Resources

Recommended Reading

Getting Past Your Past by Dr. Francine Shapiro

Tapping In by Dr. Laurel Parnell

The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

Waking the Tiger by Dr. Peter Levine

Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody

Facing Love Addiction by Pia Mellody

Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship by Dr. Laurence Heller and Dr. Aline LaPierre

The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Trauma by Laurence Heller

Ready to Heal: Helping Women Heal from Addictive Relationships by Kelly McDaniel

Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly

McDaniel and Hay House

Emotional Sobriety: From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance by Tian Dayton and Elizabeth Hanley

Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction by Dr. Alexandra Katehakis 

Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation: A Neurobiologically Informed Holistic Treatment by Dr. Alex Katehakis

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Mate

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment by Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook—What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D Perry and Maia Szalavitz

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk

The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Erin Nagorski

Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships by Meg John Barker

What Every 21st Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today's Challenges With Wisdom and Heart by Reverend Debra Haffner

Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters - and How to Get It by Laurie Mintz and Teri Clark Linden

The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge by Tristan Taormino and Anneliese Rennie

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman by Ian Kerner

Rekindling Desire: A Step-by-Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriage by Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy

The Ripple Effect: How Better Sex Can Lead to a Better Life by Gail Saltz

Always Turned on: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age by Dr. Robert Weiss, Jennifer P. Schneider

Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency by Dr. Robert Weiss

From the Living Room to the Bedroom: The Modern Couple's Guide to Sexual Abundance and Lasting Intimacy

by Dr. Bill Bercaw and Dr. Ginger Bercaw

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.

Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction by Maia Szalavitz

The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit by Bruce Alexander

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease by Dr. Marc Lewis

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff and Paul Michael Garcia

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Meth Addiction by David Sheff, Anthony Heald

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory for Self-Discovery, Embodied Healing, and Meaningful Change by Dr. Arielle Schwartz

The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual: An Integrative, Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery by Dr. Arielle Schwartz

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C.

Gibson

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment by David Emerson and Dr. Jennifer West 

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera

Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame by Tara Brach

What You Feel Is Not All There Is: Free your choices and your life from the default world of the emotional matrix by Dr Aprilia

West

Emotion Efficacy Therapy: A Brief, Exposure-Based Treatment for Emotion Regulation Integrating ACT and DBT by Dr. Matthew

McKay and Dr. Aprilia West 

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by John Kabat-Zinn

The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation by Dr.

Stephen Porges

The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz MD and Sharon Begley

Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson

“By heart: An fMRI study of brain activation by poetry and prose” by Zeman, A., Milton, F., Smith, A., Rylance, R., & Warren, J.

Journal of Consciousness Studies, 20(9–10), 132–158. (2013)

Further Reading/Listening about Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy:

• What is ketamine-assisted psychotherapy? HERE

• Science behind ketamine and the brain HERE

• The impact KAP has had in real people's lives HERE

• Andrew Huberman' 90-minute podcast into how KAP works HERE

• Interview with Lauren Taus on how psychedelics are changing therapy HERE

• Further personal experiences of some who tried ketamine HERE

Links & Resources

Mental Health Links
The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information and counseling resources.

Addiction and Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous
Center for On-Line Addiction
SAMHSA's Substance Abuse/Addiction
SAMHSA's Treatment and Recovery
Web of Addictions

Anxiety Disorders
Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder
National Center for PTSD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Mayo Clinic
Calm Clinic

Associations & Institutes
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Counseling Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Canadian Mental Health Association
Center for Mental Health Services
National Institute of Mental Health
Mental Health America
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH
Born to Explore: The Other Side of ADD/ADHD

Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Childhelp USA®
SAMHSA's Children and Families
SAMHSA's Protection and Advocacy
Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse
The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website

Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Depression
Bipolar Disorder News - Pendulum.org
Depression and How Therapy Can Help
Depression Screening
Depression Test, Symptoms of Depression, Signs of Depression

Developmental Disorders
Asperger's Disorder
NeuroWeb
Yale Autism Program

Diagnosis
DSM-IV-TR: Diagnoses and Criteria

Dissociation and Traumatic Stress
Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute

Eating Disorders
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Something Fishy

Medications and Health Supplements
Drug Interactions, Drugs.com
Drug Interactions, DIRECT
Medical Dictionary
Medications, FDA
Medication, Internet Mental Health
Medications, PDR
Medline, Comparison
Multivitamins

Mental Health Care General Links
CounsellingResource.com
Internet Mental Health
Let’s Talk Facts, APA
Mental Health Counselor Resources, About.com
Mental Help Net
PsychCentral.com
University of Michigan Health Library
Web Sites You Can Trust, Medical Library Association

Personality Disorders
Mental Help Net - Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders - Focus Adolescent Counselor Services

Suicide Awareness and Hotlines
SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Suicide: Read This First

Additional Mental Health Care & Counseling Resources
Disaster/Trauma
HIV/AIDS
Interpretation of Dreams
Keirsey (Myers-Briggs) Temperament Sorter
Signs of Menopause, Symptoms of Menopause

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