Book Title:  No One’s Girl

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

May 2026

Book Title:  The Measure

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

April 2026

Book Title:  

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

March 2026

Book Title:  The Silent Patient

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

December 2025

Book Title:  Animal Farm, by George Orwell

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

November 2025

Book Title:  The Handmaid’s Tale 

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

October 2025

Book Title: The Women, by Kristen Hannah

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

September 2025

Book:  Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Sign Up Today!

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

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August 2025

Book: 

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Sign Up Today!

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

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July 2025

Book:  

  • Facilitator:  Adam H. Benton, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist
  • Date: First Friday of the Month
  • Time: 12:30 PM (Central Time)
  • CEU’s: 3.00
  • Hosted by GetTherapy with the technical support of Arkansas Families First, LLC.
  • Phone: 501-812-4268
  • Office Address: 4004 McCain Blvd. ste 203, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Sign Up Here:

Sign Up Today!

Objectives

Read and analyze the authors’ key points, important concepts, and perspectives to develop greater depth and breadth of the human experience as it relates to traumatic stress and the treatment of mental health illness.

Examine and discuss the book’s primary themes and their intersections with internal and external factors, such as mental health, culture, trauma, community, and individual experience.

Identify and discuss the application of key concepts and principles to public policy, society, child development, and mental health treatment for youth and families.

3 CEU’s: Post-Test & Satisfaction Survey

Click Here

Previous Books

  • The Anxious Generation 

  • I’m Glad My Mother is Dead 

  • The Body Keeps The Score 

  • Why Kids Kill

  • What Happened To You?

  • War Child

  • Your Content Goes Here

  • When Religion Hurts You

  • Intro to Internal Family Systems

  • Trauma Stewardship

  • No Bad Parts

  • Walking The Tiger

  • Your Content Goes Here

  • What My Bones Know

  • The Distance Between Us

  • The Making Of Biblical Womanhood

  • Breaking Bias

  • The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog

  • Your Content Goes Here
  • Your Content Goes Here

  • Healing The Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

About Us

Arkansas Families First is a multidisciplinary behavioral health care group that offers a variety of health services for children, teens and families in Central Arkansas. Our group of independently practicing providers strive to provide the best, most comprehensive care that modern psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and other disciplines have to offer.

Mission

Arkansas Families First is devoted to unlocking the full potential of children and families. We utilize the latest research and the most skilled providers in the service of improving people’s lives. We strive to empower parents and to integrate multiple disciplines in the building of strong families and healthy children.

Our Promise

We take a strengths-based approach utilizing the latest evidence-based treatments and include parents in all aspects of treatment and assessment. We’ll find the service and the provider that best fits your family. With our growing list of clinicians, if you are not satisfied with your provider or services will help you make the necessary changes.