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
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
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.
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.
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
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:
Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families
LGBT+
The resources below are provided to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBT+) clients and their families.
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
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
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
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…
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