Mental Health Resources

General

  • Reading

    For Everyone:


    • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
    • What Happened to You: Conversation on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Oprah Winfrey
    • Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD
    • Dope Therapy: A Radical Guide to Owning Your Therapy Journey by Shani Tran, LPCC
    • 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness:  Practical Strategies for Emotional Health and Well-Being by Manuela Mischke Reeds
    • Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown, PhD, MSW
    • Real World Mindfulness For Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice At A Time edited by Brenda Salgado
    • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
    • Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
    • Mindset:  The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, PhD
    • Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems by Daniel Amen, MD
    • Healing Trauma by Peter Levine, PhD
    • Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana
    • Tapping In: A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation by Laurel Parnell, PhD
    • The Neuroaffective Picture Book: An Illustrated Introduction to Developmental Neuropsychology by Marianne Bentzen
    • The Neuroaffective Picture Book 2: Socialization and Personality by Marianne Bentzen
    • Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life by Christine Caldwell
    • Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
    • Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health:  A Complete Guide to Food-Mood Connection by Leslie Korn, PhD

    For All Therapists:


    • Trauma and Dissociation Informed Psychotherapy: Relational Healing and the Therapeutic Connection by Elizabeth Howell PhD
    • The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration by Daniel Siegel, MD
    • Complex PTSD Treatment Manual:  An Integrative, Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery by Arielle Schwartz, PhD
    • How Emotions Are Made:  The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD
    • Easy Ego State Interventions:  Strategies for Working with Parts by Robin Shapiro, LICSW
    • Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress by Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT
    • Eight Key Brain Areas of Mental Health and Illness by Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD
    • Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self by Peter Fonagy, György Gergely, Elliot L. Jurist
    • NeuroAffective Meditation by Bentzen
    • Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy by Mcconnell
    • Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher, PhD
    • The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma by Laurence Heller, Ph.D., Brad J. Kammer, LMFT
    • ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (latest edition) by Harris
    • Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy:  The Neurobiology of Embodied Response by Marks-Tarlow
    • Relational and Body-Centered Practice for Healing Trauma by Sharon Stanley
    • Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy in Practice by Van Deurzen
    • Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain
    • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher
    • Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy: The Neurobiology of Embodied Response by Terry Marks-Tarlow
    • The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook:  Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, PhD, Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D, Jeffrey Brantley, MD
    • Trauma Treatment Toolbox: 165 Brain-Changing Tips, Tools & Handouts to Move Therapy Forward by Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD
    • Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life by Christine Caldwell, PhD
    • Healing the Fragmented Child:  Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth with Dissociation by Frances Waters
    • 101 Trauma-Informed Interventions: Activities, Exercises and Assignments to Move the Client and Therapy Forward by Linda Curran, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDP-D
    • Relational and Body-Centered Practices for Healing Trauma: Lifting the Burdens of the Past by Sharon Stanley
    • Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz, PhD and Martha Sweezy, PhD, LICSW
    • Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz, PhD
    • Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience by Juliet King

  • Workbooks

    • Complex PTSD Workbook
    • The Somatic Therapy Workbook
    • Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook
    • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
    • Transforming the Legacy of Trauma
    • Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook
    • Recovery of Your Inner Child
    • The Racial Healing Handbook
    • Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
    • The Attachment Theory Workbook

  • Other Resources

    • Free Guided Meditations (UCLA)
    • Healing from Religious Trauma
    • Journal Prompts
    • Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method
    • Therapeutic Yoga Classes 
    • Ted Talk:  Why Things Hurt by Lorimer Moseley
    • 707-998-8410 (recorded encouraging messages from kids)
    • Grounding Skills (Lisa Najavits, PhD)
    • Coping Skills (Lisa Najavits, PhD)
    • The Wisdom of Trauma (film)
    • Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR, 8 minutes)
    • Liberate:  A safe space for the Black community to develop a daily meditation habit
    • 5 Minute Mindfulness Meditation
    • F*** That:  An Honest Meditation
    • Andrew Huberman (YouTube)
    • Train Your Brain Card Deck
    • The DBT Deck
    • Susquehanna Service Dogs

  • Social Media

    Recommended TikTok accounts (with whom I have zero affiliation):


    • thepsychdoctormd
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    • somaticspirit
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    • lindsay.fleminglpc
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    • drkimberlydouglass
    • complexptsd
    • sarahosmertherapy
    • the_emdr_coach
    • hellocamilleh
    • micheline.maalouf
    • therapyghost
    • thetattooedcounselor
    • lackofimpulsecontrol
    • raquelmartinphd
    • thekicksshrink
    • thecognitivecorner
    • melissaparkssays
    • crutches_and_spice
    • burritos_and_adhd
    • drtraceymarks
    • therapywith_brreeaa
    • drpatriceberry
    • movetohealproject
    • domesticblisters
    • amandaontherise
    • drchrislee