Therapist-Recommended Resources for Your Mental Health Journey

Thank you for visiting Whole Health Counseling Center.  I hope these resources are useful to you.  
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Suicide Hotline:  988
There is someone who cares about you. You may feel like ending life is the solution, but only a part of you wants to depart. There are many beautiful parts to who you are, and with help, I know healing can happen. Please call this number if you are feeling helpless.

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• ​National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE

• ​National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

• ​Children in immediate danger 1-800-THE-LOST

• ​Drug Abuse National Helpline 1-800-662-4357

• ​Battered Women and their Children 1-800-603-HELP

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Parenting / Co-Parenting / Child Development:

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• ​The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

• ​How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King

• ​Parenting From the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel

• ​Girls and Sex by Peggy Orenstein

• ​Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein

• ​Schoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein

• ​The Blessings of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Model, Ph.D.

• ​Putting Children First, Parenting Strategies through Divorce by JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, Ph.D.​

Romantic Relationships / Marriage:

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• ​Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

• ​The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

• ​Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

• ​Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin

• Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg

• How Not to Let Having Kids Ruin Your Sex Life by Dr. Karen Gurney

• Mind the Gap by Dr. Karen Gurney

• This is Your Brain on Sex by Kayt Sukel

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Trauma and Recovery:

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• Toxic Parents by Craig Buck and Susan Forward

• ​The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry

• ​The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk

• What my Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

• Your Body is Your Brain by Amanda Blake

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Personal Growth:
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• Make Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Tawwab

• The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield

• ​A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield

• ​My Body is Not an Apology, The Power of Radical Self Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

• ​Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

• Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown

• ​Radical Acceptance: Awakening The Love that Heals Fear and Shame by Tara Brach

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Addiction:​​

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• Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp

• ​Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and 90 Days by Bill Clegg

• ​A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

• ​How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell

• Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry