Resources
Please consider this a complimentary list of resources to enhance Psychotherapy treatment. The list is ever growing as I read books, receive recommendations from colleagues or listen to podcasts. As I find inspiration, I think of the many clients who may find comfort and benefit too. Enjoy!
Anxiety
22 Therapist-Approved Tips Every Anxious Person Needs To Hear
You Can Do All Things: Drawings, Affirmations and Mindfulness to Help With Anxiety and Depression by Kate Allen
How to Deal with Anxiety: 11 Top Tricks from Therapists
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life by Susan M. Orsillo,Lizabeth Roemer, Zindel V. Segal
On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety
Ocd
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston
When Panic Attacks by David Burns
Stopping the Noise in Your Head by Reid Wilson
Depression
Nikki Webber Allen - TED talk Dont Suffer From Your Depression in Silence
10 Ways to cope with Depression
Depression F-ing Sucks! 5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to overcome it.
Turning Negative Thinkers into Positive Ones
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness
Listening to Depression: How Understanding your Pain Can Heal your Life
Life
Brene Brown- TEDx talk The Power of Vulnerability
Brene Brown- Listening to Shame
How to Live a Good Life by Jonathon Fields
Anxious to Please: 7 Revolutionary Practices for the Chronically Nice by James Rapson and Craig English
Adult Children of the Self-Absorbed by Nina Brown
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity by Steven Kessler
TED talks - Playlist for when you feel like you are not enough
Breaking Free from the Victim Trap by Zimeroff
Parenting
How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Parenting a Perfectionist College student
Perfectionism
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
by Brene Brown
Post-Partum
Postpartum Support International
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook
Personality Disorders
Out of the Fog, Helping Family Members and Loved Ones of those who suffer from Personality Disorders
Relationships
The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: How to Turn the Pain of a Breakup into Healing, Insight, and New Love by Susan Piver
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Guide to Knowing if Your Relationship Can and Should be Saved by Lundy Bancroft
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Rachel Heller
After the Affair, Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by Janis A. Spring
The Secret to Love is Just Kindness
Signs of a Healthy Relationship
Trans Resources
Trans Student Educational Resources
Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us
Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity
Trauma
Walking on Eggshells: Caring for a loved one with PTSD by Audrey Frank
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro
It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You: Complex Trauma and Treatment by Dr. Christine Courtois
Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga : Reclaiming Your Body
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
Recovery
Recovery, Freedom from our Addictions by Russell Brand