Counseling Services
Helpful Resources
Helpful Apps:
Meditation/Sleep
Insight Timer
CALM
Headspace
Relax Melodies
Breethe
Sleep Cycle
Mindfulness
T2 Mood Tracker
Moodfit
5 Minute Escapes
Stress Management
COVID Coach
Relax- Stress and Anxiety Relief
YOU: Small actions, Big change
Crisis Hotlines:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-8255 (24/7)
National Eating Disorder
Association/Hotline: 1-800-931-2237
General Crisis Text Line: Text
SUPPORT to 741-741
National Alliance on Mental Illness:
1-800-950-6264
Domestic Violence Hotline –loveisrespect: 1-866-331-9474
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: 1-800-656-4673
Veterans Association
Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Book Recommendations:
For Kids:
A Little Spot of Anxiety by Diane Alber
Soda Pop Head by Julia Cook
Angry Octopus by Lori Lite
Healing Days by Susan Farber Straus
Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
Adjustment, Anxiety, and Mood Disorders
Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control by Heather T. Forbes
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living– Dale Carnegie
Outsmarting Worry: An Older Kid’s Guide to Managing Anxiety by Dawn Huebner and Kara McHale
The Little Book of Mindfulness by Patrizia Collard
Healthy Boundaries
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
Personality Disorders
Overcoming borderline personality disorder: A family guide for healing and change by Valerie Porr
Brain lock: Free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior by Jeffrey Schwarts
The everything guide to narcissistic personality disorder: Professional, reassuring advice for coping
with the disorder – at work, at home, and in your family by Cynthia Lechan Goodman and Barbara Leff
DBT
The Buddha and the borderline: My recovery from borderline personality disorder through dialectical
behavior therapy by Kiera Van GelderFreedom from selfharm: Overcoming self-injury with skills from DBT and other treatments by Kim
Gratz and Alexander ChapmanDon’t let your emotions run your life for teens: Dialectical behavior therapy for helping you manage
mood swings, control angry outbursts, and get along with others by Sheri VanDijk
Eating Disorders and Self-harm
Hope for the hollow: A 30-day devotional guide for women suffering from eating disorders by Jena
MorrowStarving in search of me: A coming-of-age story of overcoming an eating disorder and finding
self-acceptance by Marissa LaRoccaCutting: Understanding and overcoming self-mutilation by Steven Levenkron
New Experiences and Transitions
Transitions: Making sense of life’s changes by William Bridges
The anatomy of change: A way to move through life’s transitions by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Life’s transitions: Invitations to wholeness by Ben Johnson, Robby Carroll, and Kay Stewart
Parenting
The whole-brain child: 12 revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind By
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne BrysonRaising the kid you love with the ex you hate by Edward Farber
No-drama discipline by Daniel Siegel
Wise mind parenting by Laura Kastner
Personal Development
Daring Greatly/Rising Strong-Brene Brown
You Are A Badass– Jen Sincero
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It– Kamal Ravikant
Girl, Wash Your Face/Girl Stop Apologizing– Rachel Hollis
The Happiness Project-Gretchen Rubin
The Power of Now– Eckhart Tolle
Untamed– Glennon Doyle
The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People– Stephen Covey
Relationships: Couples and Families
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
The dance of intimacy: A woman’s guide to courageous acts of change in key relationshipsby Harriet
LernerCommunication miracles for couples: Easy and effective tools to create more love and less
conflictby Jonathan Robinson4 essential keys to effective communication in love, life, work – anywhere!: A how-to guide for
practicing the empathic listening, speaking, and dialogue skills to achieve relationship successby
Bento Leal, IIISurviving and thriving in stepfamily relationshipsby Patricia Papernow
Sexuality, Sexual Identity, Gender Identity
The gender identity workbook for kids: A guide to exploring who you are by Kelly Storck and Noah
GrigniThe ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell
You and your gender identity: A guide to discovery by Dara Hoffman-Fox
Black on both sides: A racial history of trans identity by C. Riley Snorton
Racial/Ethnic Identity/Race-related Stress
Black lotus: A woman’s search for racial identity by Sil Lai Abrams
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race by
Beverly Daniel TatumBacklash: What happens when
Trauma, Grief, and Medical Concerns
The body keeps the score by Bessel van der Kolk
The gifts of imperfection by Brene Brown
From pain to power: Overcoming sexual trauma and reclaiming your true identity by Mary Ellen Mann
It’s ok that you’re not ok: Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn’t understand by Megan
DevineUnder the influence: A journey of abuse, trauma, and grief through poetry by Jacquelyn Lee
Postpartum/Perinatal
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman, illustrated by Molly McIntyre
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughtsby Sally Winston and Martin Seif