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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.

Book on Trauma Therapy by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Book on Trauma Therapy by Peter Levine

Book on Trauma Therapy by Judith Herman

Book on Trauma Therapy by Bruce Perry

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 Brainspotting Trauma Therapy

Rocky Mountain Brainspotting Institute’s website.

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.

Book on Couples Therapy by John Gottman

A useful book for couples therapy by Amir Levine

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.

Book on Codependency by Melody Beattie

Book on Codependency by Melody Beattie

Book on Codependency by Melody Beattie

LGBT+

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

PFLAG

The Human Rights Campaign

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

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.

A book by Grief Therapist, Megan Divine
A book related to anticipatory grief by Atul Gawande

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

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.

bilateral music useful for trauma therapy
bilateral music useful for trauma therapy
bilateral music useful for trauma therapy
bilateral music useful for trauma therapy

bilateral music useful for trauma therapy

]bilateral music useful for trauma therapy

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.

A book for understanding introverts, useful for therapy

It’s time to heal…

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