Resources

Helpful Topics

  • Understanding anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation
  • Attachment styles and relationship patterns
  • Trauma, nervous system responses, and healing
  • Life transitions and identity development
  • Self-compassion and emotional resilience

Recommended Readings

  • Internal Family systems therapy — Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweeney
  • The Tender Parts — Ilyse Kennedy, LPC , LMFT PMH-C
  • Brain Based Parenting: The neuroscience of caregiving for Healthy Attachment — by Daniel Hughes and Jonathan Baylin
  • Momma Zen walking the crooked path of motherhood — Karen Mazel Miller
  • Attached — Amir Levine, MD & Rachel Heller, MA
  • The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk, MD
  • Self-Compassion — Kristin Neff, PhD
  • Hold Me Tight — Dr. Sue Johnson

Crisis & Support Resources

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 (U.S.)
  • NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness): Education and support resources
  • The Trevor Project: Crisis support for LGBTQ+ individuals