Mental Health Resources

Individual Growth

• “Getting Past Your Past” – Francine Shapiro
• “The Four Things That Matter Most” – Ira Byock MD
• “UNFU*K Yourself: Get out of your Head and into your Life” – Gary John Bishop
• “The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living”  – Russ Harris
• “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are” –  Brene Brown
• “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live” – Brene Brown
• “Breaking the Chain of Low Self Esteem” – Marilyn Sorenson
• “Change Your Brain Change Your Life” – David Amen
• “Boundaries” – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
• “Codependent No More” – Melody Beattie
• “Growing Up Again” – Connie Dawson and Jean Illsey

Trauma & Sexual Abuse

• “Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma” – Peter A. Levine
• “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma” – Bessel van der Kolk, MD
• “Courage to Heal” – Ellen Bass
• “Outgrowing the Pain” – Eliana Gil, PhD
• “Help Yourself” – Dave Pelzer
• “Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self” – Susan Brison

Anxiety

• “From Panic to Power” – Lucinda Bassett
• “When Panic Attacks” – David Burns
• “Embracing the Fear” – Judith Bemis and AMR Barrada
• “Developing a Secure Self” – April Steele

Grief

• “Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping” – R.A. Neimeyer
• “How to Go On Living when Someone You Love Dies” – T. Rando
• “The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love” – T. Attig
• “Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief” – P. Boss

Lifestyle, Nutrition & Mental Health

• “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams” – Matthew Walker, PhD
• “New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind” – Patrick Holford
• “The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution” – Trudy Scott
• “The Mood Cure” – Julia Ross

Relationships

• “Loving Bravely: 20 Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help you Get the Love You Want” – Alexandra H. Solomon
• “Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and how it can help you Find and Keep Love” – Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
• “Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love” – Dr. Sue Johnson
• “The Seven Best Things Happy Couples Do” – John and Linda Frier
• “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” – John Gottman and Nan Silver
• “Divorce Busting” – Michele Weiner-Davis
• “Getting the Love You Want” – Harville Hendrix

Parenting

• “Parenting with Love and Logic” – Foster Cline and Jim Fay
• “Fine Young Man” – Michael Gurian
• “The Explosive Child” – Ross Greene
• “Reviving Ophelia” – Mary Pipher

Chronic Health & Autoimmune

• “You are Not Your Pain: Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress and Restore Wellbeing” –  Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman
• “Explain Pain” – David Butler and Lorimer Moseley
• “All in My Head” – Paula Kamen

• Ted Talk: Brene Brown, Vulnerability
• Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Show
• Podcast: Therapist Uncensored

Anxiety and Depression Association of America: http://adaa.org

American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/topics/depress/index.aspx

National Alliance on Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Depression

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: http://www.dbsalliance.org

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org | 1-800-273-TALK(8255)

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association: https://www.aarda.org

American Chronic Pain Association: https://theacpa.org

National Association for Rare Diseases: https://rarediseases.org

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: https://www.nctsn.org/

The National Center for PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: https://istss.org/home

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health: http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/

Anxiety and Depression Association of America: http://adaa.org

National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml

Child Mind Institute: https://childmind.org/topics/concerns/anxiety/