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Counseling Resources

The following links and information are provided as counseling resources for clients to assist them in their journey to heal.  My Coping Skills Tool Box may be used in addition to these resources to aid in the healing process.

Trauma and PTSD

The book links below are provided to help clients learn more about trauma, PTSD, and trauma therapy.  Please also refer the Brainspotting information below and to my web pages on trauma therapy and Brainspotting therapy.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Healing Trauma by Peter A Levine

Trauma and Recovery by Judy Herman

Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

Brainspotting Trauma Therapy

Brainspotting Trauma Therapy

The following links are provided to help clients learn more about Brainspotting trauma therapy.  Please also refer to my web pages on trauma and PTSD therapy and Brainspotting PTSD Therapy.

Dr. Grand’s website

Rocky Mountain Brainspotting Institute’s website.

Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change by David Grand

Relationships and Couples Therapy

The following book links are provided to help clients learn more about relationship and couples therapy.  Please also refer to my web page on couples counseling.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman and Nan Silver

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson

Power of Attachment by Diane Poole Heller

Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love by Jessica Baum

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Codependency

Please use the following book links to learn more about codependency. Codependency can arise when our love ones have problems with alcohol, drugs, or mental illness.

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations for Codependents by Melody Beattie

Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time by Melody Beattie

Additional resources include:

Al-Anon Family Groups

Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

NAMI Family Support Group

LGBTQ+

The resources below are provided to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) clients and their families.

PFLAG

The Human Rights Campaign

The Center on Colfax – LGBTQ Colorado

Sacramento LGBT Community Center

Emotional Eating

The resources below are provided to help those that struggle with emotional eating.

What People Who DON’T Struggle With Food Do Differently

Night-time snacking

The 7 Hungers

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Illness, Grief, and Loss

The books links below are provided to help clients learn more about illness, pain, grief and loss.  Please also refer to my web page on grief counseling.

It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Life after the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers by Steven Pantilat MD

Mindfulness

The following links to these mindfulness recordings and techniques are provided to help clients regulate their emotions and their nervous systems.  Mindfulness recordings are powerful counseling resources that can help relieve the symptoms of trauma. Please also refer to my web page on Trauma Therapy. 

My list of mindfulness and grounding techniques

https://insighttimer.com/

UCLA Mindfulness Recordings

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel M.D.

Self-Compassion and Self-Acceptance

Self-compassion and self-acceptance are important tools in dealing with difficult emotions.  These following video and podcast links are wonderful counseling resources to help clients heal.

Kristin Neff TED talk on Self-Compassion

Three-part series on Self-Compassion by Sounds True featuring Kristen Neff and Chris Germer

The Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion Podcast by Kristen Neff

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?

The Myth Of Normal & The Trauma We Acquire | Gabor Maté

Bilateral Music

The following links to bilateral music are provided to help clients regulate their emotions and their nervous systems.  These bilateral music recordings are powerful counseling resources that can assist with discharging trauma. Please also refer to my web page on trauma therapy and Brainspotting PTSD Therapy.

Upbeat Bilateral Music by Destined Dynamics on YouTube

Calm Bilateral Stimulation on Spotify

Bilateral Music by Brian Cumming on Apple Music

For Introverts

Introverts do not always receive the social acceptance and understanding that our extroverted counterparts do.  The following link is to a wonderful book that explains how introverts interact with the world and themselves.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

It’s time to heal…

Please contact me at (720) 443-1480 or email me to schedule an appointment.