Resources
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Here are some resources that might help you on your journey. I update this list often.
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Recommended books for individuals
The Book of Joy, by 14th Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, by Tara Brach
Conscious Dreaming, by Robert Moss
When Things Fall Apart, Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown
Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, by Tara Brach
Conscious Dreaming, by Robert Moss
When Things Fall Apart, Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown
Books and podcasts on anxiety and stress
The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You, by Karla McLaren
The Feeling Good Handbook, by David D. Burns
The Feeling Good Handbook, by David D. Burns
Books and podcasts for women
Women's Anatomy of Arousal, by Sherry Winston
Addiction to Perfection, by Marion Woodman
Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul, by Jalaja Bonheim
Emergence of the Sensual Woman, Saida Desilets
A Woman's Worth, by Marianne Williamson
Addiction to Perfection, by Marion Woodman
Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul, by Jalaja Bonheim
Emergence of the Sensual Woman, Saida Desilets
A Woman's Worth, by Marianne Williamson
Books and podcasts on relationships
The book you want everyone you love to read, by Philippa Perry
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: the Five Keys to Mindful Loving, by David Richo
When the Past Is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage Our Relationships, by David Richo
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in Or Get Out of Your Relationship, by Mira Kirshenbaum
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: the Five Keys to Mindful Loving, by David Richo
When the Past Is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage Our Relationships, by David Richo
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in Or Get Out of Your Relationship, by Mira Kirshenbaum
Books and podcasts on parenting
Good inside: A guide to becoming the parent you want to be, by Doctor Becky Kennedy
The book you wish your parents had read, by Philippa Perry
Parenting without power struggles, by Susan Stiffelman
No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Julian
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child's Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Trauma-Proofing your Kids: a Parent's Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience, by Peter A. Levine Ph.D and Maggie Kline
The Opposite of Worry:The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears, by Lawrence J.Cohen
Your Self‑Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities, by Allison Johnson and Magda Gerber
Podcast: Good Inside by Becky Kennedy
The book you wish your parents had read, by Philippa Perry
Parenting without power struggles, by Susan Stiffelman
No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Julian
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child's Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Trauma-Proofing your Kids: a Parent's Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience, by Peter A. Levine Ph.D and Maggie Kline
The Opposite of Worry:The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears, by Lawrence J.Cohen
Your Self‑Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities, by Allison Johnson and Magda Gerber
Podcast: Good Inside by Becky Kennedy
Parents/families 24-hour parental stress lines and resources
SF Talk line family support center | 415.441.KIDS | www.talklineforparents.org
PLFAG Parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays | www.pflag.org
Our Family Coalition | The gay and lesbian family and parenting support for the SF Bay Area | www.ourfamily.org
TransYouth Family Allies Support for transgender children and their families | www.imatyfa.org/resources/parents
Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN) | the nation’s oldest parent-led organization supporting families of traumatized children | www.attachmenttraumanetwork.org/
The National child traumatic stress network | coordinates national training and education on child's trauma | www.nctsn.org/resources
Dr. Dan Siegel's website | on the latest neuroscience research and parenting | drdansiegel.com/resources
PLFAG Parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays | www.pflag.org
Our Family Coalition | The gay and lesbian family and parenting support for the SF Bay Area | www.ourfamily.org
TransYouth Family Allies Support for transgender children and their families | www.imatyfa.org/resources/parents
Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN) | the nation’s oldest parent-led organization supporting families of traumatized children | www.attachmenttraumanetwork.org/
The National child traumatic stress network | coordinates national training and education on child's trauma | www.nctsn.org/resources
Dr. Dan Siegel's website | on the latest neuroscience research and parenting | drdansiegel.com/resources
Low fee counseling centers
Earth Circle Counseling Center provides affordable and compassionate counseling in Alameda county.
Center for Somatic Psychotherapy is one of the counseling centers of the California Institute of Integral Studies, CSP provides low-fee therapy with interns and trainees In San Francisco. All interns and trainees are either currently enrolled or have graduated from the CIIS Somatics department.
Center for Somatic Psychotherapy is one of the counseling centers of the California Institute of Integral Studies, CSP provides low-fee therapy with interns and trainees In San Francisco. All interns and trainees are either currently enrolled or have graduated from the CIIS Somatics department.