Crisis Hotlines and Helplines
If you're in immediate danger or emotional crisis, please reach out to:
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project (For LGBTQ youth): 1-866-488-7386
Recommended Mental Health Books
Relationships, Attachment & Creating Connections
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of - by Dr. Sue Johnson EdD
Love Sense - by Dr. Sue Johnson
The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships - by Diane Poole Heller
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love - by Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime - by Julie Menanno
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself - by Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love - by Vienna Pharaon
Come as You Are - by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.
It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People - by Ramani Durvasula PhD
Not "Just Friends": Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity - by Shirley P. Glass and Jean Coppock Staeheli
The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst - by Michelle Mays LPC CSAT-S
It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken - by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
Trauma, PTSD, & Anxiety
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - by Bessel van der Kolk M.D
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection - by Gabor Maté M.D.
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect - by Jonice Webb and Christine Musello
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle - by Mark Wolynn
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - by Lindsay C. Gibson
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - by Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry
Depression & Mindfulness
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
by Alex Korb PhD
The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT - by Russ Harris
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life - by Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - by Eckhart Tolle
Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism That Masks Your Depression
by Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
Grief & Loss
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand - by Megan Devine
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief - by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss - by Mary-Frances O'Connor
When Breath Becomes Air: by Paul Kalanithi
The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner - by Joan Didion
Parenting & Child Development
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind - by Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore - by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell
Self-Development & Emotional Wellness
The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development & Clinical Practice - by Diana Fosha, Daniel J. Siegel M.D., Marion F. Solomon Ph.D.
Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self - by Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Permission to Feel - by Marc Brackett
The Gifts of Imperfection - by Brené Brown
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience - by Brené Brown
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery - by Brianna Wiest
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - by James Clear
Guided Mindfulness Meditations
UCLA Mindful - https://www.uclahealth.org/uclamindful/free-guided-meditations
Sharing Mindfulness - http://www.sharingmindfulness.com/audio
Headspace - https://www.headspace.com