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This page is under construction, but provides a few of my favorite mental health and improv-based resources for both clients and professionals.
Please also head over to my blog for more free resources/articles!
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:
SUICIDE/CRISIS LINES:
TRAUMA & ATTACHMENT
The Body Keeps the Score - by Bessel Van Der Kolk - A fantastic book that explains how trauma affects people, its underlying neurobiology, and the many new treatments that are making it possible for sufferers to move beyond trauma in order to reclaim their lives.
The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
Attached by Amir Levine
Trauma & The Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy, Pat Ogden, Claire Pain
The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter Levine
COMMUNICATION/RELATIONSHIPS:
The Relationship Cure by John Gottman
The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Brain by Louis Cozolino
SELF-COMPASSSION:
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Kristin Neff
PARENTING/KIDS/TEACHERS
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
The Whole Brained Child by Daniel Siegel
The Explosive Child by Ross Greene
No Drama Discipline - Daniel Siegel
Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel Siegel
Lost At School - Ross Greene
The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
SEX & SEXUALITY:
Come As You Are - Emily Nag0ski
Mating in Captivity - Esther Perell
The State of Affairs: Redefining Infidelity Esther Perell
HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE / BODY POSITIVITY / EATING DISORDER RECOVERY
Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole
8 Keys to Recovering from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Body Respect by Linda Bacon
The Fuck it Diet: Eating Should be Easy by Caroline Dooner
Landwhale - Jes Baker
Life Beyond your Eating Disorder - Johanna Kandel
IMPROV-BASED RESOURCES:
INCLUSIVE IMPROV
The Intersection of Psychology and Inclusion - a free online training
Improv for Shelter Youth: A Foundational Resource Guide - a free online training to support you as you start a shelter-based improv class. (Covers: Introductory Logistics, Psychoeducation, Class Planning & Games Selection)
Sample Game Description & Troubleshooting: I’m a Tree:
The Benefits of Using Improv for Clinicians and Educators:
Social Learning Benefits of using Improv with Neurodivergent Youth:
Resource guide for starting a shelter-based improv program: